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Workshop on Nipped Systems & Laminating

(Web Handling)

September 04, 2012, ... operations, including coating, printing, laminating, winding, and embossing. Nipped rollers are also commonly used to prevent air lubrication in heating, cooling, corona treating, and tension control driven ...

Rotoflex Redesigns VLI Finishing System

(News | New Products)

May 09, 2012, ... production speeds, gives more precise speed control and accurate stop/start ability, and provides better tension management to deliver higher roll quality. The 2.0 system is said to make the VLI an ideal ...

Schober’s Embossing System Protects and Enhances Packages

(Embossing)

January 05, 2012, ... with minimal waste. Sealing segments are individually adjustable in radial and axial directions. Every roll has individual tension control through dancer/unwind brake system. A foil saver feeding system ...

Montalvo Offers Web Tension Upgrades on Wide Range of Equipment

(News | New Products)

December 18, 2011, ... and embossers. The company’s Consulting Page details a number of examples of upgraded electronic web tension controls, load cells, clutches, safety chucks, brakes, brake pad assemblies, and other products. ...

Tension Control for Slitters

(Slit)

April 30, 2011, The Tenzomat II second-generation, automatic rewind tension control system is available for company's range of slitter/rewinders. Precise rewind tension The Tenzomat II second-generation, automatic rewind ...

Montalvo Website Features Tension Upgrade

(Tension)

October 12, 2010, ... and reduced down time and waste. The emphasis is on obtaining and controlling minimal tension on extensible materials from the full roll mode down to the core using the Mark Andy 4120 presses. The ...

Control Tension Precisely

(Tension)

May 31, 2010, The X-3400 rewind tension controller works to control the slippage of differential winding shafts and controls the torque transferred to the cores. The The X-3400 rewind tension controller works to control ...

Web Lines: What Is a Tension Zone & How Many Are Needed?

(Editorial)

December 31, 2009, Tension and speed control are the two most fundamental purposes of any web handling system. Speed control is easy for most people to understand, since Tension and speed control are the two most fundamental ...

What Is the Right Tension?

(Web Lines)

November 30, 2009, Of all the questions about web handling, the most-asked question has to be: What is the right web handling tension for my product? This is a great question Of all the questions about web handling, the ...

Web Exclusive: Flat Die Technologies Emerge as Keys to Innovation in Solar Electric Systems

(Archive)

May 13, 2009, ... an extension of technologies already in use for other applications that, like solar energy, require thin-gauge, optically clear, close-tolerance films and coatings with critical functionalities. One example ...

Tension Control

(Tension)

November 30, 2008, Controller Offers Ethernet Connection Designed for precise closed loop tension control, the Spyder is capable of controlling web tension in unwind, rewind, Controller Offers Ethernet Connection Designed ...

Maxcess Intl. Hosts Dancer Tension Control 'E-Seminar

(News | New Products)

August 14, 2008, Maxcess Intl. will host a free "E-Seminar" live from Labelexpo Americas on Understanding Dancer Tension Control Systems at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, September 11 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | Maxcess Intl. will host ...

In Search of Tension Isolation

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, In web handling, one of the myths told most frequently is that of the independent tension zone, protected from other tension zones by the protective powers of the tension isolation. Like most myths, we ...

Web Tension 101

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, Typically, tension is measured in PLI (pounds per linear inch) in the US. If you know PLI and you want to know total tension applied to the web, multiply PLI times the width of the material in inches. ...

Mechanics of Tension Control, Part II

(Archive)

November 29, 2004, For this basic tutorial in the mechanics of web tension control, tension is defined as the force applied to a continuous web of material in the machine direction. For this basic tutorial in the mechanics ...

IR Industries Invests in ABB Motor Brake System for Retrofits on Coating Machines

(Rolls/Sheets)

April 29, 2004, ... the different tension variations off of the operator and did it automatically. The machine just does it. I would say it’s 100% automation of the tension throughout the machine. We don’t have to worry about ...

Dual-Deckle System for Trouble-Free Web Width Variation

(The Place)

November 30, 2003, ... costly in extrusion coating because the scrap includes coating and substrate. The edge beads form by an imbalance of forces that occurs when tension is applied to the coating web. As the web becomes oriented ...

Magpowr to Conduct Free Online Tech-Tips Seminar for Torque and Tension Control

(News | New Products)

November 09, 2003, ... Intl. co.) reports it will conduct a one-hour e-seminar via the Web on November 20, 2003. This first short, technology-focused seminar, says the web tension system manufacturer, will cover the most recent ...

Pay Attention to Tension

(Archive)

August 31, 2003, ... and output rolls. Of these five functions, four of them are dependent on good tension control. Q: How is tension created in most slitter/rewinders? A: Unwinding rolls typically are controlled by brakes ...

Some Things to Remember About Dynamic Surface Tension

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, Most flexible packaging plants can measure surface tension of their films by using dyne solutions. The dyne solutions are chemical mixtures that have Most flexible packaging plants can measure surface ...