Shafts

Controlling Your Web from Beginning to End

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... in position are an excellent choice for aligning the two shafts. And, the arms should not be counterweighted to balance the roll weight. Counterbalancing the dancer roll arms adds to the rotational ...

Solving the Problem of Press Part Replacements

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... relied on Murray Brothers Inc. to produce replacement plate cylinders, gears, and shafts for each of its presses. Comparison Shopping Pays Off Urry first discovered Murray Brothers 11 years ago when ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... rewind shaft system is said to reduce downtime dramatically by eliminating the requirement to strip down the rewind shafts when changing to different slit widths. System has a minimum slit width of 50 ...

NOVA and Union Carbide to build ethylene plant

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... pancakes on two pairs of rewind shafts. This highly polished slippery stock requires sensitive control throughout the conversion process. The slitter features a fully driven unwind fitted with an automatic ...

Laminator adds metallizing to the mix

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... important - on the equipment itself, because the working cycle is highly automated. The roll of substrate, which can be as wide as 65 inches, is placed into the metallizer and threaded between two shafts. ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... to be the world's fastest in-line slitter/winder for extrusion lines. It features an overlapping turret design with cantilevered swing-out shafts; a servo-driven turret index for rapid, precise, and repeatable ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... assures roll quality, Schwemin reports. Unwind and rewind core shafts are cantilevered for easy roll loading. Automatic splicing allows Duralam's operators to change rolls "on the fly" without shutting down ...

Deciphering the complexities of the core/shaft/unwind relationship.

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... application, there are many factors to consider. What are these considerations, and how do you get past them to start rolling out quality product? In examining the relationship among cores, shafts, ...

Don't forget your unwind

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... It is cost-effective; it can handle varying width rolls; and it provides the maximum possible grip between shaft and core. In contrast, shaftless unwinds avoid the need for the operator to handle shafts, ...

Examining trends in drives and motors

(Magazine)

December 31, 1995, ... digital speed regulations, and reportedly provides higher starting torque than AC or brush-type DC drives. Electronic line shafting eliminates drive shafts and gears and mechanical coupling between ...

Opportunities abound in an emerging Indian market

(Magazine)

December 31, 1995, ... as high as 120% on air shafts, for example, meant that the country had to make do with less sophisticated machinery. Today's duties, half that amount, should drop to 25% or below in the next year or so.(*) ...

Laser alignment determines shaft offsets

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, ... designation of stationary machine feet, uncoupled shafts and single-bearing machines. Once measurement starts, alignment can be calculated automatically from only a quarter turn of shaft rotation, and ...