Guidelines for Selecting the Best Winding Process

Presented by R. Duane Smith, Davis-Standard, LLC

There is a lot of Science that goes into winding. The TNT winding principles are well established and have been proven and modeled at the Web Handling Research Center at OSU in Stillwater, OK. Yet determining which of these principles, or the proportional amount of each of these to use for proper winding of different types of materials under a specific set of conditions, is still considered an Art. This paper is a guide for selecting the best type of winder to use in order to consistently produce quality, defect-free rolls of web material. We will discuss the winding principles, how they are used on different types of winders, and present product parameters that each type of Winder is best suited for.