Web Handling

Can You Trust (Web Handling) Equations? Members Public

Presented by David R Roisum, Ph.D., Finishing Technology, Inc. Equations have been used for more than two millennia by mathematicians and scientists alike. Newton’s Laws have been used to predict everything from cannonball trajectories to the orbital mechanics needed to put a man on the moon. Yet, as

Kevin Lifsey
2024 R2R USA

Web Handling Testing Best Practices Members Public

Created & maintained by the Web Handling Committee of the Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters. Web Handling Testing Best Practices - Version 1.0Web Handling Testing Best Practices - Version 1.0.pdf6 MBdownload-circle

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Web Handling

The role of new system-level simulation in solving difficult web-handling design problems Members Public

Due to increased demand for consistent quality and faster turnaround times when ordering new web-handling systems, machine designers are turning to simulation to stay ahead of the competition. Simulation models that include dynamical aspects have the advantage over manual calculations...

Alex Nevels
Web Handling

Closing the web-inspection loop with automatic defect marking Members Public

Automatic web-inspection systems are becoming increasingly more popular. Whether it be surface inspection on an extruder, print inspection on a gravure press or a coatweight gauge on a laminator, web-fed processes can be monitored automatically for out-of-spec conditions.

Alex Nevels
Defects

A Basic Guide to Web Guiding Members Public

Your web’s path may not be where you want it. One remedy is to find and correct the original source of the path upset. This might be as simple as moving the unwinding roll over sideways a bit.

Alex Nevels
Web Guiding

Benefits and challenges of designing and using accumulators in various web-handling operations Members Public

Accumulators benefit many web processes. Zero-speed splicers offer a 99.99% success rate. Accumulators smooth out processes that are required to index. They provide time for a winder operator to start a new roll.

Alex Nevels
Accumulators

Alternatives to nuclear sensors for on-line web-gauging of weight / thickness measurement Members Public

The traditional method for the on-line measurement of extruded / cast films, extrusion coatings, solution and hot-melt coatings and nonwovens has been the use of one or more Beta Transmission Sensors.

Alex Nevels
Measurement

Detection of Dissimilar Effective Diameters in Contact by Analyzing the Energy Values Members Public

Presented by Sarah Jobst

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