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- Winding Part 3: Tension, Nip and Torque
- (Converting Expert)
- January 16, 2023, ... for most winders. Nip is a close second for most materials. Torque will often extend the useful range of a winder. A center winder only has tension. A lay on roller adds nip load to a center winder. ...
- Non-Contact Laser Gauges Pave the Way for Higher Accuracy Length and Speed Measurements at Converting Plants
- (Slit)
- September 29, 2021, ... operations. Currently, most length and speed measurements are made using contact methods such as tachometers and wheel/roller encoders. All contact length and speed measurements are indirect measurements ...
- LaserSpeed Pro Enables Converters to Accurately, Reliably Control Web Tension and Realize Value
- (News | New Products)
- May 09, 2021, ... speeds or contact encoders, such as mechanical tachometers. Products typically exhibit a certain amount of slippage on the drive roller based on texture, product composition or tension at other points ...
- Roundtable Q&A: ROLL CLEANING & MAINTENANCE
- (Web Handling)
- February 28, 2021, What are some of the problems associated with inconsistent or improper roller maintenance and cleaning? What are some of the problems associated with inconsistent or improper roller maintenance and ...
- Leading manufacturer of quality Core Chucks, Mandrels and Core Cutter Machines since 1958
- (Equipment/Machines - Converting)
- January 18, 2021, ... case hardened locking rollers for strength and durability. Round or Square bores Set Screw, Split Hub-Clamp & Flange styles Chuck & Mandrel combination units. Spare parts repair/rebuild kits ...
- Leading manufacturer of quality Core Chucks, Mandrels and Core Cutter Machines since 1958
- (Core Cutting)
- August 31, 2020, ... case hardened locking rollers for strength and durability. Round or Square bores Set Screw, Split Hub-Clamp & Flange styles Chuck & Mandrel combination units. Spare parts repair/rebuild kits available ...
- Rising to the Challenge
- (News | New Products)
- June 14, 2020, ... (PPE), and more – all while creating new, safe working environments for their employees. American Roller In these unprecedented times, American Roller is proud to be a trusted and dependable supplier ...
- New Coating Technology Providing Real Solutions in Flexible Packaging
- (Flexpack)
- June 07, 2020, Flexible packaging is one of the most diverse industries in the world with products that are used every day, by millions of people By William Bradley, Business Development at American Roller Flexible ...
- Coating on Trial
- (News | New Products)
- May 05, 2020, ... otherwise damage will occur at the coating applicator or in the dryer. Problems can also arise when the web travels over rollers, or for laminating, when the film enters a nip or at the marrying together ...
- New Orion Stretch Wrapping Innovation Minimizes Film Consumption
- (News | New Products)
- January 26, 2020, ... evolving film technologies, which are now capable of reaching up to 600 percent pre stretch. Orion's S-Carriage delivers 180 degrees of film to roller contact, which reduces slippage and neckdown for ...
- Substrates Create Challenges & Opportunities
- (Converting Perspectives)
- November 05, 2019, ... Spunbonded nonwovens used in Tyvek and similar materials; carded and needlepunched nonwovens are other materials available. Suppliers – meeting the challenge Rollers, sensors, tension controls, ...
- Roundtable Q&A: Rolls & Roll Handling
- (News | New Products)
- October 02, 2019, How have your rollers or roll cleaning products helped to improve efficiency and quality issues for customers? William R. Bradley Jr., Director, Technical Sales - American Roller Company Peter ...
- Web Tension Control Fundamentals
- (News | New Products)
- January 24, 2019, ... driven sections can absorb tension transients. A driven machine section can be either the machine lead section or tension controller for the zone. Rewinds The rewind is the final section in a converting ...
- Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017
- (Flexpack)
- November 29, 2017, ... either one or three locking rollers and are divided into two classifications: shoulder and shoulderless. The shoulder type has a 1/8-in. shoulder raised from the chuck body that acts as a core stop and ...
- Self-Locking Core Chuck Patented by Mechanical Specialties
- (News | New Products)
- July 05, 2017, Chucks have either one or three locking rollers WYOMING, RI | Mechanical Specialties Inc. produces a self-locking core chuck in both steel and aluminum. Chucks have either one or three locking rollers ...
- Web Lines | Unwind Splice Reliability
- (Web Handling)
- October 24, 2016, ... space between bump roller and new roll, and 2) determine the initial RPMs to speed match the new roll to the web speed. NOTE: Errors in diameter measurement can create errors in both of these critical ...
- AIMCAL Awards | Toothpaste Carton Is 'Touching' Winne
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 16, 2016, ... barcode detection and decoding. The system is claimed to work with a variety of controllers and sensors. The judging panel for the 2016 Technology of the Year Competition included five well-known experts ...
- Web Lines | Unwritten Rules, Part 2
- (Technical Reports)
- June 08, 2015, ... rollers. Here are two more: 4. Overly narrow web vs. roller width is trouble, too. Don't run overly narrow web on wide rollers. You can get away with this, but overly wide rollers have overly high ...
- Web Lines | Unwritten Rules, Now Written
- (Technical Reports)
- April 27, 2015, ... high tension, marginal tension, and low tension: High tension webs run straighter, have more traction on rollers, providing more force for spreading devices to prevent wrinkles. The high tension web ...
- Web Lines | The Case of the Missing Pacer
- (Technical Reports)
- July 07, 2014, How can a system with only two slipping torque elements control speed? I recently visited a converter that had a rewinder with no apparent direct-driven pacer roller. The unwind had brake torque control, ...