Flexible materials, often called webs, are used in wide variety of manufacturing processes to create finished goods used in industrial, military and consumer applications. Webs such as paper, plastic, metals, film, foil, and nonwoven are common raw materials used in the manufacturing processes. Variety of processes such as, printing, coating, laminating, slitting, embossing, etc., are performed on the flexible materials to create the finished products. This process is often referred to as converting where the raw material is converted into finished products.
Does your company have a fear of change?
Innovation.
Innovation. This word is prominent in most industrial websites, a go-to word in nearly every company description. Yet, 94 percent of managers are displeased with their companies innovation record.
Innovation is more than a go-to word. It's a culture.
If that’s the case, why are so many companies resistant to change? How can we bridge the gap between their expectations and reality?
Faster speeds and thinner materials… these are two of the most important trends the nonwoven industry is experiencing and equipment manufacturers are challenged to adapt to these trends rapidly.
Every generation has a revolution and for years U-shaped sensors were the standard in edge sensing technology. Now the next generation in web sensing technology is here. Materials are getting thinner, lighter and processes are getting faster. Is your web guiding technology up to date for this challenge?
An introduction to the revolutionary web edge sensor technology is outlined in this article. The sensor technology is based on light scattering and spatial filtering properties of optical fibers.