web edge position

Today we want to show a feature in our web guides that allows for guide point adjustment We can do a fine guide point adjustment or a gross guide point adjustment without having to physically move the sensor The adjustment can be made on the operator interface by just sliding our finger across the screen In a previous video we talked about the fine guide point adjustment and today we want to go over the gross point adjustment For that we have to go to the operator interface screen, and there is a black bar on the screen and all you have to do is slide your finger across the black bar and it will move the guide point After that you will need to hit accept and the guide point will be set Unless you hit the accept button after moving the guide point, the system will not register the change in guide point If by mistake you touch the screen and move the guide point, the guide point will return to its original setting unless you hit the accept icon This is just another of our features on our web guides available in the control unit version 2.4 which is standard in all our web guides since June 2017 Fine and gross guide point adjustment, something we believe will be very beneficial for any converting operation Visit our website at www.r2r-tech.com for more information on all these features

This is Pedro Velasco from Roll-2-Roll Technologies and today we're a test bench where we you know do some variants of our products. I want to talk to you today about one of our products that we have on the sensor control unit side. Now one of our options for smart sensor control in our line of products is the ARIS SCU for control cabinet mounting on a thin rail as we have shown here. Now we have arranged the sensor control along with a couple sensors so we have two units with two sensors that actually for burning.

This was originally designed for OEMs who wanted to as an in capita control unit and they wanted to use our sensor technology with their own actuator systems and their web guiding systems. Therefore they were benefiting from our technology from our smart technology that's offered in our whole line of products now. The ARIS SCU provides it can provide an analog output, a connection for Ethernet IP applications, an operator interface so to connect the display to it and then on the bottom side, you can see we'll have the two sensor controls, two sets of connections now. The sensors then, the sensors we provide with this, would be with a shielded cable and they can be installed far away.

This is particularly useful for those applications where the sensor needs to be in an environment in which the control unit cannot be in. For say for example, an environment like a vacuum environment now the ARIS SCU can also be used in other applications. You know like for the detection of web positions, monitoring measurement of web width, any industrial operation so it's not only for those OEMs it can also be used for those who have a very special applications like I mentioned before. Applications where the environment wants or requires that the sensor control unit be away from the sensor.

Now this is a lightweight, easy to install, smart sensor control unit that is a coupled with our sensor technology and it allows you to detect and monitor any material position without the need for calibration. For more information subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out other videos that we have with additional tips and tutorials on our products. Thank you.

Hi, this is Pedro Velasco with Roll-2-Roll Technologies. We've all seen the videos that show you how to calibrate a sensor for edge guiding purposes. It's a lengthy process, with many steps, complicated to some people to the point that we have we've seen in some converting lines the procedure posted so that the operator can follow the steps required for calibration Well, that is Old Technology. Our technology came into the market three years ago with a revolutionary way of sensing where you don't have to do any calibration.

Here we show you how easy it is to install these sensors in comparison to the old processes where you have to go through a calibration step by step. This is the ARIS SCU5 sensor control unit. It's a very simple lightweight unit that is available with a screen or without a screen depending on your needs, but it can handle up to two sensors at a time. Today we will show you how easy it is just to get our sensor into operation with the sensor with the control unit.

First, plug the sensor control unit to a 24 DC power supply I have installed a ARIS WPS 221 IR sensor which has a 221 millimeter sensing window and an infrared light source. All I'm going to do is just plug it in. Once I match the plug to the notch I can just put it in place and the ARIS SCU control unit immediately recognizes what type of sensor we have in is it a white light or an infrared sensor even the size of the sensor, so you don't have to worry about that either and we're going to set it up to edge mode right. As soon as I place the material in front the sensor it is immediately detected.

I did no calibration for this. I can even change the material and put in something that's difficult as this, which is a bubble wrap and in it detects it. Not only that, I can change it to detect a string, count the number of strings, the position of the string. These are just some of the applications.

What I wanted really to show you was that this is all you have to do in order to get our sensors into operation no calibration at all so why waste your time using old technology where you have to go through a lengthy process of calibration, when you can have this, which allows you to do all that in just a couple steps. To see more video materials on our website www.r2r-tech.com.

Hi, this is Pedro Velasco with roll-to-roll technologies in a previous video we showed you or we talked to you about the advantages of using a retrofit kit when you need to replace your existing web guiding system especially if you're a integrator or a rebuilder of machinery even an end-user. This is one way to save some money, so you keep the mechanical part of your web guide But then you use a retrofit kit in order to improve its application now You're getting the best in controllers and the best in sensors technology available at that time so Whenever you order a kit from us you'll probably get a Control unit which is clearly labeled and helps you in the orientation as to how the screen will be. So you will have the sensor Ports and then you will have on the side power connection the motor connection And if you have order an Ethernet communications option it will be there, too. You will also get a sensor or sensors depending on what your application Maybe even a sensor rail if you need so But that it's up to the user as to where they want to place the sensor.

You also get an actuator With it's a own motor driver and then a servo-center sensor with its brackets right. And then all the other accessories are required in order to do the installation. Ok so the first thing you would like you would want to do when you receive your Your kit is you want to verify that it it's in working condition I mean we do packages the best way possible we want to avoid any problems. So the first thing you do is you power up your control unit and you will receive a Connecting cable like this, but for the sake of this demonstration.

We're just gonna use a pre connected power supply. So you will connected to your power power right and then the screen should light up right and then you can proceed to Connect your sensor now remember our technology allows you to do this without having to do any calibration so it's a very simple and a very simple operation so Here you go, so I have now connected my sensor And I can verify if it's working as you can see on the screen, it's working so that we have done that step so After checking your the control unit with the sensor and just powering it up we want to then proceed to Installing the motor so when you get the motor or the actuator you will get an actuator with the mounting bracket And the motor driver okay? So first of all we just want to do is we're gonna do a wiring here Show you how to how you can connect the wiring, but typically we will give it to you pre-wired now There are some exceptions people have some special requirements And they want to do a wiring themselves, but will also give you instructions how to do the wiring. But in this case we're just gonna go through the whole process so first of all you would have to install the bracket I'm gonna use this The plate that we have for the demonstration purposes, but you would have to have this already pre-drilled It's a 4m 4mm screws and then we just Do the just put the bracket on and screw the bracket on to the plate so one thing that you have to be Cognizant of as we're installing the bracket We also have to install the servo- center bracket.

Now the service center bracket now only has one position it goes to this side right so you have to install it at the same time you're installing the motor bracket and so you use your 4mm 4mm screws and you have to install it within the brackets into the plate So here I show you that I have installed the bracket and installed the other bracket for the motor or for the actuator and the bracket for the servo-center As you can see I have the screws mounted here in here right something you have to consider you have to align the motor make sure that this bracket aligns the motor with the the Connection for the actuator to the web guiding mechanism right and of course the servo- Center. It has a one position only so and that will get installed in the next step. Okay, so once I have all the brackets installed then and I have aligned it then I place the motor and notice that I am placing the motor with the cable side on Opposite of where the several Center bracket is at right. I would screw this on and then I would get the servo Center sensor So in order to install the servo-center when it comes it has two nuts right and so you Put it through the hole on the servo-center bracket install the Locking nut and just Score it back on and one thing that you have to do is we recommend that you have the distance between the face of the servo Center sensor and the screw of the actuator An eighth of an inch is a pretty good distance that will work enough and you can actually adjust that by just adjusting the back Nut in order to create the space Okay, so now that we have installed.

Let me give you a piece of advice because there are certain vibrations on the web guides that is operating and you don't want the servo-center to Sensor to move we recommend that once you have determined the appropriate appropriate distance of the servo-center sensor Just put a little drop of Loctite glue on the back nut and then after you secure the front nut then before you secure it just put a little bit on that too right and that will keep the sensor in position. okay, so now that you have installed the Motor on the motor bracket or the actuator on the motor bracket and the servo- Center on its bracket Then we want to do the wiring. However we provide the driver Motor driver in this enclosure. Now you have two options to put places enclosure within your operation one is a you actually fix it to a plate or something where you can just drill a couple of holes.

We provide the Dimensions for this for you so you can do that that operation. You would probably recommend a m3 and screw on this. However We also provide the option where you can just put it on a din rail, so those are two things you can do when installing. Okay, so When we're going to wire this, it's clearly labeled we will provide you with a sheet where it gives you the locations of each of the wires.

However typically we will send this to you pre wired But in the case that you need to do it on your on your own we have provided this sheet And you'll find that on the p1 section, which is clearly label p1 you will have all the connections for the motor in the Connection from the control unit to the more and on the p5 section. You will have the connections for the servo center unit So before we start connecting cables. Let me give you a word of advice You may not you should not connect the motor Or plug in the connection to the control unit that goes from the motors From the motor driver while the control unit is on This will it's not recommend it so Always every time you can do some operation where you need to disconnect the motor from the motor from the control unit Make sure that the control unit is off Alright, so for the sake of time we went ahead and wire to this. This took us about five minutes to do the wiring but as you can see we followed the table that we have here.

It's all pre-wired according to the table and as I mentioned before never plug the motor driver to the control unit while the control unit is on. So as you can see right now we have we have our control unit off. We're gonna go ahead and proceed and connect the motor driver to it. Now that I've That I've connected the motor driver to the control unit I can proceed to put power to it so Now one thing that we recommend once you do this is just make sure in check that everything is operating so with the control unit on the manual which is when it's lit red.

We can actually check the position of the motor. Just move it around right so We can jog it to one side or jog it to the other side Furthermore we can check the servo-center now. Here's something that we want to tell you about servo- centers sometimes Typically we will send you this already preset But in case it s move or something like that you might notice that the servo- center might be off. It might be because It's in the wrong position, so what you want to do is adjust it.

Now you can find adjust it by moving the servo- center in and out to things you don't want to do you don't want it to be crashing against the the stem of the of the actuator and Second thing is you don't want it to be too far away otherwise it will just go to either one of the Extremes right so once that is set we are ready to then test with the sensor now when we're connecting the sensor to the control unit you have to be very careful because the pins inside the connector are very very fine. So the connector will have a notch and you have to align the notch to the port. So the port rule house will have a notch in there so align those those two and Just don't push it in too hard. Just align them and just screw it right on.

It will come in completely and connect correctly and as you can see right now, so The sensor doesn't detect anything right but right now It's in manual mode, so nothing will happen But I'm gonna check and see and yeah the sensor is actually seeing this the finger in if I put it on automatic Okay it will start moving and then I can verify the sensoring. I servo-ceter again, and it's ready to go when you're specing the motor we actually provide you that the motor comes with an m6 thread On the on the end of the of the shaft motor shaft, however We usually will you know we can work with you if you have another need. Also we can provide you with Different size motors depending on your needs so if you have an application that requires more thrust we can give you a bigger motor or the standard motor that we put in some of our web guides, or if you have a very small application we can use a smaller motor. It's all depends on your needs So all you have to do is just tell us about what your needs are with the motor and you know the connection to this to your web guide it can be you know a Ball joint that you know there's many applications that you can do with this However anytime you need something like this.

We just spec with you we talk to you and we we help you inspecting the The connection for your web guide. So with all the options that we have in motors All the options we have in controls and on it you can apply this to any type of guide Any type of guiding application that you need for example you can use it on a steering guide or a displacement guide even for unwind and rewinds and Just by changing the motor we can use it in any of those applications We we hope this information is useful to you in how to use or how to install one of our retrofit Kits now one thing that we want to emphasize is this is the same technology that is on all our web guides so if you want to see other features that we provide within our control units with our sensors you can look at our some of our other videos that we have through our website. You can see other applications we can do with our sensors. You can see you know how we can actually give you some other features and Make your operation easier to run so We hope this will be a help to you and just contact us or look at our website www.r2r-tech.com

All right, this is Pedro Velasco with Roll-2-Roll Technologies. Today, we want to talk to you about using retrofit kits in order to improve your existing web line or a production line. So one of the can one of the things that usually a any Integrator or OEM or a rebuilder of machines will face even even an end-user will face is that you have a machine, you have a web guiding system, and you need to replace it But one of the things that we found out is that you really don't need to replace the mechanical components. If you have a retrofit kit You will probably get a lot of bang for your buck instead of expending a lot of money on just a complete web guide.

Advantage of this is that number one, you don't have to buy an expensive web guide system new for your operation. Number two, is that when you buy a new web guide system sometimes because things have changed through the years then you have to do a lot of adjustments within your machine such as drilling new holes, adapting your web guide to that. Number three if you get a retrofit kit, you have the advantage of getting the best or the newest technology that there is in controls and in sensors. So what you usually get when you get a retrofit kit?

Number one, you'll probably get a sensor one or two depending on your application. You will get a control unit. You will get an actuator with a motor driver and of course all the necessary accessories in order to connect all this. So those are the things that you're looking for.

Now in an additional video will teach you or will talk to you about how to do the connection of all these items so you can apply them to your lines. So if you're an integrator, you're an OEM, you're a rebuilder, even an end-user one of the best things you can do is use a retrofit kit in order to get your operation into the best technology available instead of spending a lot of money just getting a new web guide.

So here at Roll-2-Roll Technologies we keep advancing with our developments. Today I want to talk to you about the contrast sensing application and something new that we have come up with through our development space. So we have set up here a screen where we'll show you the contrast being read by the sensor below. In this case I'm going to show you this is a strip of material that has several labels on top of a white substrate and as I present it to the sensor, you will see on the screen how it can actually see each one of those labels and the position of the labels, right.

So this is a silver on white. We can also look at a white on white if necessary and as you can see it actually detects where the material is at. I think you can see the edge of the material and you can see actually the white strip in on that white substrate Another thing is we can actually also look at different colors and it can look at each one of them individually and seen on the screen. More extreme, we have this white on white label so we have a label on extremely white substrate we can hardly see it with our eyes but as you can see not only this would pick up the edge of the material and the edge of that white label on it but if we have a a printed yellow line also and you can also detect the two all at the same time.

Now what this application is one of the applications for this type of feature is for example on slitting applications where previously you would need to print a line on the on the material in order to do the slitting by guiding yourself off the line now you can do it like just guiding the material off this any type of age of a label. It doesn't matter the contrast is very low so all that because our sensor feature that can detect any type of differences in contrast with our powerful sensor application. So you can see more of this Roll-2-Roll Technologies and our website www.r2r-tech.com