Different terms related to web guiding are discussed in this article.
Web guiding is the process of regulating the cross machine position of the web while the web is transported over the rollers in roll-to-roll processing machinery. Other terms for web guiding include:
Many displacement guides, steering guides, unwind / rewind guides manufactured in the 1960’s, 1970's, 1980’s and 1990's were controlled using both pneumatic and hydraulic control systems which are often referred to as pneumo-hydraulic web guides. These web guide were really common before the mass adoption of the electronic (analog and digital) controllers and electric actuators. A lot of these units were predominant in blown film lines, extrusion lines, flexographic printing presses and even in paper converting machines.
The Pneumohydraulic Replacement Kit from Roll-2-Roll Technologies comes complete with Cylinder Replacements. We've adapted these cylinders, so they can just drop into the pneumohydraulic machines. Learn more about Pneumohydraulic Replacement Kits at https://r2r.tech/products/web-guide-replacement-kit
Check out this video to see how easy it is to simply plug in and use our web guiding system without any type of setup or calibration.
The compact web guiding system from Roll-2-Roll Technologies is powered by the ARIS web position sensor. The revolutionary sensor technology enables the web guide to work with any material without the need for setup or calibration.
This video shows how easy it is to install the Roll-2-Roll Technologies Compact Web Guiding System. The complete installation and commissioning can be done within seven minutes.
The line guiding capabilities of the compact web guiding system is enabled by the ARIS web position sensor as shown in this demo video.
Roll-2-Roll Technologies compact web guiding system can be used for contrast guiding with the ARIS Web Position Sensor as shown in this video.
Roll-2-Roll Technologies shows the latest in web guiding equipment. Watch this video for an overview of our web guiding system and sensor's capabilities.
The performance of the compact web guiding system with a challenging porous web, burlap web is shown in this video.