web guiding

Roll-To-Roll technologies offers web guide retrofit kits for operations that need to upgrade their guiding systems. The mechanical systems and web guides can outlive the control Sensor and/or the actuator in their guiding systems we can provide options that allow you to retrofit our sensor Sensor control unit and actuator to an existing web guiding system The upgrade is easy to install and you will get the benefits of the technology that powers errors products Making your process easier to control For more information, visit us at www.r2r-tech.com

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.

This is Pedro Velasco with Roll-2-Roll Technologies. Today I want to introduce to you one of our new products in our line of compact web guides. This is our low profile web guide, 3.5 inches tall that can go from 10 inches up to 22 inches. It's very lightweight, very easy to install, very easy to handle and it has the same capabilities that's in our compact web guide.

So having no need for calibration of the sensor, easy to operate interface for operators and you have the same quality and endurance of our compact line of web guides. The only difference is that a control unit in the control unit is placed away. You can either have with same conditions as these where we can have Ethernet IP connections, you can have analog outputs, you can have a operator icon based interface but it still has the stepper motor now which provides very smooth operation and at the same time everything that we have in our technology on the compact web guides is in this guide. These web guides are available at the end of July and we recommend them highly if you have an operation where you have very tight spaces in your line and you want to install a very reliable web guide.

So you can see more about our products at www.r2r-tech.com

hi this is privileged old troll technology today I want to talk to you about our newest addition in our line of work this is the local contact web guy which is good for narrow web applications with the displacement guide that you go from 10 inches up to 20 inches in budget what about drinking shoes with is the low profile of it which has is reduced to about 40 inches in height but also all the controls are picking away so we have a remote control display that you can place anywhere away from me hung from the machine our remote control has all the other the same applications as our physical web guide and including every will display into operator interfaces for now while the great feature with this is you can do any type of web guy usable we can do edge and the thinner you can also a little contrast guiding so those applications where you want to guys off the the contour of the edge of a label and you can do also wine guy by changing the sensor you can do these applications and when we do for a change for many of these applications are going to present an icon only on the operation support now another feature that we have is you can get these guides with either a new path or a or a d-pad so he can get a web path or exemptions are probably go to the bottom or vice versa these are some of the pieces that we have with our new line of web guides available in the flyer we office and we can see more of the art information on our web guides at www.artoffire.com

Hi, this is Pedro Velasco with Roll-2-Roll Technologies. Our products are based on our own research. Every so often we'll go back and do some more testing and we do some further investigations of our products work. In this case, I want to show you this is one of test benches.

We build this on our own. Right now, we're actually doing some some data collection on our newest web guide, which is the compact low profile Displacement guide and what we're trying to do right now is we're putting in a disturbance upstream sinusoidal disturbance and then we're recording comparing what the material coming in, how it's coming in and compare with the material coming out, the result of correction through our web guide. We take all that data and then we do some comparisons and make some corrections and further improve the way our systems work. So right now, we're showing you the downstream side of a web guide and what we're doing is the sensor on this sensor here is actually reporting the information from the data at the position of the web guide and of course our web guide is being controlled or guided thanks to that sensor that we have over there, which is a sensor that's provided with the web guide.

As you can see from this view we can see the sinusoidal disturbance being caused by one of our web guides on the front through programs that have to do that for us and then downstream closer to the camera, you can see the our featured web guide doing the correction. Now one of the features our controls is they learn on their own. And that's part of our algorithm So we take the information from this and we further correct it. also allows us to create other features for our customers such as the KOIOS data analytics which can actually help predict other problems upstream from where the web just based on information that are systems provide.

You can see more of the information our web guides at www.r2r-tech.com

Hi this is Pedro Velasco with Roll-2-Roll Technologies . Today we're going to talk to you about one of our line of web guides within the narrow web applications, specifically steering guides These come with the same features as the displacement guides that we are well known for. These are especially for applications where you have a very long entry span into the into the web guide, for example when you're coming off an oven and you need an application right after the oven, The steering guides come with the same linear displacement actuators and they also come with the air SCU5 sensor control unit which is the brain of the web guide and then also with the ARIS WPS web position sensors which come in sensing width of 48 mm up to 221 mm. Our steering web guides come with either grooved rollers or smooth rollers.

Now we recommend the grooved rollers if you're running webs at very high speeds, therefore allowing you to eliminate the entrapped air between the web material and the surface of the roller and eliminating any slippage. With these web guides you can edge guide, center guide, and additionally contrast and line guide using our white light contrast sensors You can actually guide any type of material with no need for calibration of the sensors and it's a very easy to install and operate system. We are Roll-2-Roll Technologies and and you can talk to our experts by contacting us through 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.

Hi, this is Pedro Velasco with Roll-2-Roll technologies. Today I want to teach talk to you about how to install a roller on our web guides. Now in some situations you might have that you purchase a web guide from us but you require a special coating on your roller. Well we don't carry those in stock but we can tell you where you can find those rollers from one of our suppliers.

And so the best thing we can do is teach you how you change the roller or how you install the roller on your web guide. So when we give you a web guide when we send it to you you will have the shafts for the roller already installed so they're gonna be located here and they're attached with two m8 screws on each side. So just remove the m8 screws and remove this shaft. So this is one of our typical and groove rollers that we have in this case the roller will have when you receive it it will be covered in a black protective fabric and then it will have two rubber bands on the edge so you just take the rubber bands off and leave a protector protective fabric on it until you're finished assembling it.

But for so you will have on, either side, one side of the roller you will have a little bearing which is actually going to help it's a pressure bearing so it keeps a pressure on the shaft as you're assembling it. And then on the other side you will have two set screws that will actually lock the position of the shaft on the bearing. Now these collars kind of move around so they are pivoting collars. Okay so the first step to do is install the shaft into the the roller into the roller itself.

So you go through the collar that has the little bearing ball bearing on it and just carefully install it in there and just push it through right. Now it should go all the way through to the other side to the other collar and then you will have to look on it on this side just to align it. So once you have it aligned just push it through all the way up there okay so it goes out. Now one of the things you'll notice is we have to kind of center this shaft on the roller.

One of the best ways we found out is this measuring the distance between the end of the shaft to the on the on the roller. You could use the vernier for that. So we'll just take some measurements here. This one has a hundred point one six zero inches on one side and on the other side it should be very close to that.

It has point one eight one. I'm gonna measure that again point one eighty five. So what I do, this is pretty close to center, so what I do I just give it a little tap on one side and see how much it moved. Point one six six point one seven seven- that's close enough.

Okay so I have a ten thousandth of an inch difference between either side so that. So now we proceed to lock the shaft in place now the roller face will have a little cutout in it which is gives us access to these set screws. So you align the set screw to the to the cutout and just tighten it. Now for this you will need a 1/8 inch allen wrench.

so once you have it set and tightened then you can proceed to install the roller onto the roller plate. And this is a fairly simple operation just align the holes of the shaft to the holes on the rollerplate. Place your m8 screws on it just throw them on and just finish it off by tightening with a 5 millimeter allen wrench. And just give it a once you come to the lock just give it a quarter turn that'll be enough.

And you have assembled or placed a new roller on your web guide then you can remove this fabric and you're ready to go. So we hope that this helps you in doing a change of our roller assembly onto the roller plate and just watch on our YouTube channel for more instructional videos. You can also go to www.r2r-tech.com and see other information from our products.