Properly Select a Web Guide for Your Operation
Cover Story of PFFC Digital and Printed Magazine for June 2021
The June 2021 Edition of Paper, Film & Foil Converter Magazine featured as its cover story the article "Properly Select a Web Guide for Your Operation" written by Aravind Seshadri, President of Roll-2-Roll Technologies. The article is based on our posts and articles "Web Guide or Web Guiding Systems Overview," "Web Guiding System: Why, What, Where and How?" and "Web Guide Selection and Installation Tips"
Web guides are probably the most overlooked element of a converting line.
It is noticed when it fails or when the converting tolerances get tighter. Our first step is to understand the problem when we enter the process of working with a customer, specially, what does the customer want? Here we guide the customer through the identification of parameters, and the options available. At the end we all come to a solution based on the interaction customer-supplier.
This article talks about one of the steps, determining a proper web guiding solution. It covers proper roller selection, web guide types, proper installation of different types of web guides, and types of guiding. Many converters enter the selection process of web guiding solutions with limited information. In general, the article gives guidance into the basic issues in web guiding solution selection.
This is a must read for Converters searching for web guiding solutions.