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Pneumo-Hydraulic Web Guides Problems - What we know and what we can do for you

By pedro on

Many converting operations from the 60’s up to the 90’s adopted pneumo-hydraulic web guiding systems, especially in blown film lines, extrusion lines, flexographic printing presses and paper converting machines. These systems were a combination of a pneumatic sensor and  a hydraulic power unit and control to actuate a hydraulic cylinder to move the guide assembly.

Servo Center Servo Installation

The servo centering is a term used to indicate the middle or center position of a web guide mechanism. For an intermediate web guide this would be the position where the web guide mechanism would be aligned with the rest of the machine so that idle roller(s) on the web guide would be parallel to the other fixed idle rollers on the machine. With terminal guides this would usually correspond to the middle of the stroke of the unwind/rewind carriage.

How to Upgrade a North American Web Guide - H5533 Actuator Replacement

Converters can save money and time by installing a North American Web Guide Upgrade kit from Roll-2-Roll Technologies.

In the video we demonstrates the replacement of the actuator on an old North American Web Guide as part of the upgrade process with Roll-2-Roll® Web Guide Upgrade Kit, with controller, sensor and actuator.

The video shows step by step the process of removing the existing actuator and replacing it with a Roll-2-Roll Technologies actuator.

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