# Wide Web Guides

> The Most Intelligent Web Guides Should Be Easy to Use

**Last updated:** 2026-01-30

**Source:** https://r2r.tech/products/web-guides/wide-web-guides

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> The Most Intelligent Web Guides Should Be Easy to Use

## Specifications

| System Includes | Sensor (ODC/1DC wide range) + Controller (SCU5/SCU6x) + Actuator + Frame + Cables |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Sensor Range | Up to 960 mm (37.8 in) | Actuator Series | LHS-WG, RLA, or BLA |
| Sensor Technology | Fiber optic (diffuse-reflective) | Controller | SCU5 or SCU6x |
| Repeatability | >99.9% | Resolution | 0.0635 mm (0.0025 in) |
| Motor Type | Brushless bi-polar stepper | Protection Class | IP54 |

## Features

- Handles wide web materials – designed for wider converting applications
- Complete integrated system – sensor, controller, actuator, and frame included
- Zero recalibration sensors – material-agnostic detection works on any substrate
- High thrust actuators – powerful positioning for heavier web materials
- Industrial Ethernet options – integrates with plant PLC/SCADA systems

## Benefits

- Stop sensor repositioning – wide aperture handles full width range without adjustment
- Eliminate edge quality issues – precise guiding prevents trim waste and edge defects
- End changeover delays – no sensor adjustment needed between width changes
- Remove integration complexity – complete matched system from one vendor
- Prevent production bottlenecks – high thrust handles challenging materials

## Applications

- Wide web converting and coating lines
- Film extrusion and processing
- Nonwoven manufacturing
- Paper and paperboard converting
- Metal foil processing

## Product Details

- **Web Widths:** Narrow (<12"), Medium (12"-48")
- **Line Speeds:** 500-1000 fpm
- **Material Types:** Clear Film, Porous/Perforated
- **Lead Time:** 6-8 Weeks

## Documentation

**3D Model (STEP):** [28in Web Guide Assembly -- Low Profile Web Guide](https://r2r.tech/documentation/3d-models/28in-web-guide-assembly-low-profile-web-guide.md)

**Additional documentation:**
- [ARIS SCU5 EtherNet/IP Configuration Manual](https://r2r.tech/documentation/manuals/aris-scu5-ethernetip-configuration-manual.md)
- [Case Study - Wide Web Guide System for Textiles](https://r2r.tech/documentation/case-studies/case-study-wide-web-guide-system-textiles.md)
- [Dimensional drawing of Wide Web Guides](https://r2r.tech/documentation/2d-drawings/dimensional-drawing-wide-web-guides.md)
- [Installation of Displacement Guide](https://r2r.tech/documentation/manuals/installation-displacement-guide.md)
- [Master/Slave Web Guiding System Installation](https://r2r.tech/documentation/manuals/masterslave-web-guiding-system-installation.md)
- [Motor Controller - MC QD 1140/1141/1240/1241: 2D Drawing](https://r2r.tech/documentation/2d-drawings/motor-controller-mc-qd-1140114112401241-2d-drawing.md)
- [Motor Controller - MC QD 1140/1141/1240/1241: 2D Drawing (DXF)](https://r2r.tech/documentation/2d-drawings/motor-controller-mc-qd-1140114112401241-2d-drawing-dxf.md)
- [Motor Controller - MC QD 1180/1181/1211/1230/1231/1260: 2D Drawing](https://r2r.tech/documentation/2d-drawings/motor-controller-mc-qd-118011811211123012311260-2d-drawing.md)
- [Motor Driver MC QD 1140/1141/1161/1180/1181/1211/1230/1231/1240/1260](https://r2r.tech/documentation/manuals/motor-driver-mc-qd-1140114111611180118112111230123112401260.md)
- [Roll-2-Roll® Web Guides: Product Brochure](https://r2r.tech/documentation/brochures/roll-2-rollr-web-guides-product-brochure.md)
- [SCU5 Controller: 2D Drawing (DXF)](https://r2r.tech/documentation/2d-drawings/scu5-controller-2d-drawing-dxf.md)
- [SCU5 Controller: 2D Drawing (pdf)](https://r2r.tech/documentation/2d-drawings/scu5-controller-2d-drawing-pdf.md)
- [SCU5 M: Web Guide Controller Product and User Manual (V2.6)](https://r2r.tech/documentation/manuals/scu5-m-web-guide-controller-product-and-user-manual-v26.md)
- [SCU5 MD Wiring with MC QD 1141/1140/1240 + Web Guide Actuator](https://r2r.tech/documentation/wiring-diagrams/scu5-md-wiring-mc-qd-114111401240-web-guide-actuator.md)
- [SCU5 MD Wiring with MC QD 1180/1181/1211/1230/1231/1260 + Web Guide Actuator](https://r2r.tech/documentation/wiring-diagrams/scu5-md-wiring-mc-qd-118011811211123012311260-web-guide-actuator.md)
- [SCU5 MD Wiring with ODC Sensor, MC QD 1140/1141/1240 with Web Guide](https://r2r.tech/documentation/wiring-diagrams/scu5-md-wiring-odc-sensor-mc-qd-114011411240-web-guide.md)
- [SCU5: Sensor and Web Guide Controller User Manual v3.3](https://r2r.tech/documentation/manuals/scu5-sensor-and-web-guide-controller-user-manual-v33.md)
- [SCU5: Sensor and Web Guide Controller User Manual v3.4](https://r2r.tech/documentation/manuals/scu5-sensor-and-web-guide-controller-user-manual-v34.md)
- [Servo Center Servo Installation](https://r2r.tech/documentation/manuals/servo-center-servo-installation.md)
- [Standard Operating Procedure (SOP): Center Guiding Application (v2.x)](https://r2r.tech/documentation/manuals/standard-operating-procedure-sop-center-guiding-application-v2x.md)
- [Standard Operating Procedure (SOP): Edge Guiding Application (v2.x)](https://r2r.tech/documentation/manuals/standard-operating-procedure-sop-edge-guiding-application-v2x.md)
- [Standard Operating Procedure (SOP): Line Guiding Application](https://r2r.tech/documentation/manuals/standard-operating-procedure-sop-line-guiding-application.md)
- [Web Guide Installation Checklist](https://r2r.tech/documentation/manuals/web-guide-installation-checklist.md)
- [Wide Web Guides Product Brochure](https://r2r.tech/documentation/brochures/wide-web-guides-product-brochure.md)
- [Wide Web Guides Product and User Manual](https://r2r.tech/documentation/manuals/wide-web-guides-product-and-user-manual.md)

**Tags:** Wide Web Guides, Web Guides, Displacement Guides

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## About Roll-2-Roll Technologies

Roll-2-Roll Technologies designs and manufactures patented fiber-optic web position sensors and advanced web guiding controllers — the precision measurement and control core of modern roll-to-roll manufacturing. Spun out of Oklahoma State University's Web Handling Research Center and trusted by Fortune 500 medical, battery, and nonwovens manufacturers, our patented sensors work without recalibration at ±0.1mm accuracy up to 760 mpm — typical customer outcomes are 50%+ less downtime and payback under six months. Headquartered in Stillwater, Oklahoma, our team of PhDs, controls engineers, and industry veterans extends the sensor + controller core into complete web guide systems including stepper-motor-based linear actuators (RLA, BLA, LHS).

- Website: https://r2r.tech
- Phone: +1 (888) 290-3215
- Email: sales@r2r.tech