# Contrast guiding capabilities of compact web guiding system

> 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. 

**Last updated:** 2026-03-03

**Source:** https://r2r.tech/videos/contrast-guiding-capabilities-compact-web-guiding-system

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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. 

## Transcript

our web guiding system ARIS features the latest in web guiding technology it adapts to any material, requires no calibration and is very simple to setup. Now it features a comprehensive guiding sensor that can be used in any kind of sensing including edge, line, contrast, composite or layered web detection. In this video we use two web guides as a test machine to introduce several speeds and disturbance frequencies. One web guide creates a disturbance while the other correct this disturbance.

This test allows us to evaluate how our machine adjust to these different disturbances. This video shows contrast guiding of composite web where the web is guided based on a die cut of the label. Our web guides can work with continuous or intermittent lines or contrasted edge. Our edge sensor detects the web position of any materials used without the need for manual adjustments.

A previous version of our sensor used a reflection of infrared light to take a picture of the edge of the material. These pictures and processed using digital signal processing algorithms to accurately sense the true position of the material irrespective of its physical properties. The updated version is more comprehensive and uses white light to take a picture of the web materials and in the line detection mode, the sensor can handle a solid or intermittent line or even in contrast between two materials. As you can see this video, the web guide is unaffected by missing labels.

Our tests have shown our sensor technology works automatically with materials of varying contrast. The use of fiber-optic technology eliminates a need for focusing and eliminates need for calibration and set-up. There are details on these experiments available in our white papers. You can find a link in our description below.

## Related Products

- Web Position Sensor
- Compact Web Guiding System
- WPS 48

**Tags:** edge guiding, edge sensor, contrast guiding, contrast sensor, web guides, web guiding, Web Position Sensor, Compact Web Guiding System, WPS 48

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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).

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