So far, we have looked at the web guide mechanism, actuator and sensor. The remaining component of a web guiding system is the web guide controller. The controller is the central processor that takes the sensor input and computes the proper corrective …
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 …
We have reviewed all the major components of a web guiding system, sensor, web guide mechanism, actuator and controller. However, the question still remains what is a good web guiding system? For this we have to address web guiding performance Speaking of …
Web guiding is that component of a converting line that no one thinks about until it affects the converting operation. In some cases, we believe that a problem in a converting line is due to guiding issues when it really isn't. That is why it is important …
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Features on the surface of the web as a detection target in Contrast Sensing Contrast sensing relies on detecting a feature on the surface of the web. This feature can be printed, laminated or embossed. This is a great application when the printed, …
Line guiding is one of the subsets of contrast sensing applications. It requires the printing of a line on a web. It's purpose is to provide a feature that a sensor can track to determine the web position. The typical use is in web converting where …
Issues in Negative Space Web Guiding as Substitute for Line Guiding In a previous post we presented the concept of negative space web guiding as an option to line guiding. We are talking about using the negative spaces between printed features, such as …
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In negative space web guiding dealing with the consistency of the negative space is the same as if we were dealing with the consistency of a printed line for line guiding. The line has to be of the same width and color in order for the sensor to track …
