web guide replacement kits

How Accurate can you Guide a Web?

In this webinar episode on web guiding fundamentals, we delve into the accuracy of web guides, discussing various factors that affect their performance. We explore how steady state and transient errors can influence guiding accuracy and highlight the importance of machine quality, material properties, and proper installation. Additionally, we cover the design requirements necessary for achieving optimal web guide performance, emphasizing the need to understand conditions like web speed, thickness, and tension.

Understanding Actuators in Web Guiding Systems | Web Guiding Fundamentals

Explore the essential aspects of actuators in web guiding systems in this episode of our webinar series on Web Guiding Fundamentals. Discover the various types of actuators, including pneumatic, hydraulic, and electromechanical, along with key terminologies such as thrust, correction speed, and backlash. Learn about the significance of actuator sizing, web speed, and the impact of gravitational effects. Ideal for anyone looking to deepen their knowledge on steering guides and actuator functionality in modern web handling systems.

Web Guide Actuators

Roll-2-Roll Technologies doesn't just cater to the narrow web guide applications. Our line of actuators can help you in both narrow and wide web applications at any point in your converting process that requires accurate and precise positioning of your web.

Electromechanical actuators are used when quick reactions to changes in the web position are needed. The actuator connects directly to the control unit.

Updated Pneumo-hydraulic Upgrade Kits

Are you looking for an affordable option to replace your pneumohydraulic or electromechanical web guiding systems? If you have an existing web guide with outdated sensors and control unit, then check out this affordable web guiding system upgrade option. This upgrade kit has even better technology and easy to use functions. We now have a solution with our upgrade kits featuring Roll-2-Roll® Web Positioning Sensors and Roll-2-Roll® Control Units for all electromechanical and pneumohydraulic web guide systems providing advanced edge and center guiding.