Position Web in Small Space

Published: November 01, 2009

The Mantis web positioner features unlimited lateral correction/positioning to 120-in.-wide stable web with no lead-in distance required, using minimal

Roll Alignment Offered

Published: November 01, 2009

The Roll Adjuster alignment tool, said to be easy to set up, is placed on the top of a master roller, drive shaft, or idler, and is held in place by a

Bagmaking Guiding: Air Solution

Published: August 01, 2008, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor

Productivity runs at a fast pace at privately owned Duro Bag Mfg. Co

Guiding Webs to Customer Satisfaction

Published: May 01, 2008

KANSAS CITY, MO Tension Envelope Corp. manufactures more than 12 billion envelopes a year for customers around the world, so keeping quality high and

Your Guide to the Right Web Guide

Published: April 01, 2008, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor

Webs are blind they don't know where they are going. With a well-aligned roller, sufficient tension, and good traction, the web has a tendency to track

Web Lines: Thinking About New Equipment?

Published: February 01, 2008, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor

A new year often brings new budgets and thoughts about new equipment. If you are lucky enough to be handed a project to buy new converting equipment,

Picking Up the Pace

Published: January 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor

As press manufacturers continue to introduce presses that can run faster in theory but not necessarily in practice it falls to the manufacturers of register

Upgrade the Old, Bring in the New!

Published: September 01, 2006, By By Nsenga Byrd Thompson Associate Editor

Noven Pharmaceuticals may not be a household name, but the patented creation of this 500-employee company helped revolutionize the way people receive

Print Quality Sealed!

Published: May 31, 2006, By Nsenga Byrd Thompson, Associate Editor

MFM turns to Bell-Mark to improve flexographic printing on its line of weather-resistant materials.

New Technology Guides Web

Published: September 30, 2005, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor

The speed and accuracy of new presses have brought all the peripheral components, web guides among them, ahead in technology. Users are demanding more flexibility, more intelligent devices that are easier to use and set up.

Detecting the Edge

Published: March 31, 2005, By Andrew Kalnajs, AccuWeb Inc.

Web guides have evolved dramatically since their first appearance on converting lines in the 1930s. Electronic edge detectors and electric motors gradually displaced pneumatics and hydraulics as demand grew for greater accuracy and reliability, and tolerance for leaky hydraulics diminished. The earliest electronic systems were far from perfect—in particular the edge detectors were sensitive to dust and temperature swings—but they were a big improvement over their predecessors

Steering Directions Made Simple

Published: June 30, 2004, By Timothy J. Walker TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.

Steering and displacement guides are the two most popular forms of intermediate guiding.

Web Guides Bring Positive Results to Negative Sleeves

Published: October 01, 2001, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor

Crown Photo Systems manufactures film negative sleeves to very tight tolerances. Web-guiding systems from BST Pro Mark are helping to keep the converter on the cutting edge.

Teknek Offering Web Guiding and Cleaning... All in One

Published: August 10, 2001, By PFFC Staff

INCHINNAN, SCOTLAND, U.K. The Web Guide Clean Machine (WGCM) enables printers to clean and guide their webs simultaneously. Co. says cleaning and guiding

Controlling Your Web from Beginning to End, Part II

Published: January 01, 2001, By William E. Hawkins, Contributing Editor

In Part II of this two-part series, Bill Hawkins continues his analysis of the devices and designs that serve to keep your web under control.

Web-guiding systems are tailored to your applications

Published: June 01, 1996, By Mykytiuk, Andrew

There are four proven web-guiding systems available to the converter. The common denominator in each is that the web edge is monitored by a sensor that