Winding Unwinding Rewinding
Winding Doesn't Add Up
- Published: August 01, 2009, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor
When things in life are linear, they make sense. Driving two hours usually gets you twice as far as driving one hour. Adding two doughnuts a day to your
The Coefficient of Winding Trouble
- Published: May 01, 2009, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor
Custom Core Shafts Do the Job
- Published: August 01, 2008
NEW BERLIN, WI Premier Paper Converting Machinery, a company making machines that produce fiber and corrugated partitions, now offers a custom machine
Winding: What We Know & What We Don't Know
- Published: August 01, 2008, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor
It's 40 Years for IMC
- Published: April 01, 2008
Web Lines: Thinking About New Equipment?
- Published: February 01, 2008, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor
Roll Winding Dynamics
- Published: February 01, 2008, By By Keith Fordham, Ashe Converting Equipment
Materials today often are more than they may seem at first glance; many are manufactured with non-conventional properties. Label and semi-glossed enamel stocks are engineered
Picking Up the Pace
- Published: January 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Ecological Rewinder
- Published: December 21, 2007
Differential Rewind Shafts
- Published: December 09, 2007
Differential Winding Limits: Part II
- Published: December 01, 2007, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor
Differential Winding Limits: Part I
- Published: November 01, 2007, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor
Slitting & Rewinding Fundamentals for Converters
- Published: October 12, 2007, By pffc-online.com
Baggy Webs: Part III-Causes
- Published: July 01, 2007, By By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
Cut to the Quick
- Published: July 01, 2007, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
Driving R&D
- Published: June 30, 2007, By Edited by Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
Going Thin
- Published: June 30, 2007, By By Keith Fordham Ashe Converting Equipment
Thinner gauge materials impact both on operating costs and the environment. The difficulty with going thin is that problems such as wrinkling, air entrapment, and tension control, and various other problems typically associated with material profile perturbations, such as gauge band variations, can become magnified when processed on some types of slitter/rewinders and other converting machinery.
Shocks Can Be Deadly
- Published: February 01, 2007, By By David J. Bentley Jr. Contributing Editor
How to Drive a Winding Roll
- Published: December 01, 2006, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
Difficult Winding: Part II
- Published: September 01, 2006, By By Timothy J. Walker TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
What Makes Winding Difficult?
- Published: August 01, 2006, By By Timothy J. Walker TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
What is it that allows one product to run all year with 2% waste and another can't get on the core without problems? Consider this a lesson in product
The Pressure of Winding Rolls
- Published: April 27, 2006, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
The Converting Relay Race: Part II
- Published: August 31, 2005, By Timothy J. Walker TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
The Converting Relay Race: Part 1
- Published: July 31, 2005, By Timothy J. Walker TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
The Word on Winding
- Published: July 31, 2004, By Carrie Cleaveland, Editorial Intern
Winding Better Rolls
- Published: June 01, 2003, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
It's not obvious how winding adds value to your product (it does), but it is obvious when it's done poorly.
Differential Rewinding: Part Three
- Published: January 01, 2003, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
Differential Rewinding: Part Two
- Published: December 01, 2002, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
Last month we made the case for using differential rewinding shafts. This month, let's talk about what differentiates one differential shaft from another.
Differential Rewinding: Part One
- Published: November 01, 2002, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
Strand Tracking Problems on Your Slitter/Rewinder
- Published: May 01, 2002, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc