Tension Control

Eventually all good things have to come to an end - the TTS Systems DCA-10 has just become old enough to learn to drive at 17 years, but in modern day electronics terms that is ancient!

In slitting, the tension measurement of individual webs has so far mainly found its way into primary slitters / rewinders. On machines of this size, there is sufficient space for several individual measuring rollers. In the case of more…

Welcoming the international media to company headquarters in Rockford, Illinois, VP sales & marketing, Gavin Rittmeyer, said Martin Automatic was delighted to be celebrating 50 years of global leadership in web automation that embraces…

TTS Systems was recently asked by a customer to solve the following application – measure the tension in a 25mm wide tape as it was wound onto a specially shaped production mandrel. The process also required the applied tension to be varied…

Welcome to the July/August issue of Converter! In this issue there is our four-page Labelexpo Europe 2017 preview, which provides a taster of what the industry’s biggest label event has to offer this year. Elsewhere, there is the…

International Timber, one of the UK's largest suppliers and distributors of timber and panel products, has underlined the strong reputation of Mosca strapping technology with the installation of a Mosca ROMP-5 at its site in Grangemouth,…

Over 80 visitors from around the world attended this year’s Bobst Manchester Open House held at the company’s Competence Centre in the UK in October. The event saw the world premiere of the NEW BOBST K5 Expert, said to be the highest…

Erhardt+Leimer and AVT (Advanced Vision Technology) have announced their intention to form an alliance that will broaden product portfolios and strengthen services for customers of both companies, including end users and OEMs, through…

Bobst Group has acquired 65 per cent of the Italian manufacturer of narrow and mid-web printing presses, Nuova Gidue Srl. The agreement also sees that Bobst has the option to purchase the remaining company shares. The owner of Nuova…

The stress caused by common printing problems is often time consuming and expensive. In many respects, searching for the underlying cause in a field of variables is like searching for a needle in a haystack. To address this issue, Apex…