Technical Articles
Dover Flexo Electronics, Inc. has published these technical articles:
(Tension Sensing)
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When we look at the factors that shape the evolution of tension control products for the converting industry there are several key drivers of technological change for us today, and several...
(Web Handling and Processing Equipment)
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Accurate tension measurement and control can go a long way toward reducing the negative effects of process deviations on printed and converted materials in a continuous web process, particularly in...
(Clutches and Brakes)
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The reliability maintenance team at the fine papers division of a major multinational paper producer recently discovered an alternative to the maintenance and repair aggravation they were experiencing...
(Web Handling and Processing Equipment)
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A manufacturer of recycled paperboard cartons in Michigan needed to expand the use of polypropylene film in it's production of paperboard packaging. The plant's customers were seeking paperboard...
(Tension Sensing)
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Controlling tension over a wide tension range is possible, but often a challenge. There are various solutions for this situation which include utilizing multiple web paths with individual transducer...
(Tension Sensing)
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Have you ever needed to measure or control tension on multiple strands of web as they are being wound onto individual winders or takeups? A typical example is the case where a wide web of delicate or...
(Tension Sensing)
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A major metropolitan publisher in North America prints a large circulation daily newspaper on six offset web presses with twelve print stations per press. The newspaper presses handle web widths of...
(Web Handling and Processing Equipment)
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For tire manufacturers trying to achieve defect-free product, identifying and minimizing production deviations throughout the tire-making process is critical. Dover Flexo Electronics has, over the...
(Engineering Services)
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An interactive calculator utility for determining the net force of a web on a given roll with a known wrap angle. The resulting net force is used to select the proper tension transducer size for your...
(Clutches and Brakes)
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A&F Corporation, a machinery builder for the paper industry, recently completed the start-up of a slitter/ rewinder machine at a North American paper mill. The slitter/ rewinder is used for processing...
(Tension Sensing)
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Tension control is a key factor in Arkwright Inc.'s efforts to enhance its overall process control and attain repeatable numbers, says Glenn Markel, director of engineering. Based in Fiskeville, RI,...
(Process Controllers)
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In the materials processing industry, words like "stress" and "strain" take on a different meaning from our typical, everyday usage of these terms. I suppose there is a similarity in that they both...
(Tension Sensing)
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In the converting industry we have all kinds of webs to control tension on, from the bonding of a zip lock strip to a plastic web for making zip lock bags to folding carton stock. The correct tension...
(Tension Sensing)
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DFE has been producing high-quality strain-gage tension transducers (often called 'load cells') since 1974. Web process manufacturers and OEMs buy DFE transducers because they are accurate,...
(Tension Sensing)
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There are three predominant tension measurement technologies in use today....
(Web Handling and Processing Equipment)
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Bagginess is not easily measured, but here are some methods to compare low, moderate, and high levels of bagginess....
(Web Handling and Processing Equipment)
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Because pneumatic brakes running in an industrial environment have historically been prone to generate unpleasant noise for machine operators, brake manufacturers like DFE spent significant...
(Clutches and Brakes)
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A&F Corporation, a machinery builder for the
paper industry, recently completed the start-up
of a slitter/ rewinder machine at a North
American paper mill. The slitter/ rewinder is
used for processing...
(Tension Sensing)
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Understanding how tension affects finished product is helpful to converters looking to eliminate sources of process and winding imperfection. The simplest way to measure running web tension in any...
(Tension Sensing)
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Identifying problems or deviations that cause
running web breaks is not black magic. The solution
starts with measuring the process variables that are
critical to a successful print run on your press,...
(Web Handling and Processing Equipment)
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The key to reliable defect prevention is the converter's ability to measure and make machine adjustments to eliminate unwelcome deviations including tension transients. While many film printers and...
(Tension Sensing)
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One of the new labor-saving features of DFE's tension indicator and controller products is technology. With the indication and control electronics use front-panel push buttons instead of...
(Tension Sensing)
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The TI17C and TI18C tension indicators have had their internal components upgraded and ruggedized over previous generations of tension measurement electronics. Thorough testing shows that they deliver...
(Materials)
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Typical Running Tensions of Common Web Materials...
(Web Handling and Processing Equipment)
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Do you ever get bubbles in your laminate? Do your bubbles ever get "caught" and accumulate on the entry side of an idler roller? Do these accumulating bubbles build up enough pressure to delaminate...
(Materials)
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Useful terms used in web printing, finishing, and converting...
(Force Sensing)
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Extended range output, or XR as we abbreviate it, is the name of an option that DFE offers with its tension transducer (load cell) and corresponding electronics products. By doubling the excitation...