A paper by managing member, Steve Lange, titled “The Basics of Traction in Web Handling Systems”, won Honorable Mention in the Web Handling Category at the Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters’ R2R USA 2024 Event. See the news release here: ARC names 2024 Best Paper Winners from R2R USA Conference in Charlotte
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It’s in their nature Webs are very thin relative to their width and length, which means it takes very little compressive stress to buckle them out of a state of flatness. The flexibility that allows them to conform to rollers and folding boards and in wound rolls means they aren’t very stiff, also making them
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To best leverage manufacturing data, it first pays to collect the right data. One inclination might be to measure “everything” and figure out what it means later. Most organizations can’t afford this approach, either in terms of sensor capital cost, or the IT infrastructure and human resources to manage it all. Instead, a targeted approach
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Data Analytics is all the rage. Managers read in the popular press about machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, etc. and think, “we need to do that, too, we’re missing out” in a kind of “keep up with the Joneses” way. So a project is launched because “we must have some data we can extract
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You have an old machine that now has to “learn” something new: to run a different material than what it was designed for. Typically, when a machine was initially designed, it had a “speed limit” and a particular material class that it was intended to process. For example, a web coating process was built to apply a coating to a film made of
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The keys to successful Process Development may be summarized in these actions: Define and understand the users and stakeholders of the process being developed. This includes both on the input side (raw materials, sources of energy, the Community where the process will be located, the operators of the process), and the output side (Quality Assurance,
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