By Neal Michal, principal, Converting Expert LLC Abstract Winders turn flat webs into wound rolls. Increasing line speed reduces total cost to the customer. However, it is common to experience a winder roll bounce at higher speeds – particularly on certain types of webs. Any winder roll bounce can become a serious quality, productivity and/or safety concern. Winder roll … [Read more...] about A practical method to analyze and correct winder roll bounce

By Ron Lynch, president/owner, R J Lynch & Associates After almost 50 years involved with web-handling and consulting, I have seen a few mistakes. I must confess, for the first 15 years, I was an untrained hack and made many of them myself. Here are some of the mistakes I have seen and made as they relate to dancers & accumulators, as well as web guides, along with … [Read more...] about Avoiding 50 years of web-handling mistakes: Dancers & guides (Part 1)

By Ron Lynch, president/owner, R J Lynch & Associates After almost 50 years involved with web-handling and consulting, I have seen a few mistakes. I must confess, for the first 15 years, I was an untrained hack and made many of them myself. Here are some of the mistakes I have seen and made as they relate to bowed axis rollers, idler rolls and driven rollers, along with … [Read more...] about Fifty years of web-handling mistakes (Part 2): Rollers

By Ron Lynch, president/owner, R J Lynch & Associates After almost 50 years involved with web-handling and consulting, I have seen a few mistakes. I must confess, for the first 15 years, I was an untrained hack and made many of them myself. Here are some of the mistakes I have seen and made as they relate to cambered webs, roller surfaces and troubleshooting, along with … [Read more...] about Fifty years of web-handling mistakes (Part 3): Camber webs, roller surfaces & troubleshooting