It's No Piece of Cake

Independent Machine Company (Fairfield, N.J.) has developed a new slitting and traverse winding system for narrow PSA coated material. The 12˝-wide system has a cantilevered unwind to 26˝ in diameter, an auto edge guide, programmable tension control, and slitter entry and exit "S" wrap pull rolls for tension isolation and draw control. The cantilevered Smartwinder-2000™ traverse winding can position and hold spools up to 5˝ wide and 8˝ OD, operating independently with computerized, adjustable servo-driven traverse. Smartwinder software allows each position to vary pitch, stroke length, and end dwell, with an independent closed-loop follower drive system controlling rewind tension accuracy. The system is easily expandable, with operator touchscreen recipe storage capability.