Quality Printing--Handling it Right

Tension control

The characteristics of the materials being run through a press are key variables that impact tension control. This is why it is so difficult to specify a machine to handle both ends of the materials spectrum. But this doesn't mean that converters aren't trying.

"One trend that we see is that more converters are trying to specify all-encompassing machines with a 'soup-to-nuts' spectrum of material capabilities," says Craig Thomson, Martin Automatic's marketing manager. "Obviously, the more flexible a new machine is, the more potential it has for enabling converters to go after new or more profitable business, either right away or with possible future applications in mind."