Web guiding and tension control are two factors that help converters control waste as well as the web’s “wobble” as it comes off the roll.

By Chris Mc Loone

“Tension controls are evolving to meet the needs of printers and converters to run bigger rolls on machines than initially intended by the OEM,” says Darrell Whiteside, distribution channel manager, MAGPOWR. “Introducing a tension control with automatic gain scheduling allows you to run literally any roll build with none of the scrap caused by stability problems associated with having too much gain at the core.”