What's My Line?

However—if the focus is expanded to include progressions in press motion control systems, specifically the electronic line shaft and its ultimate implications for register control, the discussion becomes a little more animated.

Some suppliers believe electronic line shafts can eliminate, or at least minimize, the need for separate register control systems; others say opting for such state-of-the-art press designs won't improve or change register control requirements, and in fact may just confuse the issue by adding an overload of electronic complexity.