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Winder's Fault?

Posted by David Roisum on March 1, 2012
One of the least productive questions in problem solving is whether it is the machine’s or material’s fault. One of the most productive questions in problem solving is whether it is the machine’s or material’s fault. Huh?  Almost all problems are system problems. ...

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Posted in: Problem Solving, Upcoming Events, Winding
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Wishful Thinking - Baggy Webs

Posted by David Roisum on February 28, 2012
A few students are disappointed in the baggy web part of my Wrinkling module of my Web101 course.  What they expected was some ‘web handling tricks’ such as a tension setting or spreader or something that would make bagginess better.  However, by time they get to my class they&...

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Posted in: Materials, Problem Solving, Spreading, Upcoming Events, Wrinkling & Flatness
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TinTin and Web Handling and Brussels

Posted by David Roisum on April 2, 2011
TinTin and Web Handling and Brussels
What do all three of these have to do with each other? An intersection of time and space. I will be teaching two of my world-renowned short courses on Web Handling and Winding in Brussels May 10-13. This is the last time I will be teaching publically in Europe this year, so don’t miss it. The ...

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OOP(s) and Obsolescence

Posted by David Roisum on March 6, 2011
OOP(s) and Obsolescence
I was talking about programming with my son, a recent grad from a robotic program in a tech school.  We could barely communicate even though I prided myself with ample experience programming in assembly language, Logo, Basic, Fortran, Pascal, C and several different industrial drives and contro...

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Posted in: Current Affairs, New & Noteworthy, Tension/Drive Control, Upcoming Events, Winding
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Slitting and Rewinding Seminar at ICE

Posted by David Roisum on January 22, 2011
Slitting and Rewinding Seminar at ICE
The perennial CEMA (Converting Equipment Mfgs Assoc.) seminar on Slitting & Rewinding Fundamentals for Converters is being held prior to ICE (International Converting Exhibition) this year on Tuesday April 5 in Orlando.  This is a chance to learn from and meet some of the best exp...

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Web Handling Europe

Posted by David Roisum on October 22, 2010
Web Handling Europe
Don’t miss out.  Public web handling instruction comes only a couple of times a year to Europe.  See you for my Web and Winding short-courses hosted by AIMCAL's Converting School: 16-19 November in Brussels Belgium as well as 2-3 December in Delhi India (co-sponsored by the India Con...

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Dr. David Roisum

Dr. Roisum is a well-known authority in the area of web handling and converting. He has authored seven books, including Winding, Rollers and Web-Handling and has coauthored or edited several others. He was a technical editor for Converting Magazine with a monthly column entitled "Web Works." An accomplished professional speaker and instructor, Roisum has been praised for his skill at translating highly technical information into a common sense practical reference. Dave has been honored by TAPPI with their Finishing & Converting Division Award, Thomas W. Busch Prize and Finest Faculty awards and is a TAPPI Fellow. Dave received his Ph.D. from the Web Handling Research Center where he later became an Industrial Advisory Board member.

Dave has worked for the Beloit Corporation as a designer of winding machinery and later as a manager of research, and for Kimberly-Clark as a converting expert serving all business units. He is now a principal of Finishing Technologies Inc., providing consulting services to more than 300 clients who convert or manufacture: paper, film, foil, nonwovens, textiles and many other materials. He has accumulated much practical experience working in nearly 1,000 plants over the course of more than three decades.