Editorial Index - Web Handling
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Author |
Issue |
Page No. |
View Issue |
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How can our web processing change when "we didn't change a thing?"
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David R. Roisum
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2020 Q1
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104
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Air-shaft bladder-inflation issues and benefits of a monitoring system for web processing
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Michael Van Deurse, et al
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2019 Q4
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58
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What are the challenges when it comes to benefitting from web-processing data?
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David R. Roisum
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2019 Q4
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128
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Predicting web tension when faced with wayward roll speeds and temperatures: Part 2
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Dilwyn Jones
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2019 Q3
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79
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Optimizing web tension control for high productivity: Part 2
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William B. Gilbert
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2019 Q3
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84
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Why do machines vibrate?
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David R. Roisum
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2019 Q3
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96
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Web guiding: Path control and registration
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David R. Roisum
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2019 Q2
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57
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Predicting web tension when faced with wayward roll speeds and temperatures: Part 1
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Dilwyn Jones
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2019 Q2
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60
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Optimizing web tension control for high productivity: Part 1
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William B. Gilbert
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2019 Q2
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66
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Besides blaming the winder, how is bagginess caused?
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David R. Roisum
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2019 Q2
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96
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Why do some web machines perform better than others?
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David R. Roisum
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2019 Q1
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104
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Why do some materials misbehave (more than others)?
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David R. Roisum
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2018 Q4
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128
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What does using a proxy tell us about true wound-roll tightness and thickness?
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David R. Roisum
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2018 Q3
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96
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When a telescope winding defect is not a telescope
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David R. Roisum
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2018 Q3
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44
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Roll-diameter requirements in web-converting processes
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William B. Gilbert
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2018 Q2
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68
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What is the best motor (type)?
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David R. Roisum
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2018 Q2
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88
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How do we diagnose winding defects?
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David R. Roisum
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2018 Q1
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88
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How are pneumatics used to help control web handling?
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David R. Roisum
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2017 Q4
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124
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Why do wrinkles sometimes go away as the wound roll builds?
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David R. Roisum
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2017 Q3
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88
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What are the top concerns behind specifying wound roll diameter?
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David R. Roisum
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2017 Q2
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88
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Increasing web throughput with core-centering shafts
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Eric A. Koppes
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2017 Q2
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62
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How to troubleshoot laminate bagginess
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David R. Roisum
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2017 Q2
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58
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What is the optimum span between rollers?
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David R. Roisum
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2017 Q1
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104
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Fiber-optic web-position sensing: Edge, line/contrast position measurement via light scattering
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Aravind Seshadri
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2016 Q3
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42
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Challenges of handling thinner, wider webs at faster speeds
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R. Duane Smith
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2016 Q3
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36
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Variety of technical resources will secure the future of web handling
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David R. Roisum
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2016 Q3
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33
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Can we really cure corrugations in three easy steps?
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David R. Roisum
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2016 Q2
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96
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What are the most and least useful web-winding questions?
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David R. Roisum
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2016 Q1
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96
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Festoon splicing technology: An overlooked opportunity?
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Mike Sellers
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2015 Q4
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48
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Why does my web slip on my roller (and which roller is it)?
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Steven Abbott
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2015 Q4
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12
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Can I run a web off-center?
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David R. Roisum
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2015 Q3
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96
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How productive is my winder?
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Steven Abbott
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2015 Q3
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15
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What is the best span length?
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David R. Roisum
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2015 Q2
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96
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Vacuum tension rolls: How they work and where to use them
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George Cozzarin
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2015 Q2
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38
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Doing a web-machine design review
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David R. Roisum
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2015 Q2
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34
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How can we achieve the need for speed and high-quality productivity?
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David R. Roisum
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2015 Q1
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104
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Why should all machines be field-calibrated in engineering units?
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David R. Roisum
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2014 Q3
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96
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Developing roll hardness on center and center-surface type winders
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R. Duane Smith
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2014 Q3
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68
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What happens to web handling when you combine materials?
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David R. Roisum
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2014 Q2
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96
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What can we do to avoid having web-handling trouble in the first place?
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David R. Roisum
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2014 Q1
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80
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Is the winder at fault?
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David R. Roisum
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2013 Q4
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116
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All air-powered web guiding offers efficiency, simplicity, safety for web converting
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Thomas Marks
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2013 Q4
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56
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Load-cell functionality and benefits for tension control
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Henning Pederson
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2013 Q4
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54
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Carbon fibers increase critical speed of air shafts
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Ajit Karmaker, et al
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2013 Q4
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50
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Continuous splicing techniques for turret unwinds
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R. Duane Smith
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2013 Q4
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44
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New methods to screen wound rolls for bagginess
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David R. Roisum
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2013 Q4
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42
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How and why should we be calibrating load cells?
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David R. Roisum
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2013 Q3
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84
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How much will my roller bend under its load?
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Steven Abbott
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2013 Q3
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15
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What can cause "roll wobble"?
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David R. Roisum
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2013 Q2
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88
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How to select the best winding process for the product application
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R. Duane Smith
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2013 Q2
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77
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How can I predict wrinkles in my web?
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Steven Abbott
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2013 Q2
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13
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What's the best way to diagnose and cure a "rare" web defect?
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David R. Roisum
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2013 Q1
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88
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The role of tension control in web-break prevention
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Anthony G. Holmes
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2013 Q1
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70
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What extra refinements make the Wound Roll Sizer more helpful?
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Steven Abbott
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2013 Q1
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14
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What are the pros and cons of cantilevering?
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David R. Roisum
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2012 Q4
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116
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How does narrow-web handling differ from wide web?
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David R. Roisum
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2012 Q3
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92
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How roll-change automation can improve process quality, productivity and speed
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Gavin Rittmeyer
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2012 Q3
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65
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Guidelines for rolls used in web handling
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R. Duane Smith
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2012 Q3
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59
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What are the three essentials of good tension control?
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David R. Roisum
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2012 Q2
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96
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Guidelines for selecting proper idler rolls
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R. Duane Smith
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2012 Q2
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44
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How web-product development impacts web handling…for better or for worse
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David R. Roisum
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2012 Q2
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32
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What is the best cover hardness?
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David R. Roisum
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2012 Q1
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88
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Seamless roll coverings for coating, cast-film production
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Matthew Menges
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2012 Q1
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64
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What are the best ways to classify and name converting-process defects?
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David R. Roisum
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2011 Q4
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104
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How does an arch keep webs flat?
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David R. Roisum
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2011 Q3
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80
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Web-tension guidelines for polymer films, papers and paperboard webs
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R. Duane Smith
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2011 Q3
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58
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What is the best wrap angle for a load-cell roller?
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David R. Roisum
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2011 Q2
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88
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Load-cell sensitivity: What it is, how it's measured, why it's imporant
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Taith Rupp
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2011 Q2
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64
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How can I measure roll length?
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David R. Roisum
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2011 Q1
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82
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How to achieve accurate, consistent tension control in roll-to-roll processes using closed-loop systems
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Douglas Brockelbank
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2011 Q1
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60
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