Key Steps to Manage Web Handling Tensioning Using MapleSim

If you can effectively manage the tension of the thin web material as it moves across rollers and through web handling equipment, you will be able to greatly reduce product quality issues and the risk of material damage, such as tears or wrinkling, and can improve the overall performance of your web line.
This video, presented by industry expert Steve Lange (ProcessDev, LLC), will cover how different elements of a roll-to-roll system can affect tensioning, and offers a series of practical steps to choose tension setpoints and to reduce tension variation in web handling systems. Drawing from current available research and his experiences through a 35-year career span working with materials for the consumer goods industry, Steve walks through typical tension requirements and demonstrates methods for tension control, using the MapleSim Web Handling library to model the production system under various operating conditions. Starting by unpacking the underlying physics using Maple Flow calculation tool, Steve describes how to set tension setpoints and limits, then covers common components for controlling tension, including dancers, brakes, load cells, and control loops. The location of driven rollers and tension control devices to set tension zones is also illustrated.
This video is suitable for process and design engineers or web line operators who are interested in refining their web tension management strategies, and those new to using modeling and simulation to avoid quality issues.
Topics include:
- Basic definitions for tension, stress, and relevant web properties
- Why tension matters in web handling: lateral and longitudinal control, wrinkling, and wound roll stresses
- Fundamental concepts in web tensioning, including the strain transport formula
- Considerations for setting tension setpoints and limits, including web properties, sag, camber and traction
- Tension control methods and simulation examples
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