Web transport applications

The subject of web transport can be applied to any machine that processes a flexible material, or which can be wound onto reels or coils. This encompassing a wide range of materials from individual strands of glass fibre, as thick as a human hair - for optical fibre telecommunication cables , through to large power cables .

Operating tensions can range from a few grammes for tissue, and similar materials, to many tonnes for the steel industry & heavy cable industries. We have supplied systems to machines with operating speeds from 2 metres per minutes to well over 1000 meters per minute.

The type of machines include, printers, slitters, web coating machines, unwinds & rewinds, sheeters, laminators, bag making machines, packaging lines, and many too numerous to mention.