Seminar Looks To Increase Web Knowledge

The Web Handling and Converting Seminar is designed to teach the must-know areas of web handling including tension control, nips, roller design, spreading and wrinkling.

The Web Handling and Converting Seminar is designed to teach the must-know areas of web handling including tension control, nips, roller design, spreading and wrinkling.

Being staged from December 1-2 at Arlington Heights Chicago (USA), it should also cover other important converting related topics such as slitting and winding.

The seminar also covers the physics of how web machinery operates.

Though theory is included, emphasis is placed on practical problem solving techniques for the plant engineer.

The physics of web handling are applicable to any of the web industries including paper and printing.

Topics will also include matters such as how to get the web through the machine at the highest throughput and with minimal trouble, as well as finding out how wrinkles are formed and how they can be prevented.

Web tension control, machine alignment, roller care and the avoidance of web breaks and damage are all on the agenda, in addition to options for slitting, edge guiding, calendering, winding and many other converting processes.

The instructor, Dr David Roisum, is founder and president of Finishing Technologies.

He has written three books and over 100 papers and articles.

At Beloit Corporation he was a machine designer and then research manager for winders and at the Web Handling Research Centre he served as an advisor and helped set up its pilot lab.

At Kimberly-Clark he served as an internal converting consultant to all business units.

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