September 2010 Newsletter
In This Issue: SuperChuck: Out of Business, Now What? Take a Pro-Active Approach! Press Release: “Montalvo Offers Range Expander For Unwind Braking Systems” LabelExpo 2010: HUGE Product Announcements From Montalvo. Booth #560 With SuperChuck Out of Business; Dont Get Caught Without Replacements! What happens when you need replacement parts for your SuperChucks? What happens when you need […]
Press Release: Montalvo Offers Range Expander for Unwind Braking Systems
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Edwin Montalvo (207) 856-2501 dan@montalvo.com MONTALVO OFFERS RANGE EXPANDER FOR UNWIND BRAKING SYSTEMS Gorham, Maine— The Montalvo Corporation, international specialists in industrial web control systems, now offer their RE-4 Range Expander designed to expand the capability of unwind braking systems. Used currently by such companies as Fisher Paper and Avery Dennison, […]
August 2010 Newsletter
In This Issue: NEW! Montalvo Dancer Position Sensors Product Spotlight: U-25 Under Pillow Block Load Cells Tool of the Month: Tension Force Calculator New! No-Contact, No-Wear, Dancer/Roll Arm Position Sensors Montalvo Dancer Position Sensors provide compact & precise tension control! In an ever expanding effort to provide you with the most advanced tension control products […]
Improving Slitter-Winder Performance on Differential Winding Shafts with the X-3400 Controller
Montalvo X-3400 controller is the perfect solution for your differential rewinding control applications. When considering upgrading your slitter winder for differential rewinding capabilities, selecting the proper winding shafts is only part of the equation. The differential shafts will allow the cores to slip, but controlling the amount of slip, and the torque transferred to the […]
Damaged Goods Made Good, In Spite of Roll Vibration
Neenah, Wisconsin — These days recycling is “in” … and MillTown Paper is an expert. They salvage good paper out of bad. They buy damaged paper, mill excess, overruns, side trims, printer or publisher excess inventories, job lots, overruns and field rejects … and make useful products from them. Rolls of paper that have been […]
Extreme Makeover: Tension-Control Edition
Flexible-packaging converter Fischer Paper Products takes its Disco-Era flexo-press/bagmakers into the 21st Century with unwind upgrades. By Editor in Chief Mark Spaulding — Converting Magazine, 5/1/2009 2:00:00 AM Flexible packaging printed by Fischer Paper Products Scrap reduced 20 percent. Web breaks and jam-ups almost eliminated. Operator safety greatly increased. Conservative ROI of just two years. […]
Montalvo closes in on 20,000th load cell!
NEWS RELEASE TMC No. 015-09 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2009 Contact: Edwin Montalvo (207) 856-2501 dan@montalvo.com Gorham, Maine – The Montalvo Corporation, international specialists in industrial web control systems, is closing in on T-Series load cell number 20,000. The load cell with serial number 19,000 (shown in photo) is one of Montalvo’s long-established T-Series tension […]
Tension Control Brakes and Clutches
DISC AND PAD DESIGN Contrary to the descriptions of some suppliers, the primary function of modern tension control brakes and clutches is to provide constant and sensitive control across a broad range of materials and diameters. Design and construction of the actuating assemblies of the brakes and clutches are what makes this possible. The ability […]
Tension Control and the Price of Energy
As a result of recent and on-going price volatility in petroleum and other forms of energy, materials, especially plastic film, are becoming an increasingly expensive asset. In a time of thin profit margins and after multiple rounds of adding value such as printing, coating, laminating and slitting, the one thing the converter must try to […]
Tension Control and Coating Machine Process Efficiency
The performance of a coating process depends upon a number of process fundamentals. Besides the thickness of the coated film, cosmetic quality is also of importance, and each coating practitioner works to a set standard of tolerance for frequently encountered defects. Commonly encountered defects include pinholes, where localized regions of the substrate remain uncoated. This […]