Web Wrinkling and Spreading Workshop
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TJWalker + Associates Inc. and Optimation Technology, Inc. present: Web Wrinkling and Spreading Workshop When: March 20-21, 2012, Tues-Wed, 8am – 5pm Where: Optimation Media Conveyance Facility (MCF) More about workshops at Optimation's Media Conveyance Facility. Discount hotel rate available at Holiday Inn ROC Airport, $99/nt Workshop Overview Many paper, film, and foil webs are prone to buckling and wrinkling during handling from even slight machine imperfections, such as roller misalignment, deflection, and diameter variations, especially as products substrates are thinner, wider, or stiffer. This workshop will present the process knowledge needed to eliminate buckling defects in spans between rollers (troughing) or on rollers (wrinkling). Wrinkling and troughing will be eliminated by root cause analysis and by strategic application of special anti-wrinkle or spreader rollers. |
How do our workshops differ from other web handling seminars? Unlike any other option in web handling education, the webhandling.com series of web handling ‘workshops’ are one-of-a-kind web handling training that combines classroom seminars with on-machine demonstrations. Our workshops are held in a true engineering lab, not a hotel conference room. Though the seminar will include some engineering theory and equations, the workshop’s goal is to show how theory and experiment lead to practical solutions to common problems. Questions? Contact: Timothy J. Walker Kevin A. Cole |
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Sign Up for This Workshop… If you have wrinkling waste, this workshop should easily pay for itself. No matter what web converting process you run, creating $1000s of wrinkle waste doesn’t take long. We will teach you the causes of wrinkles and how to eliminate them. If you are shopping for a spreader or anti-wrinkle roller, this workshop will show you how they work and review the benefits, best practices, and limitations of each device. This workshop is directed towards technical employees of any level with a need to understand the fundamentals of wrinkling and spreading. Though the seminar will include some engineering theory and equations, the workshop’s goal is to show how theory and experiment lead to practical solutions to common problems. |
| The workshop is split between seminar and lab demonstrations | |
| Workshop Seminar Outline | Lab Demonstration Outline |
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Seminar topics will include all the background needed to understand the lab demonstrations and more, including:
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Lab #1 – Shear Wrinkles Lab #2 – Wrinkling and Traction Lab #3 – Measuring Roller Alignment Lab #4 – Spreader and Anti-Wrinkle Roller Testing
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About the Instructors
Timothy J. Walker - TJWalker + Asssociates Inc. Mr. Walker is President of TJWalker & Associates and has worked as an independent web handling consulting engineer since 1999. Tim is an internationally recognized leader in web handling and has worked with over 100 companies in a variety of industries. Tim worked for 3M Co. for seventeen years, working first in polyester film manufacturing before joining the corporate web handling process development lab. While at 3M, Tim served as their representative to the Oklahoma State University Web Handling Research Center (OSU WHRC) and as Corporate Web Handling Technology Leader. Tim writes a monthly column, Web Lines, for Paper, Film, and Foil Converter magazine and has taught web handling to over 4000 students. Tim has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iowa and a MS in Management of Technology from the University of Minnesota. From his years in process development and technical training, Tim is quick to diagnose problems and explain the solution options based on experience and his understanding of mechanics of web handling.
Kevin A. Cole - Optimation Technology, Inc. Dr. Cole, a Senior Web Handling Development Engineer with Optimation Technology Incorporated, has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester. Kevin developed his expertise in web handling over his 20+ years working for Eastman Kodak Company and led their internal training program on winding and conveyance process fundamentals. He was also an active participant in the OSU WHRC, including chairing their Industrial Advisory Board for four years. Kevin has a rare combination of excellent problem solving and modeling skills, allowing him to comfortably move between production and developmental work.
Special Options: Test your webs or your roller during or after the workshop.
