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Welcome to the directory of articles and stories related to the application of various DFE tension control products. This page is updated often, so please visit again soon. Click on a topic of interest to bring up its full text. Some of the articles are pdf documents and some are html.

Technical Bulletin: Quik-Cal™ Push-Button Zero Set And Calibration Set (pdf)
Explains Quik-Cal™ feature on the TI17C and TI18C Amplifiers

Technical Bulletin: True Tension™ TI17C and TI18C (pdf)
Comparing Output Voltage Over Time at Ambient and Cycled Temperatures

Segmented Tension Rolls as Quality Testers (pdf)
Read how a MN bagmaker solved some quality issues.

Case History: Dow Jones Reduces Downtime (pdf)
Tension measurment devices help Dow Jones reduce downtime and paper waste.

Slitter Rewinders benefit from Segmented Tension Roll Transducers (pdf)
Control your tension on multi-strand applications.

Web Tension Evaluation: A Diagnostic Tool (pdf)
A diagnostic tool for qualifying the effects of tension adjustments in your printing process.

Proper Tension Prevents Flex-Pack Print Problems (html and pdf)
Tension monitoring retrofit allows a flexible packaging converter to keep close tabs on loose web...

Extra! Extra! Read All About It! pdf (324Kb)
Application notes details tension monitoring on newspaper presses...

Brake Upgrades Lower Maintenance Costs pdf (220Kb)
Application note discovers alternatives which solve maintenance and repair aggravations...

Paperboard Web Unwinds with Ease pdf (1.7Mb)
Application note details how the new 3000 Series Dual Disk Brake meets high-torque challenge...

Tension Control Improves Output on Blown Film Line pdf (675Kb)
Application note for businesses that that are winding blown or cast film, coating, laminating, slitting, embossing or printing...

Divide & Measure: Solutions for Multi-Strand Tension Measurement pdf (197Kb)
Application note discusses the need to measure or control tension on multiple strands of web as they are being wound onto individual winders or take-ups...

Better Web Process Control through Tension Sensing pdf (1.3Mb)
White paper discusses how accurate tension measurement and control can go a long way toward reducing the negative effects of process deviations...

Low-cost Improvements for Tire Producers pdf (122Kb)
Application note for tire manufacturers trying to achieve defect-free product...

Tension Control in Converting Machines
White paper discusses the what, where, why and how of tension control in a converting application...

 Managing Tension for Coax Cable Production

Tension Control 101: A light-hearted tutorial from the Engineering department

Re-engineering Gives Converter Bang for Their Buck

Controlling Tension in a Paperboard Laminating Application

Controlling Tension over a Wide Tension Range

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