Web handling is used to continuously process product on long rolls, sometimes thousands of feet long.  Some common examples are: newspaper printing, paper coating and masking tape manufacture.

Cutting Edge-ineering has significant experience analyzing and designing web handling equipment especially for wet processing applications.

Cutting Edge-ineering has developed a set of powerful analytical tools to determine the how the equipment will perform before it is built.

▪ Traction safety factor—static and dynamic loading
▪ Web stress and catenary sag—stress from web tension and roller wrap
▪ Fluid layer between roller and web—for liquids and gasses