Join industry expert Steve Lange (ProcessDev, LLC) as he presents ways to use virtual models of physical roll-to-roll lines created in MapleSim to provide deeper understanding of the web handling and tension control strategies. Using the advanced models created using the Maplesim Web Handling Library, Steve shares insights gained in his 35-year career working with materials for the consumer goods industry to approach common web handling issues using simulation before taking action on the physical line. This step of representing the production system in a virtual modeling environment allows analysis and exploration of “what-if” scenarios to narrow down the best solution, saving time and reducing material wastage. Using a variety of use-case examples from converting, laminating and wind/unwind processes, Steve walks through how to use MapleSim to troubleshoot web line problems and develop control strategies that optimize the web and roller interactions, avoid slippage and reduce the risk of wrinkles and roller misalignment.
The MapleSim Web Handling Library offers a set of modeling components focused on simulating roll-to-roll processes, and provides built-in analytical apps that help manage tension across web spans, optimize the web speed, and reduce web slippage.
Attendees of this presentation will learn the following:
- Common web handling challenges that can be addressed faster by using simulation
- How to identify hotspots where web tension fluctuations may occur
- Strategies for reducing web slippage, wrinkles, and lamination curl
- Introduction to the ready-to-use modeling components available in MapleSim Web Handling Library including drives, brakes, dancers, idler/nip rollers or accumulators
- How a MapleSim model can represent the web material properties, tension across spans and the dynamics of the system
