Drives key in high speed slitting

摘要

Variable speed drives ha ve proved key to improving the performance of new slitting machines, boosting throughput speeds from 450m/min to 700m/min. A new range of slitting and rewinding machines has been launched by Ashe Converting Equipment of Ipswich, The Sapphire 82 duplex slitter rewinder range is smaller, more accurate, more powerful and offers faster set-up times, benefits that are largely attributable to the choice of drives - Unidrive SP AC drives from Control Techniques.