A METHOD FOR ISOLATING AN UPSTREAM PROCESS FROM A DOWNSTREAM PROCESS WHILE PROCESSING A WEB OF BRITTLE MATERIAL

摘要

contactless dancer for transporting a web of a brittle material mechanism includes the guide rail and the guide can be adjusted in position over a variable position on the rail web support player. The web of the variable position web supporting player brittle material over the support across the arcuate outer surface and the mechanical contact with the web of the brittle material by including the arcuate outer surface having a plurality of fluid vent for the discharge of the fluid to be spaced apart from the arcuate outer surface and to prevent damage. Plenum counter balance support is mechanically connected to the variable-position supporting web plenum, the plenum support counter balance support the at least part of the weight of the variable-position supporting web plenum on the guide rail. In addition, a method for using a non-contact dancer mechanism for processing a web of a brittle material of the device and continuously integrating the non-contact dancer mechanism is described.