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Constant tension center winder
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Constant tension center winder


Drive application: Constant tension center winder
In many industrial sectors, such as the paper, plastics, textile or sheet metal industries, materials in continuous, flexible strip form (web) must be unwound or rewound before and after processing. To prevent the material from tearing, winding must be absolutely jerk-free and the tension must be kept constant.

This constant tension central winder has an unwinder with two drives: one for the take-up roller and one for the pull-off roller. Usually, the pull-off roller operates with speed control, in which case the material is unwound at a constant web speed. The winder determines the tensile force, while the speed signal from the pull-off roller functions as a control signal. In many applications, a drive is not required for the pull-off roller. It can be replaced by a master encoder that delivers the master signal for the winder.



The solution with MOVIDRIVE®
Set parameters instead of programming
SEW offers the “Central Winder” application module as the comfortable solution for your drive task. This application module is a component of the MOVIDRIVE® application software MOVITOOLS® MotionStudio. The user-friendly interface guides you through the process of setting the parameters. Only those parameters required for the specific application, such as fixed diameter and tension, must be entered. The application module uses this information to create the control program and loads it into the inverter. MOVIDRIVE® then takes over the entire motion control.

This saves a substantial amount of time in the startup process, and as everyone knows: Time is money.


Extensive range of functions
The functions of the "Central Winder" application module are divided into four areas:


Calculation of the tensile force
The tensile force must be adjusted very accurately for flawless operation of the winding machine. To achieve this, the following parameters must be taken into account:


Calculation of the roller diameter
Many winding machines measure winding diameter to determine and set the correct winding speed. In this case, the diameter does not need to be measured. The diameter is calculated by the IPOSplus® program in MOVIDRIVE®.



Wide range of functions
No matter how large the variety of applications for constant tension central winders, the wide range of functions provided by the application module offers the right solution for every task.


Diagnostics included
During operation, all of the important data is displayed on the central winder monitor.


Adjustable winding curve
With many materials, it is necessary to reduce the tensile stress as the winding diameter increases. This can be regulated using the central winder application module. You can set the winding characteristics to your requirements using a user-friendly editor. This is done either in a freely defined fashion with a table or using a hyperbolic function.



The advantages at a glance

 
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