Slitter Man

This is potentially an interesting idea, I've created a 'Slitter Clinic' on the Linked In website.  The idea behind the slitter clinic is that slitter owners, managers and operators can drop by and ask advice in an environment that isn't commercially orientated. I don't know if this idea has legs, but if you don't try you never find out! Visit the slitter clinic -  http://t.co/Pj3Lfwi6

This follows on from my last post about slitter repair - we have added a fast response form to our website for slitter repair requests. You are, of course, still welcome to call us at any time on +44 (0)1473 403333 but using the Slitter Rewinder Repair Request form at  https://www.universalconvertingequipment.com/about-universal/slitter-rewinder-repair-request is there for you should prefer to contact us in that way.

Slitter downtime is something everyone wants to avoid - when a machine isn't running it isn't being productive, and therefore it isn't making money.  Ensuring that slitter rewinders (and of course, all other converting machinery) run at peak efficiency is a two-way street, and one of the many things that makes me proud to work at Universal Converting Equipment is our ability to respond to customers' service needs fast, really fast. Late yesterday afternoon we took a call from the production manager at a UK facility who was tearing his hair out due to the failure of a third party machine.  We immediately dispatched an engineer, and even although the failed machine wasn't one that we had built our expert was able to get the machine back up and running in well under an hour. This speed of response is by no means unusual for us, but the reason I wanted to mention it here on my blog is that I was fortunate enough to be the person who took the call from the very el...

The ' Slitter Anatomy ' section on our website is proving very popular, but because the images that are used to explain which part performs which function are of our largest slitter (the Universal X9 ) I thought it might be useful to have a look at the anatomy of the duplex slitter we have at the other end of the range (the low cost, small footprint Universal X1 ). Anatomy of a small slitter. Unwind Section The unwind section includes an airshaft for mounting the unwind / parent roll, this shaft lifts out so that it can be fed through the parent roll.  The parent / jumbo roll is then loaded back into the machine and secured using safety chucks.  The parent roll is held in place using bladders that expand when inflated and hold the roll in place. Rewind section The airshafts on the rewind section are fitted with air bladders that hold the cores for the finished rolls in place when inflated.  The airshafts are inflated via the touchscreen control panel.  The...

Web-guiding is in principle very simple indeed, in fact I'm going to prove it by narrowing it down to just three steps: The sensor notices the web move A signal is sent to the actuator to tell it to move the web to compensate The operator takes another sip of tea and continues to look smug In reality the web guiding systems we build are very clever indeed, but as with all our systems our slitter guider systems are very user-friendly; once a web guider is fitted there's almost no training needed, and very little operator input is needed. Web guider systems are predominantly installed on slitters and salvage rewinders . Find out more about our web guiding systems...

Even if you're new to the world of hot melt adhesives and the machinery that is used to coat and laminate materials you could probably guess that the use of the word 'hot' in 'hot melt adhesives' denotes high energy usage.  While it's true that in bringing adhesives up to a temperature that they can be used for precise coating a fair amount of energy is consumed, it doesn't have to be as much energy as it used to be. When we (Universal Converting Equipment) build hot melt adhesive coating and laminating equipment (or add coating capabilities to our slitter machines ) we recommend our customers use ITW Dynatec adhesive supply units, these are supplied by our sister company Universal Adhesives Limited in Daventry (affectionately known to us as 'Dav'). The new range of ITW's 'Dynamelt' supply systems have been designed with a focus on reducing energy usage, which fits in perfectly with the work we have been putting in to actively reduce...

At the risk of sounding like I'm marketing for them instead of Universal I'd like to mention  Package Print Worldwide ( @PackPrintWorld ) again.  We contributed to the safe materials handling article in the new issue of Package Print Worldwide, with particular focus given to our roll handling trolley .  We have recently expanded the range of material handling attachments for the trolley and have seen the number of enquiries rise considerably.  Sadly safety is a subject that is sometimes (thankfully only rarely) overlooked by some companies, and when it comes to safe roll handling the risk of personal injury is one that is easy to minimise with the correct equipment.  We have priced our materials handling equipment at a level that should be easily affordable to all, so there's no excuse for lax safety! More roll handling information: Find out more about our roll handling trolley... Reducing roll handling risk and increasingly productivity...