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News Release from: Wichita Company | Subject: MCS2000 Digital Programmable Web Tension Control
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 06 March 2001
Digital tension control gives
exceptional accuracy
Wichita Company's MCS2000 Digital Programmable Web Tension Control System provides exceptional tension control accuracy throughout the unwinding or rewinding of a reel of paper, film, foil, metal etc
Wichita Company's MCS2000 Digital Programmable Web Tension Control System provides exceptional tension control accuracy throughout the unwinding or rewinding of a reel of paper, film, foil, metal or other similar material during converting operations Digital control also overcomes the problems faced by analogue controllers in handling reel diameter ratios greater than 10:1
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Wichita Company has introduced ModEvo, a pneumatically actuated tension control brake that is assembled from a minimal number of modules, yet suits a diversity of tensioning applications.
The heart of the MCS2000 system is the MCS2000-ECA controller, designed for multipurpose OEM utilisation.
Three further packaged 'user versions' are available to suit dancer arm, load cell and ultrasonic sensing/feedback applications.
All feature open and closed loop control, with automatic P-I-D correction and automatic sensor scaling for ease of set-up.
The controllers offer multi-lingual programming, carried out via a detachable hand-held programmer or using the Windows programming software supplied.
The programmed parameters can be saved on a plug-in memory card.
MCS2000 controllers are switchable between unwind, zone and rewind modes and interface easily with electric or pneumatic clutches and brakes and AC, DC, servo or stepping motor drives.
Wichita is a part of Colfax Power Transmission's Heavy Duty Clutch and Brake Group, a leading power transmission supplier based in Massachusetts.
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