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NDC Rubber Calendering Applications

NDC Rubber Calendering Applications

NDC Rubber Calendering Applications

Product catalog summary
Overview: NDC's Calendering Systems offer advanced web gauging solutions tailored for various calender processes including vinyl, gum, textile, and wire. These systems are designed to enhance product quality and productivity while reducing manufacturing costs through precise measurement and control.
Customer Benefits:
  • Higher quality and productivity through accurate measurement and process control.
  • Lower manufacturing costs by reducing scrap and raw material usage.
  • Improved process visibility for real-time decision-making.
Measurement Capabilities: The systems measure parameters such as gum weight and thickness, fabric weight, wire balance and position, total thickness, product width, and more.
Calender System Configurations: Various configurations are available for different calender types, including 4 Roll S Wire, 4 Roll S Textile, 3 Roll Tandem Textile, and others. Each configuration offers specific on-calender and post-calender measurement options using technologies like laser scanning, X-ray, and beta transmission.
Control Technologies: NDC provides advanced control technologies including:
  • Two or three-zone control for flat profiles.
  • Predictive process modeling for anticipatory control moves.
  • Gap control for roll adjustment.
  • Cross axis or roll bending control for web center zone flattening.
  • Delta preset control for automatic roll position adjustments.
  • Sheet average control for maintaining quality.
Intelligent Measurement Technologies: NDC employs various measurement technologies such as:
  • Beta transmission for thickness and weight measurement.
  • Single-sided laser for non-nuclear thickness measurement.
  • X-ray transmission and backscatter for wire and gum measurements.
  • OptiMike for single-sided thickness measurement of vinyl products.
Scanner Technologies: NDC offers high-performance scanners like the AccuTrak O-Frame and MiniTrak S-Frame, designed for precise, reliable measurements in various calendering environments.
Company Overview: NDC Infrared Engineering Inc. is a global leader in gauging and analyzer systems for process industries, with manufacturing and support operations worldwide. The company is part of Spectris plc, specializing in productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls.
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CALENDERING INDUSTRIES Advanced Web Gauging Solutions

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APPLICATION NOTE WEB GAUGING NDC’s Calender Solutions: Engineered to deliver outstanding results from your process NDC’s Calendering Systems represent reliable measurement and control solutions for vinyl, gum (innerliner), textile (fabric), and wire (steel cord, metallic) calenders. NDC recognizes that each calender requires a system tailored to your requirements to deliver a solution with a clear return on investment. Therefore each NDC Calender System includes the right sensors, scanners, measurements, displays and controls to help customers produce ► Rubber ► Wire ► Textile ► Gum ► Vinyl quality...

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APPLICATION NOTE WEB GAUGINGFOOD INDUSTRY Calender System Configurations Measurement solutions for the calender processes oll S Wire Calender ic Configuration On-Calender Measurements Post Calender Measurements On-Calender Measurements Post Calender Measurements 2 x Laser Scanning rolls 2 and 3 Single-sided laser Beta scanning Or 2 x Laser Scanning rolls 2 and 3 Single-sided laser 4 Roll S Textile Calender Configuration Or XRB Top and Bottom, XRT and Beta ► 4 Roll Wire Calender 3 Roll Tandem Textile Calender Basic Configuration ► 4 Roll Textile Calender On-Calender Measurements Basis Weight (beta)...

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Company overview Combining industry-best performance and reliability with a global support structure NDC develops and manufactures gauging and analyzer systems for a wide range of process industries. The company manufactures in USA, UK and Belgium and has direct sales and support operations in China, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Brazil, and support and distribution in over 60 countries worldwide. Our global client base consists of some of the world's most successful companies who rely on NDC to ensure that their product performance, process yield and quality meet the stringent standards...

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APPLICATION NOTE WEB GAUGING Accurate Measurements and Effective Controls Equals NDC’s complete strategy for superior results from your process Beta Transmission Single-Sided Laser X-Ray Transmission Intelligent Measurement Technologies ► Beta: NDC’s beta transmission sensors provide accurate, on-line measurement of total thickness or basis weight. They feature a highefficiency detection system with optimum source activity for each application. ► Single-Sided Laser: NDC’s laser gauges measure thickness via a triangulation computation of a laser beam. This gauge is designed to measure thick calendered...

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APPLICATION NOTE WEB GAUGING Rugged, Reliable, Maintainable Scanners High performance intelligent scanners for fast, accurate measurement NDC’s AccuTrak scanner supports a multiple sensor payload for complex wire and textile calenders. NDC’s AccuTrak O-Frame scanner has been engineered for today’s quality AccuTrak O-Frame Scanner requirements. Its rugged design utilizes a head carriage bearing system that provides long-term precise, repeatable alignment and measurement performance. This intelligent iFrameTM scanner delivers fast, accurate, reliable measurement that is integrated into an intelligent...

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