Co. launches its Digital Tension Meter featuring a simple LCD readout with 0.6-in. bright red digits and a selectable decimal point. It displays web tension in areas of the web where access to a tension controller is not required or convenient for the operator. A high-impact plastic case and sealed front panel ensure operation in washdown or dusty environments. The DTM features DIN rail mounts and simplified wiring connections for easy installation.

MAGPOWR, 405/755-1600, fax: 405/755-8425, www.magpowr.com

Co.'s new CA203 Series Tension Sensors feature signature stainless-steel sensor bodies, 10-times overload protection, 0.5-percent accuracy class and a 20:1 measuring range. The CA203 Series is available in nominal forces of 28, 56, 112, 225 and 337 lbs, with dead-shaft adapters for 1-, 1.25- and 1.5-in. diameter shafts. High-quality CA203 sensors combine all these features into an economical package for any application.

FMS USA, INC., 847/392-7872, fax: 847/392-7873, www.fms-technology.com

The new SR Segmented Tension Roll transducer, shown at CMM Intl. 2007, is an extension of co.'s Tension Roll® Transducer—a dead-shaft idler roll with integrated tension sensors at the roll's end. The SR Segmented Tension Roll allows converters to measure tension on multiple individual web strands in a slitting/rewinding environment or at multiple points across the width of a single web when converting or rewinding film. If found early enough, minor gauge band variations across a substrate can sometimes be compensated for in-process. By monitoring and controlling tension, slight defects in roll stock do not automatically translate into a defective finished product, co. says.

DOVER FLEXO ELECTRONICS, INC., 603/332-6150, fax: 603/332-3758, www.dfe.com/trn_seg-tr.html

Designed for closed- and open-loop tension control, the DGT family of controllers offers special features able to deal with application-parameter variations such as web elasticity, bobbin rotational inertia, continuous or stop-and-go running processes, range of diameter variation and others. The system is compatible with any basic position sensor and any kind of load-cell technology. It includes web tension control-specific functions such as e-stop proportional to set point, soft start, hold and release, taper tension and non-stop splice turrets.

MEROBEL, 800/713-6170, fax: 732/493-2949, merobel.redex-andantex.com

Co. can specify, design and provide all the necessary components, including mounting hardware, to help converters switch from pneumo-hydraulic or electro-hydraulic power units to a non-hydraulic based control system. Co. can design the web-guiding system based on the application and equipment layout. Co. has electro-mechanical retrofit packages specifically for unwinds, displacement guides and steering guides.

NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING CO., 216/271-6000, fax: 216/641-7852, www.namfg.com