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Drive system retrofits breathe new life into older lines
One of the quickest ways to make an older line... well, quicker, is by upgrading the controls and drives from analog to digital, as these two real-world examples show. Intertape Polymer Group As Intertape Polymer Group, Inc., (IPG) coped with an aging coating line, they needed to determine whether to retrofit the existing line or purchase a new one.

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