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Full Scale Winding Equipment Lab

Parkinson Technologies’ new full-scale winding lab targeted for completion in December 2005, is designed for customer demonstration, evaluation, process development, and training for a broad variety of materials, including plastics, nonwovens and paper.  The lab will be equipped with three types of winder technologies:

Automatic Turret Winder

Features:

• Dual Function Cutover – Handles film and heavy gauge sheet
• Automatic Cutover up to 70 mil sheet
• Flat, Uniform Roll Start on Film
• Integrated Shaft Handling for Short Cycles
• In-line Slitting  - Shear and Razor Cut
• Dual Bow Rolls & Differential Air Shafts
• Speed:  Up to 1500 ft./min
• Width:  Up to 66in
• Diameter:  Up to 40in
• Tension:  1-20# / 15-300#

Single Drum Automatic Horizontal Winder

Features:

• Highly Automated
• Robotic Shaft Extraction
• Positran® Transfer System
• Automated Roll-Handling
• New Modular Design
• Plunge-Cut Capable
• 3 in or 6 in air shafts
• Shear, Score or Razor slitting capabilities
• Speed:  100 fpm – 2500 fpm
• Width:  Up to 72in
• Diameter:  60in (depending on the material characteristics, the roll diameter could be larger)
• Tension:  .05pli – 1pli

Dual Drum Automatic Surface Winder

Features:

• Positran® Roll Transfer
• In-line Shear and Score Slitting
• Cross-Cut and Plunge-Cut Capable
• 3” and 6” Cores
• Load Cell Tension Control
• Speed:  1500 fpm
• Width:  84inches
• Diameter:  40 inches
• Tension: Up to 0.5 pli