April has been another productive month for the team at Rimor Converting /Antech Converting! We have recently completed bespoke Torque Activated Tape Head Chucks which were designed, manufactured and assembled in-house at our workshop in Waterlooville Hampshire. These Chucks are used to manufacture Flexible Subsea Pipelines, operating without the need of air. They grip by manually turning the core in one direction and release by turning the opposite direction. Highly effective, low maintenance chucks which are ideal for instances where airlines are unavailable

With our continued support to our UK based OEM’s Rimor Converting have supplied 6 off 10” Differential Airshafts. The Friction Shafts were supplied with 34 off 45mm wide stainless steel Ball Lock Friction Rings and with an overall length of 2544mm each Shaft weighed in at over 600kg proving that no project so far is too big or small for the team at Rimor Converting. With February being the most productive month ever we pride ourselves with top quality products, on time delivery and a first class after sales service

The first month of 2015 has been another busy and productive one for Rimor Converting as we prepare to ship 45 off Airshafts to one of our highly valued OEM customers. Manufactured at our production facility in Waterlooville, these Electroless Nickel Plated Airshafts were to suit 19mm, 25mm, 35mm, 38mm, 40mm & 76mm cardboard cores. And with a tight deadline the team were still able to maintain on time delivery which is often critical for most of our OEM’s. As a UK manufacturer of Airshafts we also provide an excellent after-sales service with next day delivery on most parts

Boschert have added a motorised version of their highly successful range of sidelay safety Chucks. The obvious benefits of improved web control and improved operator safety has been quickly realised by several of our customers now being supplied. The conventional setup, with one chuck of a pair having a manually operated side lay adjustment hand wheel is now replaced by a small gear motor. This enables remote adjustment and web alignment either manually or automatically, dependent on available systems or customer preference. This feature is available across their 22-30, 30-40 & 40-50 range of sliding chucks for both pedestal & flange mounting.

As UK agents for HAEHNE, Rimor Converting are pleased to offer an additional product to the comprehensive range of Tension Control & Tension measuring equipment that we supply. HAEHNE has integrated a tension measuring function into the inner bearing component of the Pillow Block. The Pillow block contains a double beam technology system with the well-known advantages of a high accuracy and linearity. The Pillow Block Web Tension Bearing BZL is compatible with common Pedestal bearings INA/FAG (PASE12/15/17) and NTN/SNR (UC201/202/203). The range is available in both horizontal and vertical measuring direction and covers the nominal forces of 100, 200, 500 and 1000N and with an accuracy of over 0.5%.

Rimor Converting now offer economically priced ball lock differential friction rings to suit a range of core sizes from 2” to 12”, in a range of widths, allowing the winding of web widths as narrow as 10mm. The range of rings are used on our range of Differential Shafts, for slit differential winding which can be supplied alongside our tension control systems utilising either load cell or Ultrasonic measurement supplied by our partners Boschert & Haehne. We also offer a range of economical Mechanical shafts and chucks utilising a similar system to provide an Airless solution for roll winding & unwinding

Following the continued success of Rimor’s 3” Ultra-Lightweight Extruded Airshaft, Rimor have released a new design, the 2009 Series. Compared to its predecessor, the re-designed extrusion improves rigidity whilst also reducing the overall shaft weight by utilising our latest journal design. A typical 1000mm long 2003 Series Airshaft would amass to 8.3kg, however, the new 2009 Series Airshaft would weigh in at 6.6kg, providing a weight reduction of over 20%! The 2009 Series 3” Ultra-Lightweight Airshaft is particularly useful in the packaging industry where the reduced shaft weight allows heavier reels to be used thus extending time between changeovers. The high strength design also reduces the need for expensive Carbon Fibre Airshafts in certain applications. The new design compliments our range of Lightweight Con-Ex Extruded Airshafts suitable for 3”, 4” and 6” ID cores.

Our retro fit Tension Control Systems are already proving a great hit with our customers. We have recently installed the latest which combines our control system with Haehne”s BZA Load sensors. The system employs a closed feedback loop and allows simple set point set up and live read out of actual web tension. Although this particular system, provides variable air pressure supply to the tensioning brake, the system is equally capable of motor control. Although this system as shown had been designed with a manual operator interface, the system is also capable of PLC interface providing either set point input, control output or both.