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'Carbon Light' introduced in Kalpvrux machines.

n the recent days, ‘Carbon Light’ brand of CF composite and energy necessary to power it. Another advantage of
Irollers have been introduced in Kalpvrux machines. smaller diameters comes by reducing, at same angles,

This has reduced the mass of the roller to 1/8 of the the contact area between film and roller. Longer service
traditional rollers. The effects seen are as follows: life of bearings.

1. Dynamic Balance: Being low in mass, the residual
imbalance is a couple of grams at the most. The time Rogers and XOnano get smart
devoted to balance a roller has reduced. This is a very with foam products
big improvement against the metal roller.
2. Energy Saving: The CF composite rollers have a very aterials maker Rogers Corp. is working with foam
low mass moment of inertia, and therefore very little Mmaker XOnano Smartfoam to make smart foam
energy is required to ramp or brake it. Better products based on Roger’s Poron-brand polyurethane
acceleration / deceleration times have been clocked foam.Foams made by XOnano of Orem, Utah, can to
3. Tension: The energy required to rotate a roller at sense the magnitude, type, and location of impacts.
times could be excess for very flimsy films wherein, As a result, the materials can offer better impact
it could surpass the elastic threshold and therefore protection.XOnano President Jake Merrell said in the
elongate the film. With the introduction of CF release that the long-term consistency and compression
composite rollers, the profiling of the tension is now set resistance of Poron PU foam is “a great match for”
absolutely in hand and with good scope of further his firm’s impact sensing technology.
challenges.
Sports impact has been the main focus of development
“Carbon Light” being a part of “North Street Cooling efforts so far, officials
Towers Pvt. Ltd”. Carbon fiber rollers are very light and s aid, with the f ir s t
high performance alternative to steel and aluminum rollers commercialized Smartfoam
currently being used in the printing, packaging, slitting- product using Rogers’ XRD
winding and other converting processes.
Extreme Impact Protection
Benefits of carbon fiber rollers- PU foam. Future efforts
High specific stiffness. Quick response to line speeds. will target the footwear,
automotive, and other
Line speed achieved almost instantly, Can reduce diameter
to reduce air entrainment, Higher critical speeds at lower industries in which an ability
weight, Can run wider formats, Better precision in load to sense and absorb impact
cells: Dancing rollers or every roller installed on load is critical, they added.
cells, if made of carbon fibre, form a lower tare weight. “We have been amazed at
This means that the actual film tension can be read with the accuracy and range of
greater precision and quickness from smaller load cells. XOnano’s impact measurements,” XRD Impact/Poron
Lower starting time: Thanks to the lower inertia the plant Comfort segment manager Nicole Perry said in the
starting time can be overwhelmingly lower with a better
efficiency in production. Many rollers don’t need to be release. “The combination of a performance foam
powered: Often metallic rollers, due to the weight and with sensing capability has the potential to be a game
lightness of the film they carry, need to be powered and changer in many applications.”Chandler-based Rogers
controlled by complex electronic systems in order to avoid also announced full-year financial results for 2017. For
stretch or damages. The lightness of carbon is such that the year, the firm saw sales grow 25 percent to just
even a light film traction can move the roller, saving all over $821 million, as profit grew 67 percent to almost
cost derived by motors, electronic drivers, control systems $80.5 million.

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