THE MECHANICS OF GROOVED FLEXIBLE SPREADER ROLLS

摘要

All known web spreading hardware work based upon one of three principles. Sometimes it is unclear which principle(s) apply to a given spreading device. The flexible spreader roller is such a device. In this paper we will employ engineering mechanics to determine by what principle these devices spread a web. If the analysis is successful we will be able to design a flexible spreader roll to remove the lateral slackness from a given web.