There’s an equation for printing success. Too much press downtime while troubleshooting defects isn’t a part of it. Wasted time is wasted money. These troubleshooting suggestions will serve as a starting point in tackling your web issues.
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Defect/Indicator
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Probable Cause
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Corrective Action
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Web weave
(failing to track or follow
a true course through
the process).
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Web guides not operating
or properly set
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Check and clean web guides regularly per manufacturer’s instructions. Set web guides and position cores so that web will unwind and rewind at an equal measurement from the end of the respective shafts
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Press out of alignment
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Realign press
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A roller or rollers
out of alignment
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Realign roller or rollers
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Buildup of ink, tape, or foreign matter on
press rollers
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Clean all rollers
of foreign matter
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Excessive web temperature
(film substrates)
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Reduce web temperature
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Gauge inconstancies
with substrate
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Replace with new substrate
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Wrinkles in substrate.
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Baggy substrate
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Tape rollers at web edge to draw out wrinkles
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Equipment misalignment
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Adjust all roller alignment
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