ABB PFEA111

  • Printing: Controlling web tension in printing presses to ensure consistent ink transfer, print quality, and web stability.

  • Converting: Maintaining accurate tension during web converting processes, such as laminating, coating, and slitting, to prevent web breaks and ensure product quality.

  • Packaging: Regulating tension in packaging machines, such as rewinders and unwinders, to prevent web damage, maintain product integrity, and optimize packaging efficiency.

Considerations:

  1. Application Requirements: Carefully select the PFEA111 model based on the specific tension range, control accuracy, and output requirements of the application.

  2. Load Cell Selection: Choose a compatible load cell with the appropriate capacity and sensitivity for the web material and tension range.

  3. System Integration: Properly integrate the PFEA111 into the overall web handling system, considering control signals, feedback mechanisms, and safety interlocks.

  4. Calibration and Maintenance: Regularly calibrate the load cell and perform preventive maintenance to ensure the controller’s accuracy and reliability.

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Description

The ABB PFEA111 is a web tension controller designed for use in various web handling applications, particularly in the printing, converting, and packaging industries. It belongs to ABB’s Tension Electronics product line, offering a range of solutions for controlling and monitoring web tension.

Function:

 

  • The PFEA111 accurately measures and controls the tension of a moving web, ensuring consistent product quality and preventing web breaks or damage.

  • It utilizes a load cell to measure the tension force applied to the web.

  • The controller adjusts the tension based on a setpoint, ensuring the web maintains the desired tension throughout the process.

Key Features:

  1. Precise Tension Control: Maintains accurate and stable web tension for optimal product quality and process efficiency.

  2. Load Cell Input: Utilizes a load cell to measure tension accurately, even under varying web conditions.

  3. Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) Control: Employs PID control algorithm to dynamically adjust tension based on feedback, ensuring precise tension regulation.

  4. User-friendly Interface: Features a user-friendly interface for easy setup, operation, and monitoring of tension parameters.

  5. Variety of Output Options: Provides various output options, such as analog outputs, relays, and communication interfaces, for integration with control systems.

Applications:

  • Printing: Controlling web tension in printing presses to ensure consistent ink transfer, print quality, and web stability.

  • Converting: Maintaining accurate tension during web converting processes, such as laminating, coating, and slitting, to prevent web breaks and ensure product quality.

  • Packaging: Regulating tension in packaging machines, such as rewinders and unwinders, to prevent web damage, maintain product integrity, and optimize packaging efficiency.

Considerations:

  1. Application Requirements: Carefully select the PFEA111 model based on the specific tension range, control accuracy, and output requirements of the application.

  2. Load Cell Selection: Choose a compatible load cell with the appropriate capacity and sensitivity for the web material and tension range.

  3. System Integration: Properly integrate the PFEA111 into the overall web handling system, considering control signals, feedback mechanisms, and safety interlocks.

  4. Calibration and Maintenance: Regularly calibrate the load cell and perform preventive maintenance to ensure the controller’s accuracy and reliability.

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