Methods and apparatuses for steering flexible glass webs are disclosed. In one embodiment, a steering device for non-contact steering of a glass web having a conveyance direction and a cross direction normal to the conveyance direction includes a fluid injection bar having an elongate axis oriented in a cross direction of the glass web. The steering device also includes a pivot bearing assembly coupled to the fluid injection bar such that the fluid injection bar is pivotable in a plane perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the glass web, an actuator coupled to the fluid injection bar for adjusting the orientation of the fluid injection bar with respect to the glass web, and an edge detection device positioned proximate to an edge of the glass web for evaluating a position of an edge of the glass web.

Methods and apparatuses for steering flexible glass webs are disclosed. In one embodiment, a steering device for non-contact steering of a glass web having a conveyance direction and a cross direction normal to the conveyance direction includes a fluid injection bar having an elongate axis oriented in a cross direction of the glass web. The steering device also includes a pivot bearing assembly coupled to the fluid injection bar such that the fluid injection bar is pivotable in a plane perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the glass web, an actuator coupled to the fluid injection bar for adjusting the orientation of the fluid injection bar with respect to the glass web, and an edge detection device positioned proximate to an edge of the glass web for evaluating a position of an edge of the glass web.

The invention relates to an unwinding system, an assembly and a method for unwinding a tire component from a stock reel and for outputting said tire component in a transport direction, wherein the unwinding system comprises a reel station, an output conveyor and a transfer device for transferring a leading end of the tire component from the reel station to said output conveyor, wherein the transfer device comprises a retaining member which is movable along a guide path between a pick-up position and a release position, wherein the retaining member comprises a retaining surface for releasably retaining the leading end of the tire component, wherein the transfer device further comprises an arm that is rotatable around the inverting axis for moving the retaining member along the guide path, wherein the retaining member is movable with respect to the arm in an extension direction perpendicular to the inverting axis.

An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode plate, includes an unwinder on which an electrode reel is installed; a meandering corrector correcting meandering of an electrode sheet unwound from the electrode reel; a press puncher disposed at a rear end of the meandering corrector; a cutter disposed at a rear end of the press puncher; a detector disposed between the press puncher and the cutter to acquire an image of the electrode sheet; and a controller connected to the detector and the meandering corrector.

A winding apparatus winds up a belt-shaped electrode sheet including an active material and a belt-shaped separator sheet made of an insulating material, and includes: a rotatable winding core to which the electrode and sheets are fed at accelerating or decelerating speed, and around which the electrode sheet and the separator sheet are wound; a rotatable transfer roller that defines a transfer path of the electrode sheet and has an outer circumference face on which the electrode sheet is placed; and a swing motion suppressing guide disposed at a position immediately upstream of the transfer roller along the transfer path. The electrode sheet includes: an electrode main body on which the active material is applied; and tabs protruded from a width direction edge portion of the electrode main body and disposed at intervals along a longitudinal direction of the electrode main body.

A winding apparatus winds up a belt-shaped electrode sheet including an active material and a belt-shaped separator sheet made of an insulating material, and includes: a rotatable winding core to which the electrode and sheets are fed at accelerating or decelerating speed, and around which the electrode sheet and the separator sheet are wound; a rotatable transfer roller that defines a transfer path of the electrode sheet and has an outer circumference face on which the electrode sheet is placed; and a swing motion suppressing guide disposed at a position immediately upstream of the transfer roller along the transfer path. The electrode sheet includes: an electrode main body on which the active material is applied; and tabs protruded from a width direction edge portion of the electrode main body and disposed at intervals along a longitudinal direction of the electrode main body.

A coating deviation correction method includes acquiring a plurality of first distances and a plurality of second distances, where each of the plurality of first distances is a distance from an edge of a coating region on a first surface of an electrode plate substrate to a reference edge, each of the plurality of second distances is a distance from an edge of a coating region on a second surface of the electrode plate substrate to the reference edge, and the plurality of first distances and the plurality of second distances are obtained by sampling a plurality of times within one sampling period; and determining a target deviation correction amount in a coating process based on the plurality of first distances, the plurality of second distances, and at least one preset deviation correction amount.

A sensing head for a pneumatic edge sensor for detecting the position of an edge (K) of a material web (B), such as a film web, is disclosed having a head part and a sensing zone. Both the first section and the second section include a fluid port, ducts and a sensing area with openings, wherein the sensing areas of the first section and the second section delimit the sensing zone. The sensing zone is connected to the fluid port of the first section and the second section each by means of a fluid connection, in which the fluid connection at least in part is realised through the openings and the ducts of the corresponding section.

One aspect of the present disclosure relates to an auto-splicing device for an electrode and an auto-splicing method, and more particularly, to an auto-splicing device for an electrode and an auto-splicing method, which can minimize connection defects between the running electrode and the new electrode, wherein the running electrode and the new electrode connected and supplied to the running electrode are aligned on the basis of their coating lines by using the auto-slicing device.

A method and unwrapping apparatus collect stretch film spirally wrapped around a load by generating relative rotation between a take up device and the load over a plurality of relative rotations between the take up device and the load. In some instances, the collected stretch film may be recycled, while in other instances, the collected stretch film may be reused to wrap another load.