Tekscan Nip Pressure Alignment Tool
The Nip Pressure Alignment Tool™ (NPAT™) is a system used to capture nip footprints and relative pressure distribution between nip rolls.
The system utilizes a sensor made up of an array of multiple thin and flexible pressure sensitive bands, which can be configured to different lengths to create a sensor that matches the size of a custom application. The real-time data provided by the NPAT ensures machine setup and proper roll uniformity resulting in a better printing process.
• Machine Setup
• Preventive Maintenance
• Roll Uniformity
• Crowns
• Diameter variations due to roller wear
• Deflections
• Machine Comparison
features
- • Capture visual representation of real-time relative pressure distribution, nip contact, nip width/length, and cross width
- • Ensures proper machine setup to prevent equipment damage, improve yield, and reduce waste
- • Provides quantifiable and credible data
- • Easily maintained in-field
- • Software includes force/length units and graph features which easily display nip data by band
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