Abstract: Web handling is germane to a diverse set of industries, including paper, polymer, textile, and sheet metal processing. Angular misalignment of the guides used to position a web in its transport ...

Abstract: Air bearings are used to position and guide such axially-moving materials as high speed magnetic tapes, paper sheets, and webs. In each case, vibration of the moving medium couples with the ...

Abstract: A foil bearing is formed when a flexible material passes over a stationary rigid surface and entrains a thin layer of air that lubricates the relative motion. Some applications include the ...