Category: Uncoiling Process | Updated: 6/8/2007 4:25:17 PM | Owner: The Professor | Read: 1224 (Last: 9/5/2010 5:55:43 PM)
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Suppose you are locked into using a powered reel, but cannot afford the space required for free loop. All is not lost. You can use a so-called paddle type loop control, if your material is not too narrow or subject to the abrasion resulting from pulling one wrap over another. This device generates loose wraps underneath the coil. They trip a “paddle” or limit switch located in the base to shut off the reel when slack has accumulated. A powered reel equipped with such a device can be located as close to related equipment as a plain reel, while accumulating a surprising amount of slack.
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