safety

These days, to stay competitive you have to run multiple variations of material at increasingly shorter runs to turn a profit. To maintain consistent, high-quality output, there are adjustments that need to be made on the unwind through tension, alignment, slitting setup and possibly even the rewind.

The second part of this two-part series gives specific guidelines for selecting winding products to improve the safety of your working environment.

Creating a safer working environment requires informed decisions. In this first of a two-part series, Sean Craig provides a seven point plan for establishing an ergonomic program.