Since the 1970s, CAMPEN Machinery A/S has delivered reliable, robust, and easy-to-operate web handling solutions for nonwoven production. Our systems help you avoid tension spikes when processing sensitive or lightweight webs before winding. With proven engineering and responsive support, we enable stable output, consistent quality, and minimal downtime for your production line.
Whether your process involves meltblown, wetlaid, or lightweight spunbond nonwovens, reducing tension spikes is crucial for optimal results. Controlled, low-tension handling minimises web breaks, defects, and production stops, ensuring uniform roll quality and efficient roll-to-roll transfer—especially on advanced continuous processing lines.
Delicate, lightweight nonwovens are vulnerable to abrupt changes in web tension. Variable speeds and start-stop cycles of winders can induce tension spikes that damage fibre structure or surface characteristics. Even minor spikes increase scrap rates and extend downtime due to web breaks and rethreading.
Installing a well-designed belt accumulator or web accumulator introduces a controlled buffer. This stability allows you to avoid tension spikes during accelerations, decelerations, or operational pauses, keeping sensitive webs undamaged as they transition through processing and winding stages.
Low-tension, controlled accumulation is essential when handling meltblown or spunbond nonwovens. Robust solutions help keep your process reliable and output quality consistently high by effectively managing fluctuations in web handling and winding.
CAMPEN’s belt and web accumulator solutions are designed for low-tension web control. These systems utilise wide, guided belts with low-friction surfaces to transport delicate materials without surface damage or marking. Synchronised drives and precise loop-height control enable you to avoid tension spikes through any operational change—whether it is a stop, start, or speed ramp.
Our accumulators integrate directly with winder controls and upstream production lines, providing seamless web flow and automated speed or torque synchronisation. This integration safeguards your web, supports efficient splicing, and helps maintain high line productivity. The equipment remains robust and is engineered for straightforward operation and maintenance.
Each accumulator solution is tailored to your specific process, web width, and product needs. This customisation supports a full spectrum of sensitive nonwovens, from lightweight to structured webs, delivering the reliable, low-tension accumulation essential for quality-focused production.
Our in-depth experience with nonwoven production enables us to deliver solutions that reliably avoid tension spikes and prevent web breaks from day one. We ensure proper integration of mechanical design and automation controls to secure reproducible, high-quality results across all product lines.
CAMPEN provides support at every phase—process simulation, line layout, commissioning, and staff training. Our team defines appropriate setpoints, installs and tests equipment in your facility, and provides remote or on-site technical support. This means rapid ramp-up, reduced risk, and optimal long-term reliability for your web handling investment.
Our coordinated design and control approach ensures you avoid tension spikes and maintain reliable, low-tension web accumulation throughout your production line. This is essential for smooth winding, web break prevention, and long-term operational excellence.
Need help with your avoid tension spikes project? Talk to our engineers or request an assessment today. Learn more at campenmachinery.com/nonwoven or contact us at campenmachinery.com/contact-us.
Peder Helbo
Sales Director