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Web Guiding Systems, consisting of web guides in the nature of rollers, linear actuators, sensors and controllers used for automatically aligning continuous strips of materials, sold as integral components of web handling machines wherein the materials are processed in continuous, flexible strip form to manufacture products; Web Guides, namely, displacement guides, steering guides, unwind guides, rewind guides, micro guides, all being parts of machines consisting of rotating and translating rollers on a mechanical frame used to displace the continuous strip of material in web handling machines; Actuators connected to web guides in the nature of linear electric actuators for displacing the continuous strip of materials in web handling machines; Sensors in the nature of opto-electronic devices sold as part of web handling machines for measuring the position of the continuous strip of materials to provide the feedback for the Web Guiding System; Controllers for web guiding systems sold as part of web handling machines in the nature of electronic devices that process measurements from sensors, controls the actuators, and facilitates the human-machine-interface (HMI) in order to align the continuous strip of flexible materials in a web handling machine; Retrofit Kits for web guides consisting of replacement parts for machines, namely, sensors and controllers for automatic alignment of continuous strip of flexible materials in web handling machines, provided for the purpose of replacing existing or non-functional components of web guiding systems to create a complete web guiding system; Replacement Kits for web guides consisting of replacement parts for machines, namely, sensors and controllers for automatic alignment of continuous strip of flexible materials in web handling machines, provided for the purpose of replacing existing or non-functional components of web guiding systems to create a complete web guiding system

Sensors for web guides, namely, for sensing edges of the web and for sensing a mark on the web in order to provide web position feedback to the web guiding system to align the continuous strip of web material within web handling machines; Sensors and Controllers used in web handling machines and continuous processing machines to detect and control edge position, width, position of registration marks on the material, position of contrasting feature on the material, number of slit edges, the widths of the slit edges, the gaps between the slit edges, the number of strings or threads, gaps or voids in the material, and defects in the material in order to provide quality information used to increase the efficiency of the processing and converting machines; Sensors and Controller for measuring, monitoring, inspecting, and controlling the quality of the moving material in web processing or converting lines; Electromechanical controllers for guiding the alignment of moving material in a web process line; electromechanical controllers for controlling the alignment of moving material in a web process line; electromechanical monitors for monitoring moving material in a web process line; actuators connected to web guides in the nature of rotary electric actuators for displacing the continuous strip of materials in web handling machines