Fives North American Guiding Systems Business Group designs products and customized systems that reduce material waste, improve product quality and increase process line speeds. Our goal is to improve your bottom line.



INDUSTRIES SERVED:
Metals
TIRE and RUBBER
Converting Industry
Narrow Web and Packaging
Carpet and Textiles



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WE PROVIDE GUIDING SOLUTIONS FOR
• Calender trains
• Fabric treating lines
• Stock prep areas
• Tire building

PRODUCT OFFERS INCLUDE
• Guide frames:
   - steering and displacement type
• Complete integrated solution for
  width control on fabric calender train.
• Complete guiding and spreading
  solution for fabric treating lines.
• Bowed and straight roll spreaders,
  for all tension requirements.
• Three-finger spreader
• Digital controllers and displays
• Detectors:
   - center guide
   - edge guide
   - C-shaped, wide field of view and
     optical detectors
• Motorized detector positioners
• Electromechanical actuators:
   - from 60 – 4,000 lbs available thrust

APPLICATIONS INCLUDE
• Let-off and unwind stand guiding
• Intermediate web guiding
• Combining systems
• Spreading and shrink-down
  compensation systems
• Width measurement and control
• Knife trimming positioning systems
• Edge cord count control
• Tire servers