Slitter rewinders , slitting machines, hot melt coating and laminating machines.

Universal Converting Equipment leads in the supply of converting equipment worldwide, including slitter rewinders, hot melt coaters, hot melt laminators, slitting machines and ancillary systems.

We are based in the United Kingdom with service and sales throughout the world

Universal Converting Equipment Ltd is a leading supplier of slitting machines, hot melt adhesive coaters and hot melt laminators and ancillary equipment to the converting industry worldwide. Years of experience in slitting and rewinding have lead to the development of class leading slitter rewinders such as the X9 duplex centre wind slitter rewinding machine. The Total Tension Control system is now incorporated into all machines produced by Universal including its X2 roll doctor salvage machine and its X3 narrow width slitter rewinder machine. This allows the processing of the most tension sensitive materials with the ultimate control.

Universal produces a range of hot melt adhesive coating and laminating equipment. Using its partnership with ITW Dynatec, Universal are able to offer the latest in high speed application technologies. Hot melt adhesive coaters are used widely in the manufacture of label stock, medical and non-woven products. Hot melt coating and laminating machines are compact, low energy systems compared to solvent and water based adhesive systems.

Universal also offer a wide range of ancillary equipment including automatic core cutters, drive and control system upgrades, web guiding systems and differential winding shafts. Universal provide a complete service to the converting industry from supplying individual replacement parts through to supplying the latest process equipment.

The Universal X9 - a fully automatic duplex centre wind slitter rewinder

The Universal X9 duplex center wind slitter rewinder machine is designed to take slitting to a new level. The machine allows film and paper converters to take total control of all the process parameters that are critical to obtaining high quality slit reels of material. The standard X9 slitter rewinder incorporates a shaft-less unwind, digital web guider, automatic knife setting, Total Tension Control System, differential rewinds, automatic core alignment and the latest digital AC drive and control system. A set up wizard ensures the optimum slitting conditions are used for all materials. Closed loop measurement of all the key parameters provides total quality control with actual tension profiles of all the slit rolls wound, stored at the end of each run.
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