摘要 |
<p>An apparatus (10) for supplying one or more strands of a relatively wide tape to a high-speed graphite tape laminating machine may include a tape supply reel (14L,14T) and a backing paper take-up reel (16L,16T) rotatably mounted on the machine, a dancer roller (22L,22T) mounted on the machine for lateral movement thereon, and a mechanism for actively controlling the rotation of the tape supply and backing paper take-up reels and the lateral movement of the dancer roller relative to the support frame (18) such that the respective tensions in the tapes are maintained substantially constant during both an on-the-fly tape add operation and an on-the-fly tape cut operation of the laminating machine.</p> |