A New ‘Roll’ for Non-Contact Air Turns in the Converting Industry In the mid-2000s, New Way® Air Bearings launched a line of Porous MediaTM air bars that revolutionized glass handling for the Flat Panel Display (FPD) Industry. At the time, FPD engineers were desperately trying to reduce damage caused by contact during the processing and…
Engineering Alumni Comments on New Way’s Custom Air Turn Applications
Custom Air Turn Applications Fit for Existing Converting Equipment In 2005, New Way Air Bearings® was already the world leader in Frictionless Motion®️TM solutions for precision engineering applications. That year, they hired a talented young design engineer named Alan Kirkpatrick, and set him to work in Research & Development with Drew Devitt, the company’s founder…
New Way’s Flex Conference 2017 Recap
New Way VP Sales, Tim Claffey, provides a Flex Conference 2017 Recap, and explains the value of non-contact handling for roll-to-roll (R2R) applications.