# Web Guides: Monitoring and Knowledge - Cover Story for October 2021 Edition of PFFC

> The cover story for the October Edition of PFFC is an article regarding the progress of web monitoring technology and the need for knowledge in the industry

**Last updated:** 2026-03-03

**Source:** https://live-roll2roll.pantheonsite.io/news/web-guides-monitoring-and-knowledge-cover-story-october-2021-edition-pffc

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The October 2021 Edition of Paper, Film & Foil Converter Magazine featured the article "Web Guide: The Evolution of Monitoring and The Need for Knowledge". The article written by Pedro P Velasco, COO of Roll-2-Roll Technologies is the cover story of this edition. Web detection has advanced to new sensor technologies with smaller footprint, multiple application capacity and greater sensing range. The future of web guiding requires the dissemination of knowledge through the industry. 



The article presents the recent advances in web sensing for guiding, width measurement and other monitoring applications.  



For more information on web guiding and monitoring visit our website to read more on the subject:



["Web Position Sensor Applications"](https://r2r.tech/applications/web-position-sensor-applications)  "[Web Guide or Web Guiding Systems Overview](https://r2r.tech/articles/web-guides-or-web-guiding-systems-overview)," "[Web Guiding System: Why, What, Where and How?](https://r2r.tech/articles/web-guiding-system-why-what-where-and-how)" and "[Web Guide Selection and Installation Tips](https://r2r.tech/articles/web-guides-selection-and-installation-tips)"

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## About Roll-2-Roll Technologies

Roll-2-Roll Technologies designs and manufactures patented fiber-optic web position sensors and advanced web guiding controllers — the precision measurement and control core of modern roll-to-roll manufacturing. Spun out of Oklahoma State University's Web Handling Research Center and trusted by Fortune 500 medical, battery, and nonwovens manufacturers, our patented sensors work without recalibration at ±0.1mm accuracy up to 760 mpm — typical customer outcomes are 50%+ less downtime and payback under six months. Headquartered in Stillwater, Oklahoma, our team of PhDs, controls engineers, and industry veterans extends the sensor + controller core into complete web guide systems including stepper-motor-based linear actuators (RLA, BLA, LHS).

- Website: https://r2r.tech
- Phone: +1 (888) 290-3215
- Email: sales@r2r.tech