# Single Edge Web Guiding Essentials

> Use of web guides and edge sensors for feedback in guiding mechanisms. Positioning of sensors, the importance of alignment, and the common practice of repositioning sensors during web width changes.

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

**Source:** https://live-roll2roll.pantheonsite.io/videos/single-edge-web-guiding-essentials

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This episode is part of the ‘Web Guiding Applications and Advanced Web Guiding Concepts’ series and focuses on advanced edge guiding techniques, specifically single edge web guiding. The video explains the use of web guides and edge sensors for feedback in guiding mechanisms. It covers the positioning of sensors, the importance of alignment, and the common practice of repositioning sensors during web width changes. The episode also addresses potential operator errors and their impact on web guiding performance during product changeovers.

00:00 Introduction to Edge Guiding
00:08 Web Guide Mechanism and Sensor Positioning
01:06 Challenges with Web Width Changes
01:47 Sensor Repositioning and Operator Errors
00:00 Conclusion

## Related Products

- Low Profile Web Guides
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- ODC Sensors
- 1DC Sensors
- Web Position Sensor

**Tags:** web guide, web guide sensor, edge guiding, web edge sensor, Low Profile Web Guides, Wide Web Guides, ODC Sensors, 1DC Sensors, Web Position Sensor

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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).

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