Splices are made with tape, adhesive, heat or ultrasonic bonding, and converting lines often make them on the fly with an automatic splicer. Every splice must survive the tension and heat of the converting line, and it is usually flagged so the finished product containing it can be thrown out. Customers often limit the number of splices per roll in the spec.
Heard on the job
Customer allows one splice per roll and it has to be flagged with the red tape.
Also heard as
- joint
- flying splice
Related terms
Festoon
Package in which narrow nonwoven strip is folded back and forth into a box instead of being wound on a roll.
Spooling
Winding a narrow strip back and forth across a wide core, like thread on a spool, to pack very long lengths.
Slitting
Cutting a wide nonwoven roll lengthwise into narrower rolls on a slitter-rewinder.