Fife's unmatched expertise and equipment provide effective solutions to the off-tracking problems that force slower line speeds and cause damage to your equipment, roll coverings, and the strip itself. Major factors contributing to off-tracking are: - Inadequate Tension - Unstable Tension Control - Strip Shape (Cross Section and Camber) - Misalignment to Machine Elements or Sections - Excessive Roll Runout or Taper - Uneven Pinch Roll Pressure - Inadequate Structural Rigidity of Guide Support Frame (May Cause Instability) Keeping your strip tracking straight assures straight edge coils, permits higher line speed, prevents product damage, and saves valuable time. The result? Increased productivity and a better end product.
	Fife's advanced strip guiding systems are your practical solution to tracking problems because they are designed, engineered, and munufactured by the global leader in strip automation to provide these important benefits: - Less downtime and less waste, resulting in higher productivity and profits - Identical service and parts anywhere in the world - Easier installation and operation - Fife components are proven, worldwide, for accuracy and dependability - Fife expertise assures you world-class results since each system is designed, manufactured,   and installed specifically for your application
	Fife's systems expertise is often the difference between getting the results you want and merely trading tracking problems for guiding system problems. For example, intermediate guiding (systems installed between uncoiler and recoiler) has historically been something of an art compared to the more straightforward coiler applications. Metals processors worldwide can point to intermediate guiding installations from well-established suppliers that have been less than satisfactory, for reasons often obscure. For 60 years, Fife has gained experience with all types of guiding problems. Because of what we have learned quantitatively about strip behavior and how to control it automatically, the early day "art" of automatic strip guiding has become a science at Fife. Our broad research, installation experience, and excellent customer service are responsible for unparalleled satisfaction among our many customers in the metals industry around the world. Fife is a charter member of the Web Handling Research Center (WHRC) at Oklahoma State University. The WHRC studies strip handling, principles, and problems.
	1. Your nearby Fife Sales Engineer personally surveys your requirements to assure the proper     system for each application. He is a full-time, factorytrained specialist. 2. Your unique requirements are then thoroughly analyzed by our Application Engineers, backed     Fife research and many years of field experience. 3. We provide installation and start-up assistance, and train your production and maintenance     personnel. 4. Fife service is always available on short notice, anywhere in the world, if required. 5. Because of these facts, Fife guarantees not merely the system components, but the actual     guiding results.