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Leading the Industry One Innovation at a Time
Montalvo's INVENTION of the dual disk, multiple range, air cooled brake led to a tension control revolution in the paper, film, and foil converting industry.
The company maintains its lead in the industry by continually endeavoring to understand customer's problems and processes and innovating solutions to their web control problems. These solutions have turned into new materials and machinery technology reaffirming Montalvo as the industry leader in web control.
Every product designed at Montalvo will reduce a customer's waste and improve productivity or Montalvo doesn't manufacture it.
Montalvo Innovations Include: 
Brakes
- Air Cooling
- Dual Disc Brakes and Clutches
- Modular construction
- Easy "no tools" pad changes- The V-Pad
Tension
- Range expander brake control
- U-Series IP 67 low profile load cells
- Diamatic Control Algorithm
- Combination Load Cell/Dancer Control
The left side bar details more Montalvo innovations and "firsts"
that have changed tension control.