Troubleshooting & Upgrades
Get the machine working better.
Trace a recurring problem, improve a control or sequence, or plan a larger controls and drive upgrade.
Explore technical supportHands-on converting equipment expertise
Better-running
converting lines.
Stronger plant teams.
Troubleshooting, controls upgrades and practical support for coating, laminating, slitting and rewinding. Work directly with Nick Van Dyke—remotely or at the machine.
30+years of hands-on experience
150+industrial machines
50+manufacturing facilities
20+equipment manufacturers
Start with your equipment
What equipment needs help?
01 / WINDINGWinders &
Coating &
Winders &
slitter-rewinders
Poor roll quality, unstable tension, difficult setups or stopping problems? Start with what the machine and material are doing.
Explore winder support 02 / COATINGCoating &
laminating lines
Recurring stops, unstable tension, difficult transfers or sections that do not work together? Get whole-line machine support.
Explore coating-line supportThe IMS difference
Hands-on expertise. From one issue to the whole project.
IMS does more than identify problems or recommend changes. I troubleshoot, program, tune, make practical corrections and verify the results.
Bring me a specific machine issue, a needed improvement or a complete upgrade project. I work with your people, suppliers and qualified contractors from defining the work through production testing.
- 01DiagnoseFind the cause.
- 02CorrectPut the changes to work.
- 03VerifyCheck the result.
- 04EquipPass the knowledge on.
How we work together
Remote when it makes sense.
On site when it matters.
Some problems can begin with a conversation, video, controls review or machine data. Others need hands-on work at the equipment. You do not need to commit to a rebuild or a visit just to describe the problem.
See how support works- 01
Tell me what is happening.
The machine, the symptom and what you have already tried.
- 02
Agree the next step.
Establish the fit, scope and working arrangement before work starts.
- 03
Work with your team.
Remote support, onsite work or a combination, with qualified people at the plant where needed.
How IMS helps
Start with the problem. Not a service package.
IMS Ops
Help your people run and support it.
Hands-on operator and maintenance development, useful diagnostics and machine-specific guidance.
Build team capabilityIMS Verify
Check performance before deciding.
Investigate a reading, establish a baseline or check the result of a change with a focused test plan.
Explore performance checksStories from the production floor
Different problems. Practical results.
Coating lines / Controls & support
One coater put right. A second followed.
Controls and drive modernization on two turret coating lines
The first line led to a second modernizationRead the story
Winding / Production capability
Material the machine could not run before.
Locked-core to differential winding conversion
Previously unrunnable material made runnableRead the story
Winding / Controls & drive modernization
One successful conversion. Four more machines.
ControlLogix and DC drives on 5,000-FPM duplex rewinders
Five machines in totalRead the story
IMS Ops / Operator development
Their people. Their machine. Real production.
Hands-on training after a loss of experienced operators
Guided practice on their actual production machineRead the story
Meet Nick Van Dyke
You know your operation.
I bring the machine experience.
I work directly with the people responsible for making the line run. Some of my customer relationships go back 30 years. Along the way, many have become friendships.
Meet NickStart with the problem
Tell Me What the Machine Is Doing
You do not need to diagnose it first or choose a service package. Tell me what you are seeing, when it happens and what you have already tried.
Send what you know. Leave the rest blank.
Before billable work begins, we agree on the work, how it will be billed and when it will happen.
Nick Van DykeRoll-to-Roll Converting Equipment SpecialistIndustrial Machine Specialists LLC920-284-0473 nick@imsconvert.com
Prefer to call or email? Those work, too.
Website inquiry form
Required: your name, email and problem description.
Optional: company / plant, phone, machine / OEM / model, machine type, material, PLC / HMI information, up to two photos, and a video or larger-file sharing link.
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