TAPPI TIP 0200-01:2011

Web conveyance is a requirement that transcends across many
industries. The requirement is to convey a web flat and straight
through the process without generating defects such as wrinkles. To
accomplish this, the web needs to be stressed under a certain
amount of force commonly referred to as web tension.

The scope of this TIP is to provide guidelines for suggested
amount of web tension that should be used to convey certain types
of web materials that are common to the paper, paperboard, polymer
film, extrusion coating and flexible packaging industries.