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Roll-to-roll processing
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<p>In the field of electronic devices, roll-to-roll processing, also known as web processing, reel-to-reel processing or R2R, is the process of creating electronic devices on a roll of <a href="/facts/Flexible_plastic/Kla5QItn">flexible plastic</a>, metal <a href="/facts/Foil_(chemistry)/BQtcgnFs">foil</a>, or flexible glass. In other fields predating this use, it can refer to any process of applying coating, <a href="/facts/Roll-to-roll_printing/8pJAYCSb">printing</a>, or performing other processes starting with a roll of a flexible material and re-reeling after the process to create an output roll. These processes, and others such as sheeting, can be grouped together under the general term <a href="/facts/Converter_(industry)/2F5yRoxU">converting</a>. When the rolls of material have been coated, laminated or printed they can be subsequently slit to their finished size on a <a href="/facts/Slitter/pM1l6sNf">slitter</a> rewinder. </p>