Friction-driven roller systems are prevalent in non-impact printing, from initial paper-feed to image fixing. As an aid in design, a non-linear finite element model has been developed to predict surface strains and overdrive of elastomer-coated rollers in friction-driven systems. Data from experiments designed to measure overdrive are in good agreement with model predictions, showing overdrive to be an increasing function of nip engagement influenced by elastomer thickness.
Diane Herrick, Bonnie Patterson, "Theory and Measurement of Overdrive in Friction-Driven Systems" in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies (NIP16), 2000, pp 859 - 861, https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2000.16.1.art00108_2