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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 [[flexible plastic]] or metal [[Foil (chemistry)|foil]]. In other fields predating this use, it can refer to any process of applying coatings, [[Roll-to-roll printing|printing]], 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 can be grouped together under the general term '''[[converting]]'''. OnceWhen the rolls of material have been coated, laminated or printed they are normally slit to their finished size on a [[slitter]] rewinder.

== R2R in electronic devices ==