| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 700122000 | Continuous material having indeterminate length (e.g., web, strand, strip, or sheet) | 36 |
| 20090030544 | MULTI-UNIT PROCESS SPATIAL SYNCHRONIZATION OF IMAGE INSPECTION SYSTEMS - A conversion control system is described that includes a database to store data defining a set of rules and an interface to receive local anomaly information from a plurality of different analysis machines associated with a plurality of manufacturing process lines that perform a plurality of operations on a web of material, and each of the manufacturing process lines includes position data for a set of regions on the web containing anomalies. The system also includes a computer that registers the position data of the local anomaly information for the plurality of manufacturing process lines to produce aggregate anomaly information. The system further includes a conversion control engine that applies the rules to the aggregate anomaly information to determine which anomalies represent actual defects in the web for a plurality of different products. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100262273 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of pouches - The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of pouches ( | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100268372 | METHOD AND WELDING DEVICE FOR CONNECTING SHEETS OF MATERIAL - The invention relates to a method for connecting material webs disposed with overlapping edges, wherein an automatic welding machine having a driven chassis and a drive unit disposed thereon and a welding unit is guided along the overlap zone of the material webs to be connected, such that the carried welding unit connects the edges to be connected to one another. The invention further relates to an automatic welding machine for performing the method. The invention proposes that a temporary guide marking moving along with the chassis be generated along the edge of the overlapping material web by means of a marking unit disposed on the chassis, said guide marking always extending parallel to the edge and prescribing the path of the automatic welding machine on the overlapping material web and that the guide marking be detected by means of a sensor device during the movement of the automatic welding machine, wherein a control signal is generated for a display unit and/or the drive unit and the chassis is movable along the guide marking by means of the control signal. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20120232687 | APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING CUT DESCRIPTIVE PARAMETERS IN RELATION TO DIGITAL CUTTING - An apparatus for estimating cut descriptive parameters in relation to digital cutting, by means of digital cutting machineries, of objects in a sheet material, said estimating apparatus comprising an input module enabling a user to provide object parameters to said estimating apparatus comprising geometric characteristics of said objects to be cut, a storage module for storage of information at least in relation to said digital cutting machineries and said sheet material, an estimating module for estimating said cut descriptive parameters by means of a data processor unit based on said object parameters provided by a user and the stored information relating to the digital cutting machineries and the sheet material, and an output module for presenting said cut descriptive parameters to said user, said cut descriptive parameters being estimated based on a correlation of said object parameters, said information in relation to said digital cutting machineries and said sheet material. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20140005819 | Method and System for Detouring Around Features Cut From Sheet Materials with a Laser Cutter According to a Pattern | 01-02-2014 |
| 20150045938 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING SETTING INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE - Each of a plurality of tape feeders arranged in a component feed section includes a display part which displays setting information stored in a feeder storage part, an operation input part which displays the setting information in the display part and a modification process part which outputs a signal for modifying the setting information stored in a main body storage part and the feeder storage part in accordance with an input of a modification operation. The modification operation of the setting information can be carried out in a flexible form and with a good working property. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20160139590 | CABLE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT - Cable processing equipment for fitting out cables includes local control units for local setting-up of the processing stations, for example a crimping station. The local control unit of the crimping station has a trigger button for triggering the processing process and an approval button for approval of whether the crimping process is to be executed. The processing process can be started only with simultaneous pressing of the trigger button and the approval button. Moreover, the local control unit includes a cable call button for activating a feed unit for feeding a cable end of the cable to the crimping station. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160182833 | Camera System for Cutting Table | 06-23-2016 |
| 700123000 | Material deposition or application (e.g., spraying, coating) | 3 |
| 20090005897 | Method for Supplying a Chemical or Chemical Compound in a Fibrous Web Machine and an Apparatus for Implementing the Method - A chemical or chemical compound (L) is supplied via at least two displacement pumps ( | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090055014 | Logistics System for Managing At Least a Warehouse of a Printing Company that Operates at Least One Printing Press - An accompanying document for a printing substrate, which is to be printed in a printing press, is configured as an electronic data set that is stored in a memory of an RFID tag. Data relating to a production-preparatory generation of an adhesive surface, on the printing substrate to be fed to the printing press, is written into the data set. Data relating to the manufacturer of the printing substrate of to its supplier, and data relating to the manufacture of the printing substrate are also written into the data set. In the case of a commercial unit having a printing substrate that has been only partially printed during a production run of the printing press, the data set can be supplemented with data which, at least, characterizes an event. The event could relate to a break in the printing substrate or to changes to the commercial unit which occurred during the production process that was implemented in the printing press using the printing substrate of the commercial unit. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20150105896 | PROCESS FOR AXIAL SKINNING APPARATUS - A process for operating an axial skinning apparatus for continuous manufacture of skinned ceramic honeycomb parts, including:
| 04-16-2015 |
| 700124000 | Registration control | 7 |
| 20090105869 | METHOD FOR REGISTER CORRECTION OF A PROCESSING MACHINE, AND A PROCESSING MACHINE - A method for the register correction of a processing machine for processing a continuous material, in particular a shaftless printing press, with which the continuous material is processed by at least two processing units with at least one compensator for adjusting the length of the continuous material in the continuous material section being provided upstream of each of the at least two processing units. In order to adjust the register of a first processing unit, the length of the continuous material of the continuous material section upstream of the first processing unit is adjusted by the compensator provided in this first continuous material section. To adjust the register of the first processing unit, the length of the continuous material of the continuous material section upstream of a second processing unit is also adjusted by the compensator provided in this second continuous material section. A related processing machine carries out the inventive method. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20110060447 | System and Methods For Registering A Controlled Web To A Pitched Unit Operation - Systems and methods for registering a web to an on-line pitched unit operation. | 03-10-2011 |
| 700125000 | Having a reference mark or pattern | 5 |
| 20140188268 | CUTTING DATA GENERATOR, CUTTING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING CUTTING DATA GENERATING PROGRAM - A cutting data generator includes a control device configured to obtain provisional hole arrangement data usable to arrange a plurality of provisional holes, the provisional hole arrangement data including data of center positions and diameters of the provisional holes, the provisional holes being usable to form in a sheet holes in which a plurality of decorative pieces is to be arranged respectively, to arrange the provisional holes based on the obtained provisional hole arrangement data and to extract an outermost outline of a group of the provisional holes arranged and to generate cutting data usable to cut the sheet along the outline extracted. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140200705 | Systems and Methods for Controlling Phasing of Advancing Substrates in Absorbent Article Converting Lines - The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for controlling the relative positions or phasing of advancing substrates and/or components in absorbent article converting lines. The systems and methods may utilize feedback from technologies, such as vision systems, sensors, remote input and output stations, and controllers with synchronized embedded clocks to accurately correlate component placement detections and placement control on an absorbent article converting process. The systems and methods may accurately apply the use of precision clock synchronization for both instrumentation and control system devices on a non-deterministic communications network. In turn, the clock synchronized control and instrumentation network may be used to control the substrate position. As such, the controller may be programmed to the relative positions of substrates and components along the converting line without having to account for undeterminable delays. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20150292155 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONTROLLING A MANUFACTURING LINE USED TO CONVERT A PAPER WEB INTO PAPER PRODUCTS BY READING MARKS ON THE PAPER WEB - A converting line for producing a paper product. The converting line includes a paper web being unwound from a parent roll. The paper web has a plurality of sections with at least one mark having a paper rating assigned to each of the plurality of sections. The converting line also includes a mark reading unit that reads at least one of the plurality of marks on the paper web and produces a corresponding output. The converting line includes a controller that receives the output from the mark reading unit, and is configured: (i) to obtain the paper rating associated with the at least one mark read by the reading unit, and (ii) to change at least one operational parameter of the converting line based upon the paper rating. The converting line also includes a finisher. The paper web is fed to the finisher and converted into a paper product. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150292162 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONTROLLING A MANUFACTURING LINE USED TO CONVERT A PAPER WEB INTO PAPER PRODUCTS BY READING MARKS ON THE PAPER WEB - A converting line for producing a paper product. The converting line includes a paper web being unwound from a parent roll. The paper web has a plurality of sections with at least one mark, associated with an action score, assigned to each of the plurality of sections. The converting line also includes a mark reading unit, which reads one of the plurality of marks on the paper web. The converting line further includes a controller configured to obtain the action score associated with a second one of the plurality of marks; to calculate a distance between the one mark read by the reading unit and the second one of the plurality of marks; and to change at least one operational parameter of the converting line based upon the action score of the second one of the plurality of marks when the calculated distance is less than a threshold. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150292163 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONTROLLING A MANUFACTURING LINE USED TO CONVERT A PAPER WEB INTO PAPER PRODUCTS BY READING MARKS ON THE PAPER WEB - A system for producing a paper product. The system includes a paper machine, an analysis tool, and a converting line. The paper machine forms a paper web having a plurality of sections, inspects the paper web to identify web properties, and marks the paper web with a plurality of marks. The analysis tool assigns action scores to each section of the paper web based upon the identified properties that section of the paper web. The converting line reads at least one of the plurality of marks on the paper web, obtains the action score associated with a second one of the plurality of marks, calculates a distance between the at least one mark read by the reading unit and the second one of the plurality of marks, and changes at least one operational parameter of the converting line when the calculated distance is less than a threshold. | 10-15-2015 |
| 700126000 | Winding | 3 |
| 20110245959 | Asynchronous Control of Machine Motion - A method of machine control can include providing at least a system master signal, selectively synchronizing at least sub-system master signal to the system master signal based on the value of the system master signal, and carrying out at least one operation based on the value of the other master signal. For example, a machine controller may provide a system virtual master signal and synchronize one or more module virtual master signals to the system virtual master based on the system virtual master count value. One or more components of the module may operate based on the count value of the module virtual master signal. The use of an asynchronous control method may advantageously increase the flexibility of the machine. Because the operation of the components of the machine may depend on respective virtual master signals, a machine using asynchronous control methods may advantageously continue operating one component or module in the event of a fault involving other components. Additionally, component operation can be redefined while other components of the machine continue to run. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20150094841 | HYBRID WINDER MACHINE SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO EMULATE PRODUCTION OF A WOUND PRODUCT - A hybrid winder machine system configured to operate in a first state to wind a continuous web material to produce a final wound product and to operate in a second state to emulate production of the wound product is disclosed. The system provides for at least one processor in operative communication with a hybrid winder machine and at least one processor configured to provide an emulated environment for the hybrid winder machine while the system operates in the second state. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150331412 | MATERIAL PROCESSING UNIT CONTROLLED BY ROTATION - An interchangeable unit adapted to couple to a computer numerical control (“CNC”) machine is disclosed comprising a holder that couples to a spindle of the CNC machine, a controller, wherein said controller is configured to receive the rotational speed of the spindle as an input, and a material processing unit, wherein said material processing unit executes a first function in response to a first rotational speed range of the spindle and executes a second function in response to a second rotational speed range of the spindle. | 11-19-2015 |
| 700127000 | Sheet making (e.g., paper product) | 15 |
| 20080288100 | Method for creating a cutting plan for a strip-like material - A method for creating a cutting plan for a strip-like material for maximizing a quality yield of the process is invented. In the method a cutting plan for a strip-like material is made based on end-product data, and the strip-like material is driven at a production speed in a manufacturing machine or in a finishing machine, and strip length data is recorded. A chart of the strip-like material characteristics is generated and stored in a memory. The recorded strip length data and the chart of the strip-like material characteristics is calibrated with calibration data in a winding process, and during a set change in the winding process the cutting plan for the strip-like material is optimized for maximizing a quality yield of the process based on the end-product data and the calibrated chart of the strip-like material characteristics, and a revised cutting plan is created from the optimization result. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090088889 | Accurate Tracking Of Web Features Through Converting Processes - There is described a method and apparatus for tracking the location of web features through a converting process, one application of which can involve tracking paper defects from a paper machine as detected by a camera system, to a winder where the sheet is wound to rolls so that the web defects can be repaired in the winder before making the rolls. The method to track web features is based on pattern identification of inherent sheet variability or defects. The apparatus involves two or more sheet property or defect monitoring web sensors arranged at the same cross directional location at different stages of the converting operation, augmented by tachometers and/or roll diameter sensors. A full automation system for drive control on the winder based on this information is preferably added to make maximum advantage of this information. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20110112680 | Book Production Apparatus and Method of Producing Books - A book product apparatus includes a gathering line and a plurality of feeding devices adapted to dispense at least one signature onto the gathering line. The apparatus further includes a controller operatively connected to the plurality of feeding devices for controlling the operation of the feeding devices, wherein a comparison of two customer data sources generates instructions for the feeding devices. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20140114460 | MODELING PROFILE RESPONSE FROM BUMPING MULTIPLE CONSECUTIVE PROFILING ACTUATORS - A cross-direction feedback controller, profiler system and actuator setpoint controller are provided in communication with a plurality of actuators in a machine of a web-forming process, and with a local region detector that determines an actual profile response of a product of the web-forming process in response to consecutively bumping each of the actuators. A relationship between generated profile response data and an actuator setpoint change in the generated profile response data is represent by a profile-to-actuator general interaction matrix, which is expanded into linear equations that describe impacts of bumped actuators on different profile points of generated profile response data. The linear equations are rearranged into a bump-magnitude matrix as a function of a desired response model vector. A least-square solution is found for the bump-magnitude matrix, convolved with a window function and then optimized to minimize error between an actual and a modeled profile response. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140142739 | Method for Improving Product Roll Quality of a Web Forming Process - An initial setpoint determiner that determines an initial setpoint for controlling a web forming process based on a sensed signal indicative of a characteristic of an output generated by the web forming process, a setpoint adjuster that periodically determines an adjustment signal based on local regional error characteristics of the output generated by the web forming process, and a final setpoint determiner that determines a final setpoint signal that controls the web forming process based on the initial setpoint and the adjustment signal. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140316551 | METHOD FOR ON-LINE CONTROL OF A MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR A MULTICOMPONENT SHEET MATERIAL - A method of controlling a process for the manufacture of a multicomponent sheet material having a desired pre-determined parameter comprising applying an acoustic or an electromagnetic signal to interact with the sheet material whereby the interaction modifies the applied signal, detecting the modified signal, comparing the modified signal or data derived from it with data relating to the pre-determined parameter and modifying at least one step of the process whereby the data relating to the modified signal is modified towards the data relating to the pre-determined parameter. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150066188 | SHEET PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a sheet processing system includes estimation means which, based on bundle information relating to a number of sheets by denomination of a plurality of the sheets included in a bundle, and weight information of the sheets by denomination, estimates a weight of the bundle, to output estimated weight information, measurement means for measuring a weight of the bundle, to output measured weight information; comparison means for comparing the estimated weight information and the measured weight information, and control means for controlling a processing of the bundle, based on a comparison result of the estimated weight information and the measured weight information. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150081082 | Systems and Methods for Making Panels from Sheet Material Using Adaptive Control - A system for forming a building panel of a desired shape includes a shaping machine comprising multiple rollers, wherein the shaping machine is configured to provide a desired shape to a building panel, and wherein the building panel is made from sheet material. A drive system moves the building panel longitudinally along the shaping machine, and a power source provides power to the drive system. As the building panel is moved along the shaping machine, a load sensor detects a load placed on the power source, and an optional speed sensor detects a speed of the building panel. A control system controls the drive system in response to a signal from the load sensor so as to control the load on the power source as the building panel moves along the shaping machine. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150105897 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus includes, a punch unit configured to perform punching processing on a sheet conveyed from one of a plurality of sheet storing units capable of storing a sheet or a pre-punched sheet, an input unit configured to input a number of holes punched in the pre-punched sheet stored in one of the sheet storing units, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a number of holes that can be punched by the punch unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether the input number of holes coincides with the acquired number of holes that can be punched, and a control unit configured to display a predetermined warning in a case where the determination unit determines that the input number of holes does not coincide with the acquired number of holes that can be punched. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20160046033 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR SHEET REGISTRATION IN A TRACTORLESS SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE USING AT LEAST ONE EXISTING SHEET FEATURE - Systems, methods, and computer readable media for sheet registration in a tractorless sheet processing device using existing sheet features are disclosed herein. In some aspects, the systems can include a tractorless sheet processing device having a cutter for cutting individual sheets from continuous form material and a cutter feeder for feeding the continuous form material to the cutter. The systems can also include a camera disposed relative to the cutter feeder and configured to capture an image of a position of at least one existing sheet feature on at least one or more of the individual sheets of the continuous form material in order to synchronously register each of the individual sheets with the cutter, and a controller including at least one hardware processor and memory, the controller being configured to interface with the camera and the tractorless sheet processing device. | 02-18-2016 |
| 700128000 | Paper machine or subsystem control | 5 |
| 20090099682 | Reduction of wire numbers in a paper scanner power track - The performance of scanning systems can be significantly enhanced by replacing the traditional power track with preferably just two wires or transmission channels for effecting communication between (i) the sensors on the mobile carriage of the scanning system and (ii) the controls, power sources, and related devices that are typically located in a compartment or module which is a significant distance away. This can be implemented by employing selected multiplexer and complementary de-multiplexer combinations in the scanner head and in the module. This technique reduces EMI noise, power loss, drag on the moving scanner heads carrying the sensors, and cost of construction. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090306809 | SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING SPINE JACKET WIDTH - A control apparatus obtains information identifying sheets stored in an MFP to be caused to perform printing for printing a printed object to be subjected to jacketed book binding, wherein this information is stored in the MFP. The control apparatus stores thicknesses of respective paper sheets as information about paper sheets. From this information and from the information obtained from the MFP, the control apparatus creates a table indicative of the correspondence between the respective paper sheets stored in the MFP and their thicknesses. Further, on receiving a selection of paper sheets to be used for printing for the printed object and a number of these paper sheets, the control apparatus determines a thickness of each paper sheet by making a reference to the table and calculates the spine jacket width by multiplying the thickness by the number of paper sheets. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20150088296 | CORRUGATED PAPERBOARD CUTTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND CORRUGATED PAPERBOARD CUTTING CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed are a corrugated paperboard cutting control apparatus and a corrugated paperboard cutting control method. Under control of a cutter control device ( | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150330022 | Controller And Method For Controlling A Property Of An Object - An apparatus in a manufacturing process of a sheet including: a measurement arrangement, a controller and an actuator arrangement regulating at least one property of the sheet; the measurement arrangement being configured to provide the controller with controlled variable data about at least one property of the sheet; the controller having available a predetermined model based on temporally or spatially dependent disturbance; and the controller being configured to form a manipulated variable for the actuator arrangement on the basis of the model in response to the disturbance. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20160090695 | CUTTING MACHINE - A guidance system provides step-wise, real-time or near real-time video guidance to a cutting machine operator to efficiently cut up a lift into multiple products, where determining an efficient sequence of steps is laborious for an ordinary operator. The display can advantageously show the operator where to temporarily store various “logs” that are cut off from the lift, and how and when to reinsert them into the cutting machine for further cuts, whether by themselves, in side-by-side manner, and/or in stacks. Camera feedback can be used to ensure that the operator is properly positioning and orienting the lift/logs. The display can alternatively or additionally use simulation to guide the operator. | 03-31-2016 |
