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Phasing control system for web having variable repeat length portions

US4781317A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 1986
Grant dateNov 1, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/159
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling the phasing of repeat length portions of a moving web to an operating machine along the web including method and apparatus for measuring instantaneous phasing error between web portions being operated on and the operating machine; method and apparatus for measuring repeat length error in web portions upstream of the operating station; method and apparatus for determining the total distance by which a web portion is out of phase with the operating machine before the web portion is operated on by the operating machine, method and apparatus for adjusting the movement of a web portion relative the movement of the operating machine during the last repeat length of web travel of the web portion before it is operated on by the operating machine; and method and apparatus for monitoring and correcting the phasing adjustment response.

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