Method and apparatus for a rules-based utilization of a minimum-slit-head configuration plunger slitter
US8267847B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 15, 2009 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/7826
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing an order change in a corrugator uses a minimum slit head configuration with all slit heads carried on two sides of a single tool support structure. A single robot is operable on the support structure to independently reset the positions of slit heads during a running order to prepare for subsequent order change in a most efficient manner, utilizing order scheduling that eliminates order changes that cannot be formed with the minimum slit head configuration.
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