Method and devices and system for winding and unwinding a reel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11148894-B2
Application number	US-201815956590-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2018
Priority date	Apr 21, 2017
Publication date	Oct 19, 2021
Grant date	Oct 19, 2021

Abstract

The invention relates to a monitoring method ( 100 ) for monitoring a winding process on a winding device ( 1 ), comprising: providing ( 104 ) a correlation of an irregularity ( 12 ) of a web material ( 11 ) to a running parameter ( 13 ) of the reel ( 10 ) for an unwinding process. The invention further relates to a control method ( 200 ) for performing an unwinding process on an unwinding device, comprising: obtaining ( 201 ) a correlation of an irregularity ( 12 ) of a web material ( 11 ) to at least one running parameter ( 13 ) of a reel ( 10 ) from a winding process. Furthermore, the invention relates to a processing method ( 300 ) for performing a process of processing a web material ( 11 ). Furthermore, the invention relates to a winding device ( 1 ) for performing a winding process of a web material ( 11 ) to a reel ( 10 ), an unwinding device ( 2 ) for performing an unwinding process of a web material ( 11 ) of a reel ( 10 ) and a processing system ( 3 ) for processing a web material ( 11 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A monitoring method for monitoring a winding process on a winding device, comprising the following steps:
at least partially winding a web material into a reel during the winding process,
detecting at least one irregularity of the web material,
determining a correlation between the irregularity and at least one running parameter of the reel, and
providing the correlation between the irregularity of the web material and the running parameter of the reel for an unwinding process on a form, fill and seal (FFS) machine to produce sacks from the web material and determine a number of sacks produced from the web material based on the running parameter and the at least one irregularity of the web material, wherein a response action in response to the irregularity is performed when a position of the web material is reached based on the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter upon unwinding of the web material,
wherein the providing the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter comprises the following step:
generating a reel-specific information medium which is arranged on the reel and comprises the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter,
wherein the web material comprises a plastic film, and
wherein the irregularity comprises at least one of the following features:
unsuccessful opening of a tube of the web material,
at least partial tearing of the web material,
absence of a printed image on the web material,
increased slip on a driving means during winding of the web material,
changed torques and/or forces during the winding of the web material,
blocking in the web material, where the web material is a tubular web material,
temporary deviation from a production formulation of the web material, and
exceeding or falling below specifications of physical characteristics of the web material.

2. The monitoring method according to claim 1 , wherein
the running parameter of the reel is determined during the winding of the web material.

3. The monitoring method according to claim 1 , wherein
the running parameter is determined by detecting an advance parameter of the web material.

4. The monitoring method according to claim 1 , wherein
the providing the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter comprises the following step:
entering the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter in a database.

5. The monitoring method according to claim 4 , wherein
the entering the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter in the database comprises an access to at least an external server or a mobile storage unit.

6. The monitoring method according to claim 1 , wherein
the providing the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter comprises the following step:
visualizing the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter on the winding device.

7. The monitoring method according to claim 1 , wherein
the monitoring method further comprises at least one of the following steps:
providing a material composition of the web material, and
providing a relative position of the web material to a reference position on the reel.

8. A control method for performing an unwinding process on an unwinding device, comprising the following steps:
at least partially unwinding a web material from a reel during the unwinding process,
obtaining a correlation between an irregularity of the web material and at least one running parameter of the reel from a winding process, and
performing a response action in response to the irregularity, when a position of the web material is reached based on the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter upon unwinding of the web material,
wherein the obtaining the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter comprises the following step:
reading out a reel-specific information medium which is arranged on the reel and comprises the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter by a detector of a reference interface,
wherein the web material comprises a plastic film,
wherein the response action comprises at least one of the following actions:
interrupting the unwinding process,
changing a speed of unwinding the web material,
changing of processing parameters,
suspending individual processing steps, and
adding individual special processing steps,

wherein the unwinding device comprises a form, fill and seal (FFS) machine and is adapted to produce sacks from the web material, and
wherein a number of sacks produced from the web material is determined based on the running parameter and the irregularity of the web material.

9. The control method according to claim 8 , wherein
the obtaining the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter comprises the following step:
reading out the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter from a database.

10. The control method according to claim 9 , wherein
the reading out the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter from the database comprises an access to at least an external server or a mobile storage unit.

11. The control method according to claim 8 , wherein
the control method comprises the following step:
visualizing the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter on the unwinding device.

12. The control method according to claim 8 , wherein
a return parameter of the reel is determined during the at least partially unwinding of the web material, wherein the return parameter is related to the running parameter.

13. The control method according to claim 8 , wherein
the response action comprises at least cutting out a portion of the web material in a region of the irregularity or wherein the response action comprises stopping the unwinding device.

14. The control method according to claim 8 , wherein
the position of the running parameter is determined by detecting an advance parameter of the web material.

15. The control method according to claim 8 , wherein
the control method further comprises at least one of the following steps:
obtaining a material composition of the web material, and
obtaining a relative position of the web material to a reference position on the reel.

16. The control method according to claim 8 , wherein
a number of products produced from the web material is determined based on at least the running parameter or the return parameter.

17. The control method according to claim 8 ,
wherein the unwinding device has at least one folding device for folding the sacks, wherein the folding device comprises a guiding device through which the web material can be conducted during propulsion, so that a sack shape is formed at least partially from the web material.

18. The control method according to claim 8 ,
wherein at least the interrupting the unwinding process is configured to allow an operator to access the unwinding device, the changing of the speed of unwinding the web material is configured to gain additional time, the changing of the processing parameters includes an adjustment of a welding temperature for sacks subsequently produced from the web material, the suspending of individual processing steps includes suspending of at least one of welding, filling and stretching of the web material, or the adding of individual special processing steps includes at least one of marking the web material at the position o

Assignees

• Windmoeller & Hoelscher

Inventors

• Köhn Uwe
• Huil Oliver

Classifications

• B65H26/02 Primary

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