Tension control method, and printing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9725271-B2
Application number	US-201414536044-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2014
Priority date	Dec 17, 2013
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

A method includes, a first step of starting rotation of a rotating axle, which is configured to detachably support a web, in a direction in which the web is wounded onto the rotating axle, a second step of detecting a tension applied to the web after the first step, a third step of performing open loop control on torque applied to the rotating axle until the tension greater than a designated value is detected with the second step, and a fourth step of performing feedback control on the torque applied to the rotating axle based on the detection value of the tension applied to the web after the tension greater than the designated value is detected with the second step.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tension control method, comprising:
a first step of starting rotation of a rotating axle, which is configured to detachably support a web, in a direction in which the web is wounded onto the rotating axle;
a second step of performing open loop control on a torque applied to the rotating axle while feedback control on the torque applied to the rotating axle is being turned off;
a third step of detecting a tension applied to the web and comparing a detection value of the tension applied to the web with a designated value;
a fourth step of repeating the second step and the third step while the feedback control on the torque applied to the rotating axle is being turned off until the tension greater than the designated value is detected in the third step; and
a fifth step of turning on the feedback control so that the feedback control is performed on the torque applied to the rotating axle based on the detection value of the tension applied to the web, after the fourth step.

2. The tension control method according to claim 1 , further comprising
rotating the rotating axle at a fixed torque until the tension greater than the designated value is detected in the detecting of the tension.

3. The tension control method according to claim 2 , further comprising
rotating the rotating axle at a first speed and conveying the web while the tension greater than the designated value is applied to the web, and
rotating the rotating axle at a second speed smaller than the first speed until the tension greater than the designated value is detected in the detecting of the tension.

4. The tension control method according to claim 2 , further comprising
stopping the rotation of the rotating axle in the direction in which the web is wound onto the rotating axle in a case where the tension greater than the designated value is not detected in the detecting of the tension when the rotation of the rotating axle continues for a designated time.

5. The tension control method according to claim 4 , further comprising
notifying an abnormality in a case where the tension greater than the designated value is not detected in the detecting of the tension when the rotation of the rotating axle continues for a designated time.

6. The tension control method according to claim 1 , further comprising
rotating the rotating axle at a torque of a designated torque or less until the tension greater than the designated value is detected in the detecting of the tension.

7. The tension control method according to claim 1 , further comprising
rotating the rotating axle at a torque that is a designated torque or less and is a torque that increases as time elapses, until the tension greater than the designated value is detected in the detecting of the tension.

8. The tension control method according to claim 2 , further comprising
stopping the rotation of the rotating axle when the tension greater than the designated value is detected in the detecting of the tension.

9. The tension control method according to claim 1 , wherein
the feedback control is performed on the torque applied to the rotating axle based on the detection value of the tension applied to the web when the torque applied to the rotating axle is a designated torque or less in the performing of the open loop control, and
the open loop control is performed on the torque applied to the rotating axle after the torque applied to the rotating axle exceeds the designated torque.

10. The tension control method according to claim 1 , wherein
during conveying of the web, the rotating axle is a feed shaft that feeds the web by rotating in a direction in reverse to the direction in which the web is wounded onto the rotating axle.

11. The tension control method according to claim 1 , wherein
during conveying of the web, the rotating axle is a take-up shaft that winds the web by rotating in the direction in which the web is wounded onto the rotating axle.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Oba Masashi
• Tokushima Daiki

Classifications

• B65H2511/142

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B65H2515/31

  Tensile forces · CPC title

• B65H23/185

  motor-controlled · CPC title

• B65H23/192

  motor-controlled · CPC title

• B65H2220/01

  indicating an entity as a function of which control, adjustment or change is performed, i.e. input · CPC title