Patents Assigned to Bowater, Incorporated
  • Winding control process and program
    Patent number: 6873879
    Abstract: A fully-integrated computer-aided method for sizing and building paper reels from which a plurality of smaller rolls of paper are created. Data pertaining to the measurements of paper reels and the rolls to be built therefrom is entered into a computer programmed with electronic spreadsheet software, which stores, validates and computes measurement values so that the diameter of the paper reel from which the smaller paper reels are being built is of the correct size to minimize waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Bowater, Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Joe Bush, Christopher Robin Martin