Abstract: A web handling system is described, including a plurality of web handling controllers and a web handling process logic controller networked to form a ring network. A processor of the web handling process logic controller being configured to determine whether a fault exists within the ring network, and responsive to determining that a fault exists within the ring network, to generate and send signals throughout the ring network to switch the configuration of the ring network to at least one linear network.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 2021
Date of Patent:
February 7, 2023
Assignee:
Maxcess Americas, Inc.
Inventors:
Md M. Haque, Darcy Winter, Wolfram Ploetz, Darren Irons, Shomari Head, Rainer Sokoll
Abstract: A web handling system is described, including a plurality of web handling controllers and a web handling process logic controller networked to form a ring network. A processor of the web handling process logic controller being configured to determine whether a fault exists within the ring network, and responsive to determining that a fault exists within the ring network, to generate and send signals throughout the ring network to switch the configuration of the ring network to at least one linear network.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 23, 2021
Assignee:
Maxcess Americas, Inc.
Inventors:
Md M. Haque, Darcy Winter, Wolfram Ploetz, Darren Irons, Shomari Head, Rainer Sokoll
Abstract: A sensor controller for web handling applications is described. The sensor controller is provided with a first port, a second port, a computer readable medium, and a processor. The first port receives a sequence of data frames capturing an area of a material web having a width to height ratio between 0.10 and 100. The computer readable medium stores logic indicative of identifying properties of a first group of data points of a feature of the material web extending in a web direction of travel. The processor scans the sequence of data frames to locate a transition between a property of the first group of data points and a property of a second group of data points in the data frames and generates a series of location signals indicative of lateral locations of the transition within the data frames. The second port outputs the location signals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 9, 2016
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
Maxcess Americas, Inc.
Inventors:
Md M. Haque, Darcy J. Winter, Wolfram Ploetz, Darren S. Irons, Francesco Cristante, Gregory M. Jehlik