ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,627, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BW Converting Inc. (Green Bay, Wis.).
"Model reference adaptive web and winding control" was invented by Cory L. Schubring (De Pere, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a controller for a converting line: (a) mechanical characterization module generates an estimate of an applied web force at a driven roller based upon velocity and torque signals, and mechanical properties associated with an upstream and downstream roller, one or both of which may be the driven roller; (b) a web stiffness estimator module generates a span stiffness estimate, a previous span tension estimate, and a span time c...