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US 10,309,058 B2Granted
Paper trim cut measurement device and method
AssigneeInternational Paper Company
InventorsJeremy Allan Haddock, Ronald Arthur Falcone, Jr.
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Abstract
One embodiment provides a papermaking machine, which includes a wire for conveying a fiber web; a trim squirt for making a cut line in the fiber web; a machine reference; and a measurement device for measuring a distance between the cut line and the machine reference, the device comprising a laser adapted to illuminate the cut line and determine a location of the cut line for the measuring. Methods of making and using the papermaking machine are also provided.
Claims16
A papermaking machine, comprising:
- a wire for conveying a fiber web;
- a trim squirt for making a cut line in the fiber web;
- a machine reference for providing a fixed reference point on the papermaking machine;
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- a measurement device for measuring a distance in the cross machine direction between the cut line and a point aligned in the cross machine direction with the machine reference, the device comprising a laser adapted to illuminate the cut line and determine a location of the cut line for the measuring.
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