Device and method for splicing
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorsThomas Pettersson, Peter Öhman
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for splicing a web of packaging material, comprising: guiding the web of packaging material through a splicing device comprising one or more imaging devices, a slitter, and a sealing unit; acquiring a first set of images of one or more areas of the packaging material, storing the acquired first set of images, slitting the web of packaging material in one or more locations to form a tail end and a head end of a web of packaging material, aligning the head end and the tail end and superimpose one on the other in preparation for forming a splice, utilizing the imaging devices and the stored acquired first set of images to fine tune the alignment of the head end and the tail end, sealing the splice.
Claims8
A method for splicing a web of packaging material, comprising:
- guiding the web of packaging material through a splicing device comprising one or more imaging devices, a slitter, and a sealing unit;
- acquiring a first set of images of one or more areas of the packaging material,
- storing the acquired first set of images,
- slitting the web of packaging material in one or more locations to form a tail end and a head end in the web of packaging material after the acquiring of the first set of images,
- aligning the head end and the tail end and superimposing one on the other in preparation for forming a splice,
- utilizing the one or more imaging devices to acquire additional images of the one or more areas of the packaging material after the superimposing of the head end and the tail end of the web of packaging material and the stored acquired first set of images to fine tune the alignment of the head end and the tail end, wherein all of the one or more imaging devices are used for the acquiring of the first set of images and the additional images, sealing the splice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.