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US 10,482,202 B2Granted
Method for modeling a manufacturing process for a product
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsStephen Joseph Lange, John Ferney McKibben, Jeremy Peter Carrle, Richard William Hamm
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Abstract
A method for modeling a manufacturing process for an absorbent article. The method may be used in the creation of absorbent articles.
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A method for making a product comprising one or more webs, comprising:
- creating a computer based three dimensional simulation model of a product comprising one or more webs;
- defining an initial order of assembly;
- extracting one or more roller positions and a web path and importing the one or more roller positions and web path to a web converting model;
- determining the virtual measures and model properties of the product comprising one or more webs;
- importing web property data into the web converting model;
- evaluating the manufacturing process capability and creating one or more manufacturing performance indicators;
- iterating the web converting model to optimize values for one or more chosen variables while satisfying the product requirements;
- building a manufacturing line based on the web converting model with optimized values for chosen variables and producing a product comprising one or more webs based on the simulation model.
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A method for modeling a manufacturing line using a computer for making a product comprising one or more webs, the method comprising:
- creating a computer based three dimensional simulation model of an absorbent article;
- defining an initial order of assembly;
- extracting one or more roller positions and a web path and importing the one or more roller positions and web path to a web converting model;
- determining the virtual measures and model properties of the absorbent article product web;
- importing web property data into the web converting model;
- evaluating the manufacturing process capability and creating one or more manufacturing performance indicators;
- using iterative of the web converting model to optimize values for one or more chosen variables while satisfying absorbent article requirements;
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- building a manufacturing line based on the web converting model with optimized values for chosen variables and producing a product comprising one or more webs based on the simulation model.
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