# US 11,148,894 B2 · Method and devices and system for winding and unwinding a reel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,148,894 B2 - Document ID: US11148894B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/956,590 - Filed: 2018-04-18 - Published: 2018-10-25 - Granted: 2021-10-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-21 - Assignees: Windmoller & Holscher - Applicants: Windmöller & Hölscher KG - Inventors: Uwe Köhn; Oliver Huil - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11148894B2 ## CPC - B65H 18/145: {Reel-to-reel type web winding and unwinding mechanisms} - B65H 18/00: Winding webs - B65H 23/198: motor-controlled {(Controlling electrical drive motors therefor)} - B65H 26/00: Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop-motions, for web-advancing mechanisms (safety devices in general F16P; investigating chemical or physical properties of materials in general G01N; indicating devices in general G08B) - B65H 26/02: responsive to presence of irregularities in running webs - B65H 26/06: responsive to predetermined lengths of webs - B65H 26/08: responsive to a predetermined diameter - B65H 2220/01: indicating an entity as a function of which control, adjustment or change is performed, i.e. input - B65H 2220/03: indicating an entity which is measured, estimated, evaluated, calculated or determined but which does not constitute an entity which is adjusted or changed by the control process per se - B65H 2301/414: Winding - B65H 2301/542: Quality control - B65H 2511/14: Diameter, e.g. of roll or package - B65H 2553/42: Cameras - B65H 2553/52: RFID sensor - B65H 2557/60: Details of processes or procedures - B65H 2557/62: for web tracking, i.e. retrieving a certain position of a web - G05B 2219/32179: Quality control, monitor production tool with multiple sensors - G05B 2219/32198: Feedforward inspection data for calibration, manufacturing next stage - G05B 2219/32204: Performance assurance; assure certain level of non-defective products - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) ## Abstract The invention relates to a monitoring method (100) for monitoring a winding process on a winding device (1), comprising: providing (104) a correlation of an irregularity (12) of a web material (11) to a running parameter (13) of the reel (10) for an unwinding process. The invention further relates to a control method (200) for performing an unwinding process on an unwinding device, comprising: obtaining (201) a correlation of an irregularity (12) of a web material (11) to at least one running parameter (13) of a reel (10) from a winding process. Furthermore, the invention relates to a processing method (300) for performing a process of processing a web material (11). Furthermore, the invention relates to a winding device (1) for performing a winding process of a web material (11) to a reel (10), an unwinding device (2) for performing an unwinding process of a web material (11) of a reel (10) and a processing system (3) for processing a web material (11). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A monitoring method for monitoring a winding process on a winding device, comprising the following steps: at least partially winding a web material into a reel during the winding process, detecting at least one irregularity of the web material, determining a correlation between the irregularity and at least one running parameter of the reel, and providing the correlation between the irregularity of the web material and the running parameter of the reel for an unwinding process on a form, fill and seal (FFS) machine to produce sacks from the web material and determine a number of sacks produced from the web material based on the running parameter and the at least one irregularity of the web material, wherein a response action in response to the irregularity is performed when a position of the web material is reached based on the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter upon unwinding of the web material, wherein the providing the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter comprises the following step: generating a reel-specific information medium which is arranged on the reel and comprises the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter, wherein the web material comprises a plastic film, and wherein the irregularity comprises at least one of the following features: unsuccessful opening of a tube of the web material, at least partial tearing of the web material, absence of a printed image on the web material, increased slip on a driving means during winding of the web material, changed torques and/or forces during the winding of the web material, blocking in the web material, where the web material is a tubular web material, temporary deviation from a production formulation of the web material, and exceeding or falling below specifications of physical characteristics of the web material. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The monitoring method according to claim 1, wherein the running parameter of the reel is determined during the winding of the web material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The monitoring method according to claim 1, wherein the running parameter is determined by detecting an advance parameter of the web material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The monitoring method according to claim 1, wherein the providing the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter comprises the following step: entering the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter in a database. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The monitoring method according to claim 4, wherein the entering the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter in the database comprises an access to at least an external server or a mobile storage unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The monitoring method according to claim 1, wherein the providing the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter comprises the following step: visualizing the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter on the winding device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The monitoring method according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring method further comprises at least one of the following steps: providing a material composition of the web material, and providing a relative position of the web material to a reference position on the reel. ### Claim 8 A control method for performing an unwinding process on an unwinding device, comprising the following steps: at least partially unwinding a web material from a reel during the unwinding process, obtaining a correlation between an irregularity of the web material and at least one running parameter of the reel from a winding process, and performing a response action in response to the irregularity, when a position of the web material is reached based on the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter upon unwinding of the web material, wherein the obtaining the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter comprises the following step: reading out a reel-specific information medium which is arranged on the reel and comprises the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter by a detector of a reference interface, wherein the web material comprises a plastic film, wherein the response action comprises at least one of the following actions: interrupting the unwinding process, changing a speed of unwinding the web material, changing of processing parameters, suspending individual processing steps, and adding individual special processing steps, wherein the unwinding device comprises a form, fill and seal (FFS) machine and is adapted to produce sacks from the web material, and wherein a number of sacks produced from the web material is determined based on the running parameter and the irregularity of the web material. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The control method according to claim 8, wherein the obtaining the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter comprises the following step: reading out the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter from a database. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The control method according to claim 9, wherein the reading out the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter from the database comprises an access to at least an external server or a mobile storage unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The control method according to claim 8, wherein the control method comprises the following step: visualizing the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter on the unwinding device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The control method according to claim 8, wherein a return parameter of the reel is determined during the at least partially unwinding of the web material, wherein the return parameter is related to the running parameter. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The control method according to claim 8, wherein the response action comprises at least cutting out a portion of the web material in a region of the irregularity or wherein the response action comprises stopping the unwinding device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The control method according to claim 8, wherein the position of the running parameter is determined by detecting an advance parameter of the web material. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The control method according to claim 8, wherein the control method further comprises at least one of the following steps: obtaining a material composition of the web material, and obtaining a relative position of the web material to a reference position on the reel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The control method according to claim 8, wherein a number of products produced from the web material is determined based on at least the running parameter or the return parameter. ### Claim 17 (depends on 8) The control method according to claim 8, wherein the unwinding device has at least one folding device for folding the sacks, wherein the folding device comprises a guiding device through which the web material can be conducted during propulsion, so that a sack shape is formed at least partially from the web material. ### Claim 18 (depends on 8) The control method according to claim 8, wherein at least the interrupting the unwinding process is configured to allow an operator to access the unwinding device, the changing of the speed of unwinding the web material is configured to gain additional time, the changing of the processing parameters includes an adjustment of a welding temperature for sacks subsequently produced from the web material, the suspending of individual processing steps includes suspending of at least one of welding, filling and stretching of the web material, or the adding of individual special processing steps includes at least one of marking the web material at the position of the irregularity, ejection of sorted material, and removal of sorted material. ### Claim 19 An unwinding device for performing an unwinding process of a web material of a reel, comprising: a reel holder on which the reel can be stored during the unwinding process; a reference interface for obtaining a correlation between an irregularity of the web material and at least one running parameter of the reel from a winding process; and a position detector by which an unwinding of the web material can be monitored during the unwinding process, so that a response action in response to the irregularity is performed, when a position of the web material is reached based on the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter in the unwinding process, wherein: the reference interface comprises a detector for reading out a reel-specific information medium which is arranged on the reel and comprises the correlation between the irregularity and the running parameter, the web material comprises a plastic film, the response action comprises at least one of the following actions: interrupting the unwinding process, changing a speed of unwinding the web material, changing of processing parameters, suspending individual processing steps, and adding individual special processing steps, the unwinding device comprises a form, fill and seal (FFS) machine and is adapted to produce sacks from the web material, and the position detector is configured to determine a number of sacks produced from the web material based on the running parameter and the irregularity of the web material.