Systems for processing material, taping stations to apply tape to one or more rolls of material, and methods of processing material
AssigneeQuad Plus LLC
InventorIlker Bizer
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Abstract
Systems for processing material, taping stations to apply tape to one or more rolls of material, and methods of processing material are disclosed herein. A system for processing material includes a winding station and a taping station. The winding station includes a winder to wrap material around a mandrel to produce one or more rolls of material. The taping station is arranged downstream of the winding station to receive the one or more rolls of material therefrom and apply tape to the one or more rolls of material.
Claims20
A system for processing material, the system comprising:
- a winding station including a winder to wrap material around a mandrel of the winder to produce one or more rolls of material;
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- a taping station arranged downstream of the winding station to receive the one or more rolls of material therefrom and apply tape to the one or more rolls of material in a circumferential direction, wherein the taping station includes a plurality of tape head assemblies supported for translation relative to one another in a longitudinal direction transverse to the circumferential direction that are configured to apply tape to the one or more rolls of material at multiple locations along an axial length of each of the one or more rolls of material, and wherein in use of the system, the plurality of tape head assemblies is supported for linear translation relative to one another in the longitudinal direction along a plurality of guide rails of the taping station.
A taping station to apply tape to one or more rolls of material, the taping station comprising:
- a plurality of material support rollers to support the one or more rolls of material for rotation in a circumferential direction during a taping operation;
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- a plurality of tape head assemblies supported for translation relative to one another in a longitudinal direction transverse to the circumferential direction that are configured to apply tape to the one or more rolls of material supported by the material support rollers at multiple locations along an axial length of each of the one or more rolls of material during the taping operation,
- wherein during the taping operation, the plurality of tape head assemblies is supported for linear translation relative to one another in the longitudinal direction along a plurality of guide rails of the taping station, and
- wherein each of the plurality of tape head assemblies includes a housing located at a lowermost end of the tape head assembly in a vertical direction, a cutting arm pivotally coupled to the housing that includes a blade, and an actuator housed by the housing that is coupled to the cutting arm to drive rotation of the cutting arm relative to the housing to selectively cut tape with the blade during the taping operation.
A method of processing material, the method comprising:
- wrapping material around a mandrel of a winder to produce one or more rolls of material;
- conveying the one or more rolls of material to a taping station arranged downstream of the winder;
- supporting a plurality of tape head assemblies of the taping station for translation relative to one another in a longitudinal direction;
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- applying tape to the one or more rolls of material in a circumferential direction transverse to the longitudinal direction with the plurality of tape head assemblies at multiple locations along an axial length of each of the one or more rolls of material,
- wherein supporting the plurality of tape head assemblies for translation relative to one another in the longitudinal direction comprises supporting the plurality of tape head assemblies for linear translation relative to one another in the longitudinal direction along a plurality of guide rails of the taping station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.