# US 11,907,595 B2 · Control plan for paper, sheet, and box manufacturing systems > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,907,595 B2 - Document ID: US11907595B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/884,385 - Filed: 2022-08-09 - Published: 2022-12-01 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-14 - Assignees: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC - Applicants: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC - Inventors: Robert Dennis Seay - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11907595B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/1243: {Variable data printing, e.g. document forms, templates, labels, coupons, advertisements, logos, watermarks, transactional printing, fixed content versioning} - B26D 7/27: Means for performing other operations combined with cutting (B26D9/00 takes precedence) - B31B 50/006: {Controlling; Regulating; Measuring; Improving safety} - B31B 50/16: Cutting webs - B31B 50/88: Printing; Embossing - B31F 1/28: combined with uniting the corrugated webs to flat webs {; Making double-faced corrugated cardboard} - B31F 1/2822: {involving additional operations} - B31F 1/2831: {Control} - B65H 35/0086: {using movable cutting elements} - B65H 35/02: from or with longitudinal slitters or perforators - G06F 3/1204: {resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data} - G06F 3/1205: {resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets} - G06F 3/1215: {achieving increased printing speed, i.e. reducing the time between printing start and printing end} - G06F 3/1251: {for continuous media, e.g. web media, rolls} - G06F 3/1282: {High volume printer device} - G06Q 10/043: {Optimisation of two dimensional placement, e.g. cutting of clothes or wood} - G06Q 10/0631: Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations - B65H 2301/4148: slitting - G06F 3/126: {Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04) - B31B: MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER (making wound articles, e.g. wound tubes, B31C; combined making and filling B65B) - B31F: MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER (making layered products not composed wholly of paper or cardboard B32B) - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Systems for providing efficient manufacturing of paper, sheet, and/or box products of varying size and structure, often with pre-applied print (“pre-print”), are provided herein. One or more controllers can be used to aggregate orders and information to prepare one or more control plans (e.g., reel maps, reel plans, etc.) for processing a roll of web product through the manufacturing process. The control plan may include a set of instructions for operating one or more systems within the manufacturing process to form the desired finished paper-based product. In such a regard, efficient manufacturing of various paper-based products, including corrugated boxes, folded carton, labels, flexible paper, industrial bags, plates, cups, décor, and many others, can be achieved. Further, efficient customer ordering/tracking, job aggregation, print imposition, corrugator planning, and tracking and adjustments throughout the manufacturing process are contemplated. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for controlling manufacturing of one or more paper-based products, the system comprising: at least one printer configured to print on a roll of web product to form a roll of printed web product; at least one reel editor configured to enable one or more portions of the roll of printed web product to be removed; and at least one controller configured to: generate a control plan associated with the roll of web product for at least one order from among a plurality of orders for the one or more paper-based products, wherein each order of the plurality of orders comprises one or more printed images for at least one paper-based product, wherein the control plan includes at least a set of first order instructions for forming one or more first paper-based products from the roll of web product for fulfilling a first order, wherein the set of first order instructions comprises at least printing instructions for controlling operation of the at least one printer and editing instructions for controlling operation of the at least one reel editor; provide the control plan to the at least one printer for controlling operation of the at least one printer, wherein the printing instructions of the set of first order instructions of the control plan are utilized to control operation of the at least one printer to cause a first printed image to print at a desired position on the roll of web product; and provide the control plan to the at least one reel editor for controlling operation of the at least one reel editor, wherein the editing instructions of the set of first order instructions of the control plan are utilized to control operation of the at least one reel editor to locate one or more portions of the roll of printed web product that are to be removed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one sheet formation/processing system that includes at least one cutting arrangement that is configured to cut a portion of the roll of printed web product, wherein the set of first order instructions further includes cutting instructions for controlling operation of the at least one cutting arrangement so as to cause formation of one or more first sheet or box structure areas on the roll of web product, wherein each of the first sheet or box structure areas include the first printed image and are used to form the one or more first paper-based products, and wherein the at least one controller is configured to provide the control plan to the sheet formation/processing system for controlling operation of the sheet formation/processing system, wherein the cutting instructions of the set of first order instructions of the control plan are utilized to control operation of the cutting arrangement to cause the first sheet or box structure areas with the first printed image therein to be cut from the roll of printed web product, wherein the first sheet or box structure areas with the first printed image therein are used to form the one or more first paper-based products for fulfilling the first order. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one sheet formation/processing system further includes a web formation device that is configured to use the roll of printed web product to form an updated web that includes at least one additional layer of material, wherein the updated web is used to form the one or more first paper-based products. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one sheet formation/processing system comprises a corrugator that is configured to form corrugated board web using the roll of printed web product, wherein the first paper-based product is a corrugated box with the first printed image. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2 further comprising at least one finishing system for performing finishing operations on the one or more paper-based products, wherein the first set of order instructions further includes finishing instructions to control operation of the finishing system to cause the one or more first paper-based products to be formed, and wherein the at least one controller is configured to provide the control plan to the finishing system for controlling operation of the finishing system. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the at least one controller is configured to determine if the one or more first paper-based products formed by the finishing system satisfies the first order. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the finishing system comprises a folding device that is configured to fold and glue portions of the roll of printed web product for use in formation of the one or more first paper-based products, wherein the one or more first paper-based products are one or more folded cartons that each include at least the first printed image. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the finishing system comprises: a tubing device that is configured to form the one or more first sheet or box structures into a tube; and a bottoming device that is configured to form a bottom of the tube for use in formation of the one or more first paper-based products, wherein the one or more first paper-based products are one or more industrial bags that each include at least the first printed image. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the finishing system comprises a cup forming device that is configured to form the one or more first sheet or box structure areas into one or more cups, wherein the one or more first paper-based products are one or more cups that each include the first printed image. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the finishing system comprises a plate forming device that is configured to form the one or more first sheet or box structure areas into one or more plates, wherein the one or more first paper-based products are one or more plates that each include the first printed image. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one controller is configured to update the control plan based on the one or more portions of the roll of printed web product that were removed. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the control plan for the roll of web product includes at least a set of second order instructions for forming one or more second paper-based products from the roll of web product for fulfilling a second order, wherein the set of second order instructions comprises at least second printing instructions for controlling operation of the at least one printer and second editing instructions for controlling operation of the at least one reel editor, wherein the one or more second paper-based products are different than the one or more first paper-based products. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the set of first order instructions and the set of second order instructions are configured to cause the one or more printed images for the first order to be adjacent one or more printed images of the second order along a width dimension of the roll of web product. ### Claim 14 A method for controlling manufacturing of one or more paper-based products, the method comprising: generating a control plan associated with a roll of web product for at least one order from among a plurality of orders for the one or more paper-based products, wherein each order of the plurality of orders comprises one or more printed images for at least one paper-based product, wherein the control plan includes at least a set of first order instructions for forming one or more first paper-based products from the roll of web product for fulfilling a first order, wherein the set of first order instructions comprises at least printing instructions for controlling operation of at least one printer and editing instructions for controlling operation of at least one reel editor; providing the control plan to the at least one printer for controlling operation of the at least one printer, wherein the printing instructions of the set of first order instructions of the control plan are utilized to control operation of the at least one printer to cause a first printed image to print at a desired position on the roll of web product; and providing the control plan to the at least one reel editor for controlling operation of the at least one reel editor, wherein the editing instructions of the set of first order instructions of the control plan are utilized to control operation of the at least one reel editor to locate one or more portions of the roll of printed web product that are to be removed. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 further comprising: generating the control plan such that the set of first order instructions further includes cutting instructions for controlling operation of at least one cutting arrangement of a sheet formation/processing system so as to cause formation of one or more first sheet or box structure areas on the roll of web product, wherein each of the first sheet or box structure areas include the first printed image and are used to form the one or more first paper-based products, and providing the control plan to the sheet formation/processing system for controlling operation of the sheet formation/processing system, wherein the cutting instructions of the set of first order instructions of the control plan are utilized to control operation of the cutting arrangement to cause the first sheet or box structure areas with the first printed image therein to be cut from the roll of printed web product, wherein the first sheet or box structure areas with the first printed image therein are used to form the one or more first paper-based products for fulfilling the first order. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15 further comprising causing operation of the cutting arrangement to cause the first sheet or box structure areas with the first printed image therein to be cut from the roll of printed web product, wherein the first sheet or box structure areas with the first printed image therein are used to form the one or more first paper-based products for fulfilling the first order. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: generating the control plan such that the set of first order instructions further includes finishing instructions to control operation of a finishing system to cause the one or more first paper-based products to be formed; and providing the control plan to the finishing system for controlling operation of the finishing system. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 further comprising: causing operation of the at least one printer to cause a first printed image to print at the desired position on the roll of web product; and causing operation of the at least one reel editor to locate the one or more portions of the roll of printed web product that are to be removed. ### Claim 19 A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause at least one controller to: generate a control plan associated with a roll of web product for at least one order from among a plurality of orders for the one or more paper-based products, wherein each order of the plurality of orders comprises one or more printed images for at least one paper-based product, wherein the control plan includes at least a set of first order instructions for forming one or more first paper-based products from the roll of web product for fulfilling a first order, wherein the set of first order instructions comprises at least printing instructions for controlling operation of at least one printer and editing instructions for controlling operation of at least one reel editor; provide the control plan to the at least one printer for controlling operation of the at least one printer, wherein the printing instructions of the set of first order instructions of the control plan are utilized to control operation of the at least one printer to cause a first printed image to print at a desired position on the roll of web product; and provide the control plan to the at least one reel editor for controlling operation of the at least one reel editor, wherein the editing instructions of the set of first order instructions of the control plan are utilized to control operation of the at least one reel editor to locate one or more portions of the roll of printed web product that are to be removed. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The computer readable-medium of claim 19, wherein the computer program instructions, when executed, further cause the at least one controller to: generate the control plan such that the set of first order instructions further includes cutting instructions for controlling operation of at least one cutting arrangement of a sheet formation/processing system so as to cause formation of one or more first sheet or box structure areas on the roll of web product, wherein each of the first sheet or box structure areas include the first printed image and are used to form the one or more first paper-based products, and provide the control plan to the sheet formation/processing system for controlling operation of the sheet formation/processing system, wherein the cutting instructions of the set of first order instructions of the control plan are utilized to control operation of the cutting arrangement to cause the first sheet or box structure areas with the first printed image therein to be cut from the roll of printed web product, wherein the first sheet or box structure areas with the first printed image therein are used to form the one or more first paper-based products for fulfilling the first order.