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. 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 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, wherein the plurality of tape head assemblies are positioned relative to one another along an axial length of each of the one or more rolls of material such that the plurality of tape head assemblies cooperate to apply tape to the one or more rolls of material at multiple locations along the axial length during the taping operation.
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,
- wherein each of the plurality of tape head assemblies includes a backing plate having a front surface and a back surface arranged opposite the front surface and an actuator coupled to the back surface of the backing plate.
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,
- wherein the plurality of tape head assemblies cooperate 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 during the taping operation, and
- wherein each of the plurality of tape head assemblies includes a backing plate having a front surface and a back surface arranged opposite the front surface and an actuator coupled to the back surface of the backing plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.