# US 12,214,921 B2 · Strapping head monitoring system for packing coil through selective sensing of binding force of band for packing coil > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,214,921 B2 - Document ID: US12214921B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/612,163 - Filed: 2021-11-10 - Published: 2024-12-19 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-06-22 - Assignees: JPS Corporation - Applicants: Jps Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dong Hoon Yeo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12214921B2 ## CPC - B65B 57/02: responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages - B65B 13/02: Applying and securing binding material around articles or groups of articles, e.g. using strings, wires, strips, bands or tapes - B65B 13/18: Details of, or auxiliary devices used in, bundling machines {or bundling tools} - B65B 13/22: Means for controlling tension of binding means - B65B 13/32: by welding, soldering, or heat-sealing; by applying adhesive - B65B 27/06: Bundling coils of wire or like annular objects - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) ## Abstract The present invention relates to strapping head monitoring system for packing coil through selective sensing of binding force of band for packing coil. The system discloses a band sensing unit that selectively senses a band for coil wrapping to obtain binding information of a band for coil wrapping in the strapping head binding a coil through a band for coil wrapping; a binding monitoring unit that selectively controls a binding force of a band for coil wrapping by monitoring a binding force of a band for coil wrapping in real time; and an operator terminal unit that interworks with a binding monitoring unit to enable an operator to control a binding force of a band for coil wrapping in real time. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A strapping head monitoring system comprises in a strapping head for binding the coil through a band for coil wrapping, wherein the system comprises: a band sensing unit provided in the strapping head to selectively sense the band for coil wrapping to selectively acquire binding information of the band for coil wrapping; a binding monitoring unit for selectively controlling a binding force of the band for coil wrapping by monitoring the binding of the coil wrapping band in real time through the binding information of the band for coil wrapping obtained from the band sensing unit; and an operator terminal unit allowing the operator to control the binding force of the band for coil wrapping in real time by interworking with the binding monitoring unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A strapping head monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the band sensing unit is disposed adjacent to a predetermined roller inducing the band for coil wrapping into the strapping head. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A strapping head monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein the band sensing unit comprises a feeding sensor for selectively measuring a predetermined feeding force applied to the band for coil wrapping by being disposed adjacent to the predetermined roller. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A strapping head monitoring system according to claim 3, wherein the band sensing unit further comprises a tension sensor that is disposed adjacent to the overlapping portion of the band for coil wrapping returning one turn around the outer circumferential surface of the coil, and that selectively measures a predetermined tension force applied to the band for coil wrapping through the predetermined roller. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A strapping head monitoring system according to claim 4, wherein the band sensing unit further comprises an overlap detector that is disposed adjacent to the overlapping portion of the band for coil wrapping returning one turn around the outer circumferential surface of the coil, and that selectively senses a predetermined overlapping portion where the front end and the rear end of the band for the coil wrapping returning one turn around the outer circumferential surface of the coil. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A strapping head monitoring system according to claim 5, wherein the band sensing unit further comprises a welding detector that is disposed adjacent to the overlapping portion of the band for coil wrapping, and the selectively senses whether welding occurs at a predetermined welding point in order to bind the predetermined overlapping portion of the band for coil wrapping. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) A strapping head monitoring system according to claim 3, wherein the binding monitoring unit comprises a feeding monitor that receives the predetermined feeding force information measured from the feeding sensor, and that selectively monitors that the band for coil wrapping is arranged within the predetermined feeding position with the predetermined feeding force entering within a predetermined force range. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) A strapping head monitoring system according to claim 4, wherein the binding monitoring unit further comprises a tension monitor that receives the predetermined tension force information measured from the tension sensing unit, enters the predetermined tension force enters within a predetermined tension force range, and selectively monitors that the band for coil wrapping moves in a direction in close contact with the outer circumferential surface of the coil. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) A strapping head monitoring system according to claim 5, wherein the binding monitoring unit further comprises an overlap monitor that receives the information on the predetermined overlapping portion of the band for coil wrapping sensed from the overlap detection unit, and selectively monitors whether the predetermined overlapping portion belongs to a predetermined overlapping portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) A strapping head monitoring system according to claim 6, wherein the binding monitoring unit further comprises a welding monitor that (i) receives the predetermined welding point information sensed from the welding sensor, (ii) set the at least one criterion of the predetermined welding point regarding the presence or absence, shape, position, size, distortion, gradation, rotation, vector movement, or scratch, and (iii) selectively monitors whether the predetermined welding point belongs to at least one criterion.