US 2005/0043841 A1 · Manufacturing information and troubleshooting system and method

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing alarming indications and troubleshooting indications and actions in connection with a web converting manufacturing process such as that used for manufacturing disposable absorbent garments. Some of the disclosed embodiments include relating inspection data, such as product (or process) attribute data, to data from other manufacturing-related systems. Also disclosed are systems and methods for linking product (or process) attribute data obtained during the manufacturing process with one or more data sources including raw material data, process setting data, product quality data, and/or productivity data. Also disclosed are systems and methods for identifying manufacturing set point changes and automatically implementing such changes and automated web steering changes based on data from one or more inspection systems.

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Dependent claims

A method for providing a troubleshooting response for a manufacturing process, said method being suitable for use in connection with a web converting manufacturing process-producing a composite product from a sequential addition of component parts during a production run of composite products, said method comprising:

automatically inspecting at a first aspect of a composite product being produced during the production run to determine a component attribute of said first aspect;
automatically determining a machine setting of a machine associated with the web converting process at the first time;
identifying a relationship between the component attribute of the first aspect and the machine setting;
and
identifying a troubleshooting action based on the identified relationship between the component attribute of the first aspect and the machine setting.

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A method of automatically troubleshooting a machine, suitable for use in connection with a web converting manufacturing process having at least one machine operating at a set point and producing a composite product from a sequential addition of component parts during a production run of composite products, said method comprising:

inspecting a first aspect of a composite product constructed using the web converting process and being produced during the production run, said first aspect relating to a first characteristic of the composite product;
providing a first inspection parameter being indicative of a value of said first aspect of said composite product;
obtaining a plurality of the first inspection parameters, each one of the obtained plurality of first inspection parameters corresponding to one of a plurality of composite products produced during the production run;
determining a first mathematical characteristic associated with said obtained plurality of the first inspection parameters;
and
determining one or more of a plurality of corrective actions associated with the at least one machine in response to the determined first mathematical characteristic.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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