Systems and methods to position web processing equipment
AssigneeDelta Industrial Services, Inc.
InventorDavid Schiebout
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Abstract
Various method embodiments move web equipment from a first web processing station to a second web processing station. According to a method embodiment, the web equipment is raised away from the first web processing station, where raising includes rotating the web equipment about a rotary axis. The rotary axis is linearly moved along a linear axis. The web equipment is lowered toward the second web processing station, wherein lowering includes rotating the web equipment about the rotary axis. Various embodiments move a laser head from one web processing station into operational position at another web processing station.
Claims25
An apparatus comprising:
- a linear axis mounted to a web processing machine;
- a carriage adapted to linearly move on the linear axis;
- a rotary axis connected to the carriage;
- a mount connected to the rotary axis, wherein the mount is adapted to mount web processing equipment to process web;
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A system for guiding a laser beam to a laser head to process web handled by a web processing machine, the system comprising:
- a positioning apparatus mounted to the web machine and adapted to move the laser head from one web processing station into operational position at another web processing station, the positioning apparatus comprising:
- a linearly movable carriage;
- a mount rotatably coupled to the carriage;
- and
- a mirror mounted to the carriage and in a path of the laser beam,
- wherein the mirror is adapted to direct the laser beam to the mount, and the mount is adapted to direct the laser beam to the laser head coupled to the mount.
A method of moving web equipment from a first web processing station to a second web processing station, the method comprising:
- raising the web equipment away from the first web processing station, wherein raising includes rotating the web equipment about a rotary axis;
- linearly moving the rotary axis along a linear axis;
- and
- lowering the web equipment toward the second web processing station, wherein lowering includes rotating the web equipment about the rotary axis.
A method of moving web equipment from a first web processing station to a second web processing station, the method comprising:
- disengaging one or more axis brakes of a positioning apparatus having one or more axes;
- disengaging a positioning pin to unlock one of the one or more axes;
- implementing a motion profile to avoid interferences moving the web processing equipment from the first web processing station to the second web processing station;
- executing a plurality of moves of the one or more axes according to the motion profile;
- engaging the positioning pin to lock one of the one or more axes;
- and
- engaging one or more axis brakes of the positioning apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.