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US 2016/0096645 A1Published application
Projecting Containment Force for Load Wrapping Apparatus
AssigneeLantech.com, LLC
InventorsPatrick R. Lancaster, III, Michael P. Mitchell
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and program product project a containment force to be applied to a load by a load wrapping apparatus prior to wrapping the load to facilitate proper configuration of the load wrapping apparatus for a wrapping operation.
Claims38
A method of controlling a load wrapping apparatus of the type configured to wrap a load on a load support with packaging material dispensed from a packaging material dispenser through relative rotation between the packaging material dispenser and the load support, the method comprising:
- causing a graphical depiction of at least a portion of a load to be wrapped to be displayed on an operator interface;
- causing a selected number of layers of packaging material to be used when wrapping the load to be displayed graphically in the graphical depiction;
- causing a selected wrap force to be used when wrapping the load to be displayed graphically in the graphical depiction;
- calculating, based upon the selected wrap force, the selected number of layers of packaging material, and a packaging material attribute for the packaging material, a projected containment force to be used when wrapping the load with packaging material;
- causing the projected containment force to be displayed on the operator interface;
- and
- in response to input data that alters the selected wrap force or the selected number of layers, recalculating the projected containment force and causing the recalculated projected containment force to be displayed on the operator interface.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- program code configured upon execution by the processor to control a load wrapping apparatus of the type configured to wrap a load on a load support with packaging material dispensed from a packaging material dispenser through relative rotation between the packaging material dispenser and the load support by:
- causing a graphical depiction of at least a portion of a load to be wrapped to be displayed on an operator interface;
- causing a selected number of layers of packaging material to be used when wrapping the load to be displayed graphically in the graphical depiction;
- causing a selected wrap force to be used when wrapping the load to be displayed graphically in the graphical depiction;
- calculating, based upon the selected wrap force, the selected number of layers of packaging material, and a packaging material attribute for the packaging material, a projected containment force to be used when wrapping the load with packaging material;
- causing the projected containment force to be displayed on the operator interface;
- and
- in response to input data that alters the selected wrap force or the selected number of layers, recalculating the projected containment force and causing the recalculated projected containment force to be displayed on the operator interface.
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A program product, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium;
- and
- program code stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium and configured to control a load wrapping apparatus of the type configured to wrap a load on a load support with packaging material dispensed from a packaging material dispenser through relative rotation between the packaging material dispenser and the load support, wherein the program code is configured to control the load wrapping apparatus by:
- causing a graphical depiction of at least a portion of a load to be wrapped to be displayed on an operator interface;
- causing a selected number of layers of packaging material to be used when wrapping the load to be displayed graphically in the graphical depiction;
- causing a selected wrap force to be used when wrapping the load to be displayed graphically in the graphical depiction;
- calculating, based upon the selected wrap force, the selected number of layers of packaging material, and a packaging material attribute for the packaging material, a projected containment force to be used when wrapping the load with packaging material;
- causing the projected containment force to be displayed on the operator interface;
- and
- in response to input data that alters the selected wrap force or the selected number of layers, recalculating the projected containment force and causing the recalculated projected containment force to be displayed on the operator interface.
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A method of controlling a load wrapping apparatus of the type configured to wrap a load on a load support with packaging material dispensed from a packaging material dispenser through relative rotation between the packaging material dispenser and the load support, the method comprising:
- causing a graphical depiction of at least a portion of a load to be wrapped to be displayed on an operator interface;
- causing a value of a layer parameter to be used when wrapping the load to be displayed graphically in the graphical depiction;
- causing a value of a wrap force parameter to be used when wrapping the load to be displayed graphically in the graphical depiction;
- calculating, based upon the wrap force parameter, the layer parameter, and a packaging material attribute for the packaging material, a projected containment force to be used when wrapping the load with packaging material;
- causing the projected containment force to be displayed on the operator interface;
- and
- in response to input data that alters the wrap force or layer parameter, recalculating the projected containment force and causing the recalculated projected containment force to be displayed on the operator interface.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- program code configured upon execution by the processor to control a load wrapping apparatus of the type configured to wrap a load on a load support with packaging material dispensed from a packaging material dispenser through relative rotation between the packaging material dispenser and the load support, wherein the program code is configured to cause a graphical depiction of at least a portion of a load to be wrapped to be displayed on an operator interface, cause a value of a layer parameter to be used when wrapping the load to be displayed graphically in the graphical depiction, cause a value of a wrap force parameter to be used when wrapping the load to be displayed graphically in the graphical depiction, calculate, based upon the wrap force parameter, the layer parameter, and a packaging material attribute for the packaging material, a projected containment force to be used when wrapping the load with packaging material, cause the projected containment force to be displayed on the operator interface, and, in response to input data that alters the wrap force or layer parameter, recalculate the projected containment force and cause the recalculated projected containment force to be displayed on the operator interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.