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US 2016/0376118 A1Published application
Multiple web tension stand
AssigneeThe Montalvo Corporation
InventorChristopher Osgood
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Abstract
A tension station can include a single brake device configured to provide tension to multiple webs, a nip roller configured to nip the multiple webs to a component of the brake device, a tension transducer idler configured to support the multiple webs and to provide tension information indicative of tension of one or more of the multiple webs, and a controller configured to receive the tension information, to compare the tension information to set point information, and to provide a command signal to the brake device;
Claims20
A tension station comprising:
- a single brake device configured to simultaneously provide tension to multiple webs;
- a nip roller configured to nip the multiple webs to a component of the brake device;
- a tension transducer idler configured to support the multiple webs and to provide tension information indicative of tension of one or more of the multiple webs;
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- a controller configured to receive the tension information, to compare the tension information to set point information, and to provide a command signal to the brake device;
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A multiple-web tension stand comprising:
- a stand frame configured to receive and pass multiple webs;
- a plurality of multiple-web tension stations mounted to the stand frame;
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- wherein each multiple-web tension station of the plurality of multiple-web tension stations includes:
- a single brake device configured to provide tension to a plurality of webs of the multiple webs;
- a nip roller configured to nip the plurality of webs to a component of the brake device;
- a tension transducer idler configured to support the plurality webs and to provide tension information indicative of tension of one or more webs of the plurality of webs;
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- a controller configured to receive the tension information, to compare the tension information to set point information, and to provide a command signal to the single brake device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.