Apparatus, system and method of automatic registration and color adjustment based upon machine elements and ambient parameters
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorSayon Chandrakanthan
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Abstract
An automatic registration and color adjustment system includes a can decorator including at least a plurality of plate cylinders and a plurality of inking station; a plurality of sensors; and an automatic registration and color adjustment device communicatively coupled to the can decorator, the plurality of sensors and the plurality of temperature control elements, the automatic registration and color adjustment device structured to: receive outputs from at least the plurality of sensors; determine that an adjustment to the can decorator is to be made based on the outputs and previous adjustment information; and control the can decorator to make the determined adjustment.
Claims20
An automatic registration and color adjustment system, comprising:
- a can decorator including a plurality of plate cylinders and a plurality of inking stations, each plate cylinder being associated with an individual inking station;
- a plurality of sensors including an ambient temperature sensor structured to sense an ambient temperature associated with the can decorator and a component temperature sensor structured to sense a component temperature associated with one or more components of the can decorator;
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- an automatic registration and color adjustment device communicatively coupled to the can decorator and the plurality of sensors and including a memory structured to store previous adjustment information associated with the can decorator, the automatic registration and color adjustment device being structured to:
- receive outputs of the plurality of sensors;
- determine an adjustment to one or more components of the can decorator based on the outputs of the plurality of sensors and the previous adjustment information;
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- control the can decorator to make the determined adjustment.
A method of automatic registration and color adjustment, the method comprising:
- providing an automatic registration and color adjustment system that comprises:
- (i) a can decorator including a plurality of plate cylinders and a plurality of inking stations, each plate cylinder being associated with an individual inking station;
- (ii) a plurality of sensors including an ambient temperature sensor structured to sense an ambient temperature associated with the can decorator and a component temperature sensor structured to sense a component temperature associated with one or more components of the can decorator;
- and (iii) an automatic registration and color adjustment device communicatively coupled to the can decorator and the plurality of sensors and including a memory structured to store previous adjustment information associated with the can decorator;
- receiving, by the automatic registration and color adjustment device, outputs of the plurality of sensors;
- determining, by the automatic registration and color adjustment device, an adjustment to one or more components of the can decorator based on the outputs of the plurality of sensors and the previous adjustment information;
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- controlling the can decorator to make the determined adjustment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.