Method for manufacturing a patching sheet and a cardboard processing system

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a patching sheet for a pressing station of a cardboard processing machine, the method comprising the following steps: obtaining a job recipe, the job recipe defining a model layout of cuts to be applied in a blank being cut in the cardboard processing machine; cutting a sheet of blanks in the pressing station of the cardboard processing machine according to the model layout to obtain a trial sheet comprising cuts, each of the cuts in the trial sheet being associated to one of the cuts of the model layout; measuring, by an imaging system, an image of the cuts in the trial sheet; the location of said cuts being defined by the model layout computing, based on the measured image, the quality of each cut in the trial sheet to obtain a list of defective cuts needing correction; determining, for each defective cut, a thickness of a patch to be applied on the patching sheet for correcting the defective cut to obtain a list of patches; and building the patching sheet according to the list of patches. Further, a cardboard processing system is provided.

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