Manufacturing system for processing a web
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorPoul Henrik Larsen
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Abstract
The invention provides a manufacturing system for processing a web, the system comprising a rigid frame with a plurality of processing stations; an endless belt which is movable relative to the frame; a track for guiding the endless belt between the processing stations; and a drive structure for advancing the belt along the track, To enable more flexible processing time at each processing station and to make better use of the space along the track, the system facilitates movement of a web at different speed at different locations along the track.
Claims12
A manufacturing system for processing a web, the system comprising a rigid frame with a plurality of processing stations;
- an endless belt which is movable relative to the frame;
- a track for guiding the endless belt between the processing stations;
- and a drive structure for advancing the belt along the track, where the system facilitates movement of the web at a first speed at a first location of the track and a second speed that is different from the first speed at a second location of the track that is different from the first location of the track, the belt comprising chain links, each chain link joined to a forward and a rearward adjacent chain link by hinge structures, where each hinge structure comprises a chain rivet with a centre axis about which two adjacent chain links are rotatable relative to each other;
- characterized in that each chain link comprises a gripping structure facilitating stretching of the web between two adjacent chain rivets;
- wherein the drive structure comprises a plurality of the individually controllable power driven drives fixed to the frame between different processing stations, and where the belt comprises a drivable structure adapted to cooperate with the power driven drives to provide movement of the belt relative to the frame.
A system according to claim l further comprising a control structure by which each power driven drive is individually controllable, the control structure being adapted to control each power driven drive individually based on available buffer space and processing time for each processing station.
A manufacturing system for processing a web, the system comprising:
- a frame with a plurality of processing stations;
- a belt movable relative to the frame;
- a track for guiding the belt between the processing stations;
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- a drive structure for advancing the belt along the track, where the drive structure comprises a plurality of individually controllable power driven drives each fixed to the frame between two of the processing stations;
- wherein the system facilitates movement of the web at a first speed at a first location of the track and a second speed that is different from the first speed at a second location of the track that is different from the first location of the track;
- wherein the belt comprising chain links, each chain link joined to a forward chain link and a rearward chain link by hinge structures, where each hinge structure comprises a chain rivet and an axis about which two adjacent chain links are rotatable relative to each other;
- wherein each chain link comprises a gripping structure facilitating stretching of the web between two adjacent chain rivets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.