US4982334A
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Calender control system for sheetmaking
Assignee: Honeywell Measurex Corp
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Filing: 1989-01-27
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Granted: 1991-01-01
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Expires: 2009-01-27
Abstract
Abstract A system for controlling the calendering of sheet materials includes means for receiving measurements of one property of sheet material during production wherein the input to the system represents the setpoints of a calender profile actuator system. In operation, the system first calculates a linear trend line from a pattern of setpoints. Then, the linear trend line is substrated from the pattern of setpoints and used to control an edge loading system. The residual setpoints are provided to a frequency splitter whose low frequency output is used to determine the setpoints of a crown roll system and whose high frequency output is used to determine the setpoints of a calender profile actuator system.
Inventors
- 👤 Ramesh Balakrishnan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 15:52
CPC Classifications
D; D21; D21G; D21G9/00; D21G9/0009; D21G9/0045; D21G1/00; D21G1/002; D21G1/004; D21G1/0046; G; G01; G01N; G01N33/00; G01N33/34; G01N33/346; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S162/00; Y10S162/09; Y10S162/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
78 words
A system for controlling the calendering of sheet materials, comprising: means for receiving inputs that represent the setpoints of a calender profile actuator system; spatial-frequency splitting means for operating upon the received inputs to separate relatively high spatial-frequency components from relatively low spatial-frequency components; means to provide control signals to a crown roll based upon the relatively low spatial-frequency components; and means to provide control signals to a caliper profile actuator system based upon relatively high spatial-frequency components.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
78 words
A system for controlling the calendering of sheet materials, comprising: means for receiving inputs that represent the setpoints of a calender profile actuator system; spatial-frequency splitting means for operating upon the received inputs to separate relatively high spatial-frequency components from relatively low spatial-frequency components; means to provide control signals to a crown roll based upon the relatively low spatial-frequency components; and means to provide control signals to a caliper profile actuator system based upon relatively high spatial-frequency components.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein the spatial-frequency splitting means separates high spatial-frequencies from low spatial-frequencies for each set of setpoints.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein the setpoints are caliper profile actuator setpoins.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system according to claim 3 wherein the crown roll is a segmented crown roll.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
137 words
A system for controlling the calendering of sheet materials, comprising: means for receiving caliper measurements during the calendering of sheet material, which measurements are made at a plurality of cross-directional locations that successively span the sheet material; means for computing a linear trend of the received caliper measurements; means to provide the linear trend to control an edge loading device; means for subtracting the linear trend from the received measurements to, thereby, provide residual cross-directional caliper profile measurements; spatial-frequency splitting means for operating upon the residual cross-directional caliper profile measurements to separate relatively high-frequency spatial-frequency components from relatively low spatial-frequency components; means to provide control signals to a segmented crown roll based upon the relatively low spatial-frequency components; and means to provide control signals to a caliper profile actuator system based upon the relatively high spatial-frequency components.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
137 words
A system for controlling the calendering of sheet materials, comprising: means for receiving caliper measurements during the calendering of sheet material, which measurements are made at a plurality of cross-directional locations that successively span the sheet material; means for computing a linear trend of the received caliper measurements; means to provide the linear trend to control an edge loading device; means for subtracting the linear trend from the received measurements to, thereby, provide residual cross-directional caliper profile measurements; spatial-frequency splitting means for operating upon the residual cross-directional caliper profile measurements to separate relatively high-frequency spatial-frequency components from relatively low spatial-frequency components; means to provide control signals to a segmented crown roll based upon the relatively low spatial-frequency components; and means to provide control signals to a caliper profile actuator system based upon the relatively high spatial-frequency components.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A system according to claim 5 wherein the spatial-frequency splitting means separates high spatial-frequencies from low spatial-frequencies for each cross-directional profile.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
12 words
A system according to claim 5 wherein the measurements are caliper measurements.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A system according to claim 5 wherein the spatial-frequency splitting means separates high spatial-frequencies from low spatial-frequencies by convolution.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
94 words
A process for providing control signals to systems that adjust the calendering of sheet materials during production, comprising the steps of: measuring the caliper of traveling sheet material at a plurality of cross-directional locations by scanning the sheet material; for the measurements, determining a set of setpoints of a calender profile actuator system; separating the relatively high spatial-frequency components of the set of setpoints from the relatively low spatial-frequency components; controlling a crown roll based upon the low spatial-frequency components; and controlling a caliper profile actuator system based upon the relatively high spatial-frequency components.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
94 words
A process for providing control signals to systems that adjust the calendering of sheet materials during production, comprising the steps of: measuring the caliper of traveling sheet material at a plurality of cross-directional locations by scanning the sheet material; for the measurements, determining a set of setpoints of a calender profile actuator system; separating the relatively high spatial-frequency components of the set of setpoints from the relatively low spatial-frequency components; controlling a crown roll based upon the low spatial-frequency components; and controlling a caliper profile actuator system based upon the relatively high spatial-frequency components.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process according to claim 9 wherein the high spatial-frequencies are separated from low spatial-frequencies by convolution.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
A process according to claim 10 wherein the convolution is accomplished by convolving cross-direction profiles with a Blackman-type function.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
127 words
A process for providing control signals to systems that adjust the calendering of sheet materials during production, comprising the steps of: measuring the caliper of traveling sheet material at a plurality of cross-directional locations by scanning the sheet material; for the measurements taken along each scan determining a linear trend line; controlling an edge loading device based upon the linear trend line; for each scan, extracting the linear trend line from the caliper profile measurements to provide residual caliper measurements; for the residual caliper measurements for each scan, separating the relatively high spatial-frequency components of the measurements from the relatively low spatial-frequency components; controlling a crown roll based upon the low spatial-frequency components; and controlling a caliper profile actuator system based upon the relatively high spatial-frequency components.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
127 words
A process for providing control signals to systems that adjust the calendering of sheet materials during production, comprising the steps of: measuring the caliper of traveling sheet material at a plurality of cross-directional locations by scanning the sheet material; for the measurements taken along each scan determining a linear trend line; controlling an edge loading device based upon the linear trend line; for each scan, extracting the linear trend line from the caliper profile measurements to provide residual caliper measurements; for the residual caliper measurements for each scan, separating the relatively high spatial-frequency components of the measurements from the relatively low spatial-frequency components; controlling a crown roll based upon the low spatial-frequency components; and controlling a caliper profile actuator system based upon the relatively high spatial-frequency components.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
92 words
A system for controlling the calendering of sheet material, comprising: means for receiving signals which represent the set points of at least one profiling system which controls the calendering of sheet material; spatial-frequency splitting means for operating upon the received setpoint signals to separate relatively high spatial-frequency components of the signals from relatively low spatial-frequency components; means to provide control signals for one profile system based upon the relatively low spatial-frequency components; and means to provide control signals for at least one other profiling system based upon the relatively high spatial-frequency components.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
92 words
A system for controlling the calendering of sheet material, comprising: means for receiving signals which represent the set points of at least one profiling system which controls the calendering of sheet material; spatial-frequency splitting means for operating upon the received setpoint signals to separate relatively high spatial-frequency components of the signals from relatively low spatial-frequency components; means to provide control signals for one profile system based upon the relatively low spatial-frequency components; and means to provide control signals for at least one other profiling system based upon the relatively high spatial-frequency components.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system according to claim 13 wherein the spatial-frequency splitting means separates high spatial-frequency components from low spatial-frequency components for each cross-directional profile.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
17 words
A system according to claim 13 wherein said one profiling system controls the caliper of sheet material.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
16 words
A system according to claim 13 wherein said one profiling system is a segmented crown roll.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
134 words
A system for controlling the calendering of sheet materials during production, comprising: means for receiving signals which represent the set points of at least one profiling system which controls the calendering of sheet material; means for computing linear trend information of the received setpoint signals; means to provide the linear trend information to control an edge loading device; means for subtracting the linear trend information from the setpoint signals to, thereby, provide residual cross-directional setpoint information; spatial-frequency splitting means for operating upon the residual setpoint information to separate relatively high-frequency spatial-frequency components from relatively low spatial-frequency components; means to provide control signals to a segmented crown roll system based upon the relatively low spatial-frequency components; and means to provide control signals to a caliper profile actuator system based upon the relatively high spatial-frequency components.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
134 words
A system for controlling the calendering of sheet materials during production, comprising: means for receiving signals which represent the set points of at least one profiling system which controls the calendering of sheet material; means for computing linear trend information of the received setpoint signals; means to provide the linear trend information to control an edge loading device; means for subtracting the linear trend information from the setpoint signals to, thereby, provide residual cross-directional setpoint information; spatial-frequency splitting means for operating upon the residual setpoint information to separate relatively high-frequency spatial-frequency components from relatively low spatial-frequency components; means to provide control signals to a segmented crown roll system based upon the relatively low spatial-frequency components; and means to provide control signals to a caliper profile actuator system based upon the relatively high spatial-frequency components.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
21 words
A system according to claim 17 wherein the spatial-frequency splitting means separates high spatial-frequency components from low spatial-frequency components by convolution.
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