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Automated identification of web shrinkage and alignment parameters in sheet making machinery using a modeled actuator response profile
Assignee: Measurex Devron Inc
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Filing: 1996-10-18
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Granted: 2000-07-11
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Expires: 2016-10-18
Abstract
Abstract A process for determining shrinkage and alignment of the web in a sheetmaking machine having a plurality of actuators for controlling web parameters in the cross-direction. The process involves the steps of applying excitation to the actuators, collecting data regarding the change in cross-direction web properties due to the excitation of the actuators to determine a measured actuator response profile. A modeled actuator response profile is established and a best fit of the modeled actuator response profile to the measured actuator response profile is established to allow for determination of alignment and shrinkage parameters of the web based on the best fit modeled actuator response profile. The foregoing approach permits reliable identification of alignment and shrinkage within 10-20 data scans of the web, despite process noise, with improved accuracy when compared with conventional "bump" tests.
Inventors
- 👤 Dimitry M. Gorinevsky
- 👤 Edwin Michael Gyde Heaven
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 15:03
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B13/00; G05B13/02; G05B13/04; G05B13/042
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
A process for determining shrinkage and alignment of the web in a sheetmaking machine having a plurality of actuators for controlling web parameters in the cross-direction comprising the steps of: applying excitation to the actuator; collecting data regarding the change in cross-direction web properties due to the excitation of the actuators to determine a measured actuator response profile; establishing a modeled actuator response profile by establishing a model fit error array between the modeled actuator response and the measured actuator response; and minimizing a quadratic loss index of the model fit error array to determine the alignment parameters; applying a fit of the modeled actuator response profile to the measured actuator response profile; and determining alignment and shrinkage parameters of the web based on the best fit modeled actuator response profile.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
131 words
A process for determining shrinkage and alignment of the web in a sheetmaking machine having a plurality of actuators for controlling web parameters in the cross-direction comprising the steps of: applying excitation to the actuator; collecting data regarding the change in cross-direction web properties due to the excitation of the actuators to determine a measured actuator response profile; establishing a modeled actuator response profile by establishing a model fit error array between the modeled actuator response and the measured actuator response; and minimizing a quadratic loss index of the model fit error array to determine the alignment parameters; applying a fit of the modeled actuator response profile to the measured actuator response profile; and determining alignment and shrinkage parameters of the web based on the best fit modeled actuator response profile.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the modeled actuator response profile is formed using a continuous response shape which varies with predetermined parameters.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A process as claimed in claim 2 in which the continuous response shape is propagated in the machine direction.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
A process as claimed in claim 2 in which the continuous response shape has the form: r(x)=1/2b(x-d)+1/2b(x+d) where d defines the distance between peaks of the response, and b(x) is the defined by the expression ##EQU30## where g 0 is the response gain (maximal height of the response), w is the response width parameter, and a is the attenuation parameter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the step of minimizing the quadratic loss index of the model fit error matrix is achieved using an iterative minimization method and an analytically computed gradient of the loss index.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process as claimed in claim 5 in which the iterative minimization method is the Levenberg-Marquardt method.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method as claimed in claim 5 in which the iterative minimization method is the Newton method.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
A process as claimed in claim 5 in which applying a fit of the modeled actuator response profile to the measured actuator response profile includes the additional step of using a parametric function defining a shrinkage profile to account for web shrinkage.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
A process as claimed in claim 8 including a fuzzy logic model of the shrinkage profile in which the profile is defined by the parameters: shrinkage of the two edges of the web, shrinkage in the centre of the web and the two widths of the edge non-linear shrinkage zones.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process as claimed in claim 8 in which the step of applying excitation to the actuators includes applying a dense excitation pattern based on Walsh functions to actuators in the proximity of the edges of the web.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process as claimed in claim 10 in which the excitation pattern includes different and orthogonal Walsh functions applied to one or adjacent actuators.
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