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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1999
Dale M Cherney, Howards Grove, WI (US);
Hayssen, Inc., Duncan, SC (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a vertical form, fill and seal machine to produce a constant pull length of the film and therefore packages of consistent length, whatever the velocity of the machine. When the film is pulled, and the pulling ceases, there is always a finite overrun of pulled film. The method according to the invention determines the velocity for operation of the machine while accounting for the overrun in order to produce packages of constant length. The apparatus includes a motion controller for calculating the velocity and operating the machine at the calculated velocity during the time that the film is being advanced in the vertical form, fill and seal machine.