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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2002
Tanakon Ungpiyakul, Neenah, WI (US);
Thomas A. Bett, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Tanakon Ungpiyakul, Neenah, WI (US);
Thomas A. Bett, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus () for controlling a registration between a target point () on a moving web (), and a production outcome provided by a production operation. A method aspect can include a transporting of the web () along a movement direction () past a reference detector (), and a detecting of at least a first reference point () on the web (). The target point () can be designated by employing at least the first reference point (). The web is transported past a speed-sensor (), and the speed-sensor can measure a web speed of the moving web () to provide an output of web speed data. The web speed data is integrated over time to determine a web-length which has been transported past the speed-sensor (). The production outcome is actuated at a production-device (), and the actuating of the production outcome can be adjusted to occur after a reference-length of the web () has been transported past the speed-sensor ().