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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2009
James A. Cummings, Phillips, WI (US);
John J. Kondratuk, Kennan, WI (US);
Ronald H. Schmidt, Phillips, WI (US);
James A. Cummings, Phillips, WI (US);
John J. Kondratuk, Kennan, WI (US);
Ronald H. Schmidt, Phillips, WI (US);
Marquip, LLC, Phillips, WI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing an order change in a corrugator uses a minimum slit head configuration with all slit heads carried on two sides of a single tool support structure. A single robot is operable on the support structure to independently reset the positions of slit heads during a running order to prepare for subsequent order change in a most efficient manner, utilizing order scheduling that eliminates order changes that cannot be formed with the minimum slit head configuration.