Methods and apparatuses for controlling a manufacturing line used to convert a paper web into paper products by reading marks on the paper web

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9963827
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14685917

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A converting line for producing a paper product. The converting line includes a paper web being unwound from a parent roll. The paper web has a plurality of sections with at least one mark, associated with an action score, assigned to each of the plurality of sections. The converting line also includes a mark reading unit, which reads one of the plurality of marks on the paper web. The converting line further includes a controller configured to obtain the action score associated with a second one of the plurality of marks; to calculate a distance between the one mark read by the reading unit and the second one of the plurality of marks; and to change at least one operational parameter of the converting line based upon the action score of the second one of the plurality of marks when the calculated distance is less than a threshold.

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GPCP IP HOLDINGS LLC133 PEACHTREE STREET NE ATLANTA GA 30303

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Bomstad, Andrew G Green Bay, US 12 166
Gerrits, Mark F De Pere, US 10 166
Johnson, Gregory T Kelso, US 12 204
Petersen, Thomas J Green Bay, US 10 166
Schulz, Joseph A Appleton, US 10 166

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