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The invention belongs to the technical field of automatic control, and particularly relates to a digital control system for strip coiling equipment, which comprises the following steps of: firstly, comprehensively acquiring strip tension data and state characteristic information by combining a tension sensing assembly and image acquisition equipment, dynamically adjusting a braking torque parameter, and then, acquiring a dynamic control signal by taking the linear speed of a coiling machine as a target signal; the speed of the uncoiling machine and the speed of the traction roller are synchronously aligned through a following strategy, then a taper tension control mode is adopted, the tension value is dynamically adjusted in combination with real-time coiling diameter parameters, the tension stability and the coiling regularity in the coiling process are ensured, and finally the strip deviation problem is detected and processed in real time according to a closed-loop deviation correction mechanism. The equipment control strategy in the strip coiling process is deeply bound with uncoiling control, synchronous coordination, coiling control and a deviation correction core module, and the integrated control capability of multivariable coordination and self-adaptive optimization is achieved, so that the automation and intelligence level of the strip coiling process is effectively improved.

The document sheet conveying device includes a second discharge tray, and a switching portion. The second discharge tray rotates between a use posture which allows loading of a document sheet on the second discharge tray and a storage posture in which the second discharge tray serves as a part of the conveyance housing. The switching portion connects a first conveying path formed from a supply tray to a branch point inside the conveyance housing to one of a second conveying path formed from the branch point to a first discharge tray and a third conveying path formed from the branch point to the second discharge tray. The switching portion connects the first conveying path to the third conveying path when the posture of the second discharge tray has been changed to the use posture in a state where the first conveying path is connected to the second conveying path.

To reduce costs while making it easier to move the sheet to a position where it will not be damaged when the drawer unit is pulled out. [Solution] The sheet feeding control system 100 comprises an acquisition unit 91, a first detection unit 92, and a control unit 94. The acquisition unit 91 acquires the size of the sheet to be transported. The first detection unit 92 detects jams in the sheet. When a jam is detected, the control unit 94 executes either a first feeding control or a second feeding control according to the size of the sheet. In the first feeding control, the sheet is moved to a position where it fits inside a drawer unit 5, which has a sheet transport path and can be pulled out from the main body of the image forming apparatus 10 in a direction intersecting the sheet transport direction. In the second feeding control, the sheet is transported to a position where it fits outside the drawer unit 5.

The invention relates to a device (100) for transporting and singulating blanks (1010) from a material web (1000), comprising a vacuum cylinder (8) for transporting the blanks (1010), a vacuum transport cylinder (7) for further transport of the blanks (1010), wherein the vacuum cylinder (8) and the vacuum transport cylinder (7) are each equipped with their own independent drive motor (84), and a control unit (9) to which the drive motor (84) is connected for data transmission. According to the invention, speed profiles for the rotation of the vacuum cylinder (8) are stored or can be generated in the control unit (9), and the vacuum cylinder (8) can be rotated with a speed profile with different rotational speeds (R). The invention also relates to a method for transporting and singulating blanks from a web of material. The device and method enable a gentler and more precise transfer of blanks from a vacuum cylinder to a vacuum transport cylinder.

The present invention relates to a thin sheet substrate feeding device for a processing machine, which includes: - a feeding and guiding element (2) for at least one bundle of thin sheet substrates (3) having an adjustable height gauge (4) for passing one thin sheet substrate (3.1) at a time; - a suction-function feeding table (5) having a plurality of wheels (6) integrated with at least one rotating shaft for feeding the thin sheet substrates (3.1) by movement; and - a driving means positioned behind the gauge (4) in the direction of movement of the thin sheet substrates (3.1) for feeding the thin sheet substrates (3.1) to the processing machine, wherein the feeding table (5) does not move, and the device includes control means configured to selectively stop the rotation of the corresponding rotating shaft.

A machine comprises a pick and place stage and includes a plurality of releasable connectors.A support material is wound over rollers onto a storage roller or spool. The backing support material provides a substantially flat surface upon which a sheet of flexible material is placed by the pick and place stage.The sheet of material and the backing support material are then wound onto the storage roller or spool which may be removed for storage and / or transportation.Delicate sheets of pieces of flat material, such as carbon fibre, may thus be protected from damage during handling, storage and transportation that may otherwise result in damage to the material.The process is reversed to lay down the material, for example into a mould, during manufacture of, for example, an aeroplane wing.

A device and a method for weighing a roll of continuous web material on a spool at a weigh-ing station in a continuous process is described, which has fewer mechanical parts and is safer to use than prior devices and methods. The device is arranged adjacent to at least one of a pair of guide rails and comprises a damper and a load cell, wherein the load cell is integrated into at least one guide rail.

The invention relates to an arrangement for aligning at least one value document along a transport route, comprising at least one banknote reader, which has at least one scan line, which has a plurality of detection regions along the scan line for scanning value documents. Each detection area scans a scanning area in a transport plane of the transport section, wherein the scanning area is arranged along a line orthogonal to a central axis of the transport section. The first transport element and the at least one second transport element are used for transporting the value documents in at least one transport direction along the transport path. The transport elements each contact the value document in a contact region. The at least one alignment device is used for aligning the value documents. The alignment device is arranged between the first transport element and the second transport element and forms part of the transport section. The banknote reader detects the rear edge of the value document in the first scanning area and in the second scanning area.

A medium processing apparatus includes a stacker, a conveyance-direction mover, a binder, and processing circuitry. The stacker stacks a medium. The conveyance-direction mover moves, in a conveyance direction, a medium bundle that is a plurality of media including the medium stacked on the stacker. The binder moves in a main scanning direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction and bind the medium bundle stacked on the stacker. The processing circuitry controls an operation of the conveyance-direction mover and the binder. The processing circuitry causes the conveyance-direction mover to move the medium bundle stacked on the stacker in the conveyance direction and causes the binder to move in the main scanning direction, face a binding position on the medium bundle, and bind the binding position of the medium bundle.

The invention relates to a method for detecting a number of corrugated board sheets in a stack, comprising: - detecting a surface modulation in an overlapping shingled stream by means of sensors, - determining the number of corrugated board sheets on the basis of the detected surface modulation, and - outputting the number of corrugated board sheets. The proposed solution also comprises a device for detecting a number of corrugated board sheets in a stack, a computer program product, and a corrugating machine.

A sensor assembly configured to detect rolled stock on a core includes a sensor configured to detect a first roll of stock unwinding from a core, the stock unwinding from the core of the first roll is supplied as a web of stock, wherein in response to the sensor detecting a first detection configuration, the sensor takes no action and continues to detect the first roll, and wherein in response to the sensor detecting a second detection configuration, the sensor provides a command to a splice assembly to transition to a second roll of stock to replace the first roll of stock.

To ensure that when operation to set the conveyance speeds of individual conveyance units is performed, the conveyance speed of each conveyance unit is adjusted so that the conveyance speed of an upstream conveyance unit and the conveyance speed of a downstream conveyance unit match each other in a conveyance path.SOLUTION: Provided is an information processing device for controlling an image forming system equipped with a first conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium and a second conveyance unit located downstream of the first conveyance unit in the recording medium conveyance path, the information processing device comprising: acceptance means for accepting an indication for setting the conveyance speed of the first conveyance unit; and control means for setting the conveyance speed of the first conveyance unit to the image forming system on the basis of the setting indication and setting the conveyance speed of the second conveyance unit to the image forming system on the basis of the indication for setting the conveyance speed of the first conveyance unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

To provide a medium feeding device capable of performing medium separation further appropriately or an image reading device with the medium feeding device.SOLUTION: A medium feeding device 10 comprises: a feeding roller 14; a separation roller 15 which is a roller that separates a sheet P by nipping the sheet P between the feeding roller 14 and itself, to which a drive torque by a drive source is applied in a second rotation direction B opposite to a first rotation direction A for feeding the sheet P downstream; and a torque limiter 41 for causing the separation roller 15 to idle in the first rotation direction A when the rotational torque applied to the separation roller 15 in the first rotational direction A exceeds the limit torque which is a predetermined torque upper limit value. The medium feeding device is configured to be able to change a separation setting including the pressing load of the separation roller 15, the rotational speed of the separation roller 15, and the limit torque in accordance with the conditions at the time of feeding.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

To provide a post-processing device capable of suitably post-processing according to the kind of a sheet.SOLUTION: A post-processing device 3 has a tray 43 receiving and loading carried sheet 9, a post-processing part 40 post-processing the sheet 9 loaded on the tray 43, and a control part 39 controlling operation of the post-processing part 40. The control part 39 acquires a first sheet kind specified by a user and a second sheet kind detected by a medium detection part 14 provided to a carrying route 13 of the sheet 9. When the first sheet kind is different from the second sheet kind, the control part controls the operation of the post-processing part 40 on the basis of the second sheet kind. A control part 8 acquires the first sheet kind and the second sheet kind, and can control the operation of the post-processing part 40 on the basis of the second sheet kind, when detecting the second sheet kind in more detail than the first sheet kind.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

It detects the loaded paper regardless of the paper's characteristics or the number of sheets. [Solution] A paper feeder comprising a stopping part that stops the leading edge of the supplied paper to regulate the paper transport start position, a restricting member whose stopping part moves in the paper transport direction, and a detection unit that detects the presence or absence of paper at the position where the paper is returned by the restricting member.

To provide a post-processing device suppressed in the alignment deviation of a medium placed on a processing tray.SOLUTION: In a post-processing device, after a new transportation medium is placed on a processing tray as the upper-most medium in a state of one or multiple existing placed media placed already, when the transportation medium is transported by a transportation part, at least one existing placed medium placed on the processing tray is pressed to a pressing part at a pressing position, and after the transportation part is separated from the transportation medium, the pressing part can be moved from the pressing part to a retreated part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

A post-processing apparatus includes a conveyance portion, a processing tray, a post-processing portion, a discharge tray, a discharge portion, and a control portion. The discharge portion includes an arm, a driving roller, and a driven roller. When stacking a sheet on the processing tray, the control portion brings the driving roller into contact with the sheet. Except when the sheet as the target of post-processing is retracted onto the processing tray, the control portion sets the downward movement speed of the driving roller to a normal speed. When the sheet as the target of post-processing is retracted onto the processing tray, the control portion sets the downward movement speed of the driving roller to a speed lower than the normal speed.

There is provided a technique that can suppress upsizing of an apparatus while sorting print media every predetermined number of print media on a stacking portion. To do so, a reciprocating member (433) that reciprocates while being regulated in an X direction orthogonal to a Y direction by a first supporting member (434) is provided, and a second stacking portion (42) extendable in the Y direction relative to the first supporting member (434) is moved in the X direction by action of the reciprocating member (433).

A device includes a spool; a fish tape wound on the spool; a magnet coupled to the spool; a sensor configured to detect the magnet and to generate a signal indicative of the detection; and a controller in communication with the sensor and configured to determine an extension of the fish tape based on the signal; and output the determined amount.

A feed table (2) for connecting a printing device (1) to a folding machine (3) with two guides (10, 17) between which a pivotable loop flap (13, 15) is arranged, below which a paper loop (28) can be formed, with transport rollers (12, 21) assigned to the guides (10, 17), each of which is provided with a transport roller drive (22, 25), with a measuring section for determining the remaining length of the document (26), and with a control device for the transport roller drives (22, 25) is to be further developed in such a way that it is on the one hand more cost-effective and can be built shorter, and on the other hand compensates for the speed difference between the folding machine and the printing device in a simpler way.It is proposed that, as part of the measuring section, the printing device (1) for transmitting the remaining length of the document (26) is connected to the control device and / or folding machine (3) by means of a communication interface, that the measuring section further includes a sensor (23) that is able to detect the paper end (27) of a document (26) supplied by the printing device (1) and to report to the control device that the remaining length of the document can be determined via the control device, and that a suitable folding scheme for folding the determined remaining length can be selected by means of the control device.

A device includes a spool; a fish tape wound on the spool; a magnet coupled to the spool; a sensor configured to detect the magnet and to generate a signal indicative of the detection; and a controller in communication with the sensor and configured to determine an extension of the fish tape based on the signal; and output the determined amount.

The invention belongs to the technical field of film deviation rectification, and particularly relates to a control system and method for film deviation rectification of an automatic chilled food packaging machine and a storage medium, the control system comprises a multi-source sensing unit, and a position sensor, a speed sensor and a tension sensor are integrated in the multi-source sensing unit; a main controller and a coprocessor are integrated in the dual-core control unit; the composite execution unit comprises a deviation corrector, a speed controller and a tension controller; the multi-source sensing unit collects a film condition signal and feeds the film condition signal back to the dual-core control unit, and the dual-core control unit outputs a control signal to the composite execution unit to conduct film instant deviation correction. According to the control system and method for film deviation rectification of the automatic cold fresh food packaging machine, through cooperative linkage of the multi-source sensing unit, the dual-core control unit and the composite execution unit, dynamic and accurate deviation rectification in the film conveying process is achieved, and the technical defects that an existing control system is poor in adaptability, insufficient in control precision and weak in anti-interference capacity are effectively overcome.

A printing apparatus(1) that can improve usability includes a conveyance unit(2) configured to convey a print medium; a first stacking part(42) configured to allow the print medium discharged in a first direction(Y) by the conveyance unit(2) to be stacked thereon and to move in the first direction(Y) from an accommodated position; and a control unit(71) configured to control stacking of the print medium on the first stacking part(42), wherein, in a state where the first stacking part(42) is moved in the first direction(Y) from the accommodated position, the control unit(71) executes a first operation for stacking the print medium at a first position on the first stacking part(42), and a second operation for stacking the print medium at a second position on the first stacking part(42), the second position being different from the first position in a second direction(X) intersecting with the first direction(Y).

This specification relates to an embodiment of an electrode material winding apparatus that winds an electrode material by processing an electrode material without electrode tabs in an impregnation area where an electrolyte can be injected, and by winding the electrode material in a manner where electrode tabs are only placed in a specific area outside the impregnation area, thereby winding the electrode material by injecting electrolyte through the impregnation area.

To provide a printing apparatus and a conveyance control method each of which enables elimination of a wrinkle generated at a portion in a medium, near a portion conveyed by an intermediate roller pair.SOLUTION: A conveyance unit 12 has: a delivery unit 30 that delivers a medium M from a roll body 36; a conveyance roller pair 21 that conveys the medium M toward a printing portion 11; an intermediate roller pair 41 that conveys the medium M delivered by the delivery unit 30 toward the conveyance roller pair 21; a first drive unit 22 that rotates a first drive roller 21a; and a load changing unit that changes a pressing-load acting on between a second drive roller 41a and a second driven roller. A control unit 50 can perform: first control by which the load changing unit is controlled so that the pressing-load is equal to a first pressing-load when rotating the first drive roller 21a during intermittent conveyance; and second control by which the load changing unit is controlled so that the pressing-load is not generated, when stopping the rotation of the first drive roller 21a during the intermittent conveyance.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A recording device includes: a conveying mechanism; a recording unit; and a controller. The conveying mechanism selectively conveys a first sheet-shaped medium and a second sheet-shaped medium. The controller performs, based on a recording command, recording processing in which the conveying mechanism is caused to convey the sheet-shaped medium from one of a first and a second accommodation portions. The recording unit is caused to record an image on the sheet-shaped medium. The controller does not cause the recording unit to record the image in one or both of a case where accommodation portion information regarding an accommodation portion included in the recording command indicates the first accommodation portion and medium information regarding the sheet-shaped medium included in the recording command indicates the second sheet-shaped medium, and a case where the accommodation portion information indicates the second accommodation portion and the medium information indicates the first sheet-shaped medium.

A printer (1) configured to form an image on roll paper (R) includes a housing (10) configured to house the roll paper and a first guide (40) and a second guide (40) coupled to the housing, the first guide and the second guide each being movable in a width direction of the roll paper (R), and the first guide (40) being separated from the second guide (40) in the width direction to hold the roll paper therebetween. The printer (1) further includes a detection assembly (sensors, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124) configured to detect the position of the first guide (40) and the position of the second guide (40) and a controller configured to determine a width of the roll paper (R) based on the detection result of the detection assembly.

To prevent occurrence of a failure due to heat generation of a motor.SOLUTION: A bill conveyance device 1 includes: a reading unit 20 having a reading-side temperature sensor 29 and being configured to read a feature quantity of a bill P; a conveyance motor 110A configured to drive a conveyance roller pair 14; and control means 200 configured to control driving of the conveyance motor. The bill conveyance device includes a motor side-temperature sensor 140 configured to measure a temperature of the conveyance motor, and a heat conduction member 141 filling a space between the motor side-temperature sensor and the conveyance motor. The control means stops a motor for x1 second each time a bill is conveyed until the motor temperature becomes less than or equal to ta1 when it becomes more than or equal to ta2, stops the motor for x2 seconds each time a bill is conveyed until the motor temperature becomes less than or equal to ta3 when it becomes more than or equal to ta4, stops the motor until the motor temperature becomes less than or equal to ta4 when it becomes more than or equal to ta6, and stops the motor until a reading sensor temperature becomes less than or equal to tb1 when it becomes more than or equal to tb2, where tb1<tb2<ta1<ta2<ta3<ta4<ta6 and x1<x2 hold.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6