Design and Control of Guide-wheel-type Paper Alignment Mechanism to Improve Production Reliability of Corrugated Paper Plants

The manufacturing process for corrugated paper products is usually mass production and batch-by-batch production. Therefore, a high-speed mass production is required. Because the conveyer speed of the production line in a corrugated paper plant is very fast, unwanted material loss or even process in...

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Published in:Sensors and materials 2024-08, Vol.36 (8), p.3937
Main Authors: Yang, Shan-Kuo, Chen, Chih-Ming, Huang, Chih-Yung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alignment
Batch production
Cutting speed
Mass production
Paper products
Plant reliability
Production lines
Servomotors
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Summary:The manufacturing process for corrugated paper products is usually mass production and batch-by-batch production. Therefore, a high-speed mass production is required. Because the conveyer speed of the production line in a corrugated paper plant is very fast, unwanted material loss or even process interruption may occur during the cutting or clipping process if the corrugated paper on the conveyer is slanted. Hence, the paper alignment on a conveyer is important and necessary. In this study, we install photo-couples at both edges directly over the conveyer path to detect whether or not the corrugated paper is slanted from the number difference between non-activated photo-couples of the two edges. The deviated angle is calculated through a computer program using the detected information, and a servomotor-driven wheel aligns the paper in accordance with the calculated angle. This work reduces the material waste and promotes the production reliability and utility rate of the material for a corrugated paper plant.
ISSN:0914-4935
2435-0869
DOI:10.18494/SAM5032