Inventors:
William James Nelgner - St. Charles MO
Joseph Randall Wiegner - Manchester MO
David Allen Langenberg - Union MO
Stephen George Palmer - Kirkwood MO
William Allen McCroskey - House Springs MO
Gary Wilson Teeter - St. Louis MO
Leonard Ronald Sanker - Foristell MO
Martin Alan Ross - Hazelwood MO
Steven Michael Dods - Bellville IL
Assignee:
Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. - Wilmington DE
International Classification:
B41F 506, B41F 516, B41F 1302
Abstract:
A reconfigurable web processor, comprising: a first and a second base modules, each of the base modules including an external surface with at least one alignment structure disposed on the external surface; a plurality of pacing rolls, with a different one of the plurality of pacing rolls associated with each of the base modules to adjust the pace of a web moving within the associated base module; a plurality of transducers, with a different one of the plurality of transducers associated with a different one of the base modules and disposed to monitor a characteristic of the web at said associated base module and to generate a transducer signal in accordance therewith; a plurality of pacing servos, with a different one of the plurality of pacing servos associated with each different one of the pacing rolls, each of the pacing servos to adjust the pace of the web in accordance with a different pacing control signal for its associated the pacing roll; and a process head drive disposed to drive a drive roll in a portable process head that may be disposed on the respective external surface of the base modules in registry with the at least one alignment structure of the respective base modules.