Mill roll analysis system
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a user interface module that receives input data from a user via a computer network, wherein the input data defines a mill roll design;
a structural analysis engine; and
an analysis control script to automatically direct the structural analysis engine to define and evaluate an analytical model for the mill roll design based on the input data, wherein the definition and evaluation of the analytical model for the mill roll includes computing displacement values or stress values or stress values for the mill roll defined by the mill roll design.
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Abstract
A mill roll analysis system is described that includes a user interface module, a structural analysis engine, and an analysis control script. The user interface module receives mill roll design data from a remote user via a computer network. The analysis control script automatically directs the structural analysis engine to define and evaluate an appropriate analytical model for the mill roll design based on the mill roll design data. The mill roll analysis system presents an intuitive web-based interface for capturing the mill roll design data, and may present predefined mill roll applications and mill roll types for selection for the user. As a result, the remote user need not be familiar with the underlying analytical modeling techniques, which may be highly-complex by nature. Consequently, a user may utilize the system to evaluate and improve mill roll design in order to achieve increased product performance.
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53 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a user interface module that receives input data from a user via a computer network, wherein the input data defines a mill roll design; a structural analysis engine; and an analysis control script to automatically direct the structural analysis engine to define and evaluate an analytical model for the mill roll design based on the input data, wherein the definition and evaluation of the analytical model for the mill roll includes computing displacement values or stress values or stress values for the mill roll defined by the mill roll design. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method comprising:
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receiving input data from a user via a computer network, wherein the input data defines a mill roll design; invoking an analysis control script to automatically direct a structural analysis engine to define and evaluate an analytical model for the mill roll design based on the input data, the definition and evaluation of the analytical model including a computation of at least a displacement value or a stress value for the mill roll defined by the mill roll design; and communicating an analysis report to the user that contains analytical results from the structural analysis engine. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions to cause a programmable processor to:
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present a network interface to include a set of predefined mill roll applications and a set of predefined mill roll types for selection by a user; and automatically direct a structural analysis engine to define and evaluate an analytical model based on a selected mill roll application and a selected mill roll type, the definition and evaluation comprising, at least one of;
computing a displacement value for a mill roll;
computing a stress value for a mill roll. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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46. A system comprising:
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a web browser executing on a remote computing device; and
a mill roll analysis system coupled to the remote computing device via a network, wherein the mill roll analysis system comprises;a web server providing an operating environment for a user interface module that present a web-interface to receive input data from the remote computing device, wherein the input data defines a mill roll design, and an application server providing an operating environment for an analysis control script and a structural analysis engine, wherein the analysis control script automatically directs the structural analysis engine to define and evaluate an analytical model for the mill roll design based on the input data, wherein the definition and evaluation of the analytical model for the mill roll design comprises computing at least a displacement value or a stress value for the mill roll defined by the mill roll design. - View Dependent Claims (47)
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48. The system of clam 46, wherein the web server and application server are different computing devices.
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49. A method comprising:
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receiving input data from a user via a computer network, wherein the input data defines a mill roll design; invoking a structural analysis engine to evaluate an analytical model for the mill roll design based on the input data to produce analytical results, wherein the evaluation of the analytical model for the mill roll includes computing at least a displacement value or a stress value for the mill roll defined by the mill roll design, and communicating an analysis report to the user that contains analytical results from the structural analysis engine. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53)
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