Device and method for controlling the tension of a substrate web

• US 8,662,626 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2010
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Kahl, Dirk, Peter, Karlheinz, Spilz, Rolf, Schmidt, Ulrich, Wecker, Matthias
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, LAMSON D
• Application Number:
  US13/512,039
• Publication Number:
  US 20130010024A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,202 Days
• Field of Search: 347/4, 347/5, 347/19
• US Class Current: 347/19
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 23/1888 and controlling web tension

Abstract

A device for controlling substrate web tension includes first and second driving units with respective driving rollers around which the substrate web is partially guided and tensioned. The first and second driving units have different rotational moments of inertia. A measuring unit measures the tension of the substrate web. A control unit has first and a second filtering units with different filtering characteristics for filtering the measured value. The control unit includes a first control device for controlling the first driving unit based on the measured value filtered by the first filtering device, and a second control device for controlling the second driving unit based on the measured value filtered by the second filtering device.

Claims

1. Device for controlling the tension of a substrate web that is conveyed along a transport path, the device comprising:

a first driving unit with a first driving roller around which a substrate web is partially guided and tensioned;

a second driving unit with a second driving roller around which the substrate web is partially guided and tensioned,

with the first and the second driving units featuring different rotational moments of inertia;

a measuring unit for delivery of a measured value of the tension of the substrate web;

a control unit in connection with the measuring unit and the first and second driving units, the control unit comprising a first and a second filtering unit displaying different filtering characteristics for filtering the measured value,

the control unit comprising a first control device for controlling the first driving unit based on the measured value filtered by the first filtering device, as well as a second control device for controlling the second driving unit based on the measured value filtered by the second filtering device.

2. The device according to claim 1, with the filtering devices comprising a low-pass filter or a high-pass filter.

3. The device according to claim 1, with at least one of the filtering devices displaying a filtering characteristic that depends on the conveying speed of the substrate web along the transport path.

4. The device according to claim 1, with the first driving unit displaying a higher rotational inertia than the second driving unit.

5. Printing machine comprising:

a main drive for conveying a substrate web along a transport path;

at least one printing unit; and

a device for controlling the tension of the substrate web according to claim 1.

6. The printing machine according to claim 5, with the control unit of the device for controlling the substrate web tension being connected with the main drive of the printing machine.

7. The printing machine according to claim 5, with the measuring unit of the device for controlling the substrate web tension being arranged between the second driving unit and the main drive—

viewed in the direction of the transport path.

8. The printing machine according to claim 5, the printing machine comprising a control unit for controlling the main drive, the control unit controlling the printing speed generated by the main drive.

9. Method for controlling the tension of a substrate web, wherein the substrate web is at least partially guided and conveyed around one first and one second driving rollers that feature different rotational moments of inertia, the method comprising:

measuring the tension of the substrate web and generating a measured value as a function of the tension;

parallel filtering of the measured value in a first and in a second filtering unit displaying different filtering characteristics;

controlling the first driving unit as a function of the measured value filtered by the first filtering unit; and

controlling the second driving unit as a function of the measured value filtered by the second filtering unit.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of filtering the measured value comprises a low-pass filtering or a high-pass filtering.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the substrate web is conveyed by a main drive along the transport path.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of filtering the measured value occurs depending on a conveying speed of the substrate web along the transport path.

13. The method according to claim 9, wherein a nominal tension of the substrate web is taken into consideration for the control of the first driving unit.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the offset is taken into consideration for the control of the second driving unit.