FASTER AND MORE ACCURATE DECISION-MAKING USING
INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PAPER
MANUFACTURING PROCESS

Authors*: Michael Trunkhardt1
Christoph Wiericks1

ABSTRACT
In the past, many paper manufacturers viewed automatic
inspection or web break monitoring as the universal remedy for
any application in which both increased productions speeds and
high quality are required. However, the improvement potential
has not yet been reached using these technologies. Automated
processes integrated in web product manufacturing can only be
accurately optimized if meaningful information about production
defects, along each processing stage, is available well in advance.
The solution: linking Web Inspection Systems (WIS) to Web Break
Monitoring sensors (WBM) to form a single highly integrated
system. The advanced information from the WBM sensor system
is transferred to the WIS. During the process, the WBM performs
the tasks involved in capturing events. Then, the overall system
acts as a platform in which all of the relevant information needed
for monitoring (inspection, analysis, web breaks and events) is
collected. This information is used to forecast possible trouble
spots during production. With optional tools, based on the
collected inspection data, production efficiency as a whole can
also be increased.

References

O PAPEL vol. 73, num. 12, pp. 69 - 73 DEC 2012

*Authors’ references:
1. ISRA VISION PARSYTEC
Corresponding author: Christoph Wiericks. Auf der Hüls183, 52068 Aachen, Germany,
Phone: +49-241-9696-480 – e-mail: cwiericks@isra-parsytec.com