Methods and apparatus for monitoring and conditioning strip...

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B21D 1/02 (2006.01) B21B 37/28 (2006.01) B21B 37/48 (2006.01) B21B 38/02 (2006.01) B65H 23/00 (2006.01) B65H 23/34 (2006.01) B65H 26/02 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2742173

Methods and an apparatus for monitoring and conditioning strip material are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus comprises a plurality of sensors positioned across a width of a strip material, each of the plurality of sensors corresponding to a different one of a plurality of longitudinal zones along the width of the strip material. The disclosed apparatus also includes a material condition monitor to determine a plurality of wave heights of the strip material based on information received from the plurality of sensors, each of the wave heights corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of longitudinal zones. The material condition monitor is also to perform a plurality of zone-to-zone comparisons by comparing at least some of the wave heights to each other and generate a first signal to condition a first one of the plurality of zones of the strip material based on at least one of the zone-to-zone comparisons. The disclosed apparatus also includes a controller to adjust a load applied to the strip material selectively in a second one of the plurality of zones based on the first signal to condition the strip material in the first one of the plurality of zones as the strip material moves.

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