Web guiding system: Why, What, Where and How?

Flexible materials, often called webs, are used in wide variety of manufacturing processes to create finished goods used in industrial, military and consumer applications…

Aug 31, 2017

Fiber optic web edge sensor

A web edge sensor is disclosed. The web edge sensor has a light source directing light incident to an edge of a web. The edge of the web scatters the light and a sensor…

Aug 31, 2017

Method for adaptive guiding of webs

A method of adaptive guiding of a web on a roller is disclosed. The method includes computing an output of a reference model, reading an output of a sensor that indicates…

Aug 31, 2017

Hedging Point Policies for Multi State Failure Prone Manufacturing Systems

In this paper we consider a single-product single-machine manufacturing system, with the machine characterized by multiple working modes. A cost is associated both with…

Aug 31, 2017

Modeling and Control of Web Transport in the Presence of Non-Ideal Rollers

In roll-to-roll processes the presence of non-ideal elements, such us out-of-round or eccentric rollers is fairly common. Periodic oscillations in web tension and web…

Aug 31, 2017

Adaptive Feedforward Based Control Strategy for Attenuation of Periodic Tension Oscillations in Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing

Periodic oscillations in the tension signal are frequently observed in roll-to-roll manufacturing due to the presence of many rotating elements which are often non-ideal…

Aug 31, 2017

On the Governing Equation for Web Tension with Out-of-Round Rolls

In roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing the presence of non-ideal elements, such as out-of-round or eccentric rolls, induces periodical oscillations in the web tension signal…

Aug 31, 2017

On-line Optimization-based Coordination of Multiple Unmanned Vehicles

The objective of this work is to investigate on-line optimization-based coordination strategies for robot teams to efficiently accomplish a mission (eg, reach a set of…

Aug 31, 2017

Hierarchical Optimization Strategies for Deployment of Mobile Robots

In this paper, we integrate model predictive control (MPC) and mixed integer linear programming (MILP) into a hierarchical framework suitable for solving optimization…

Aug 31, 2017

A Hierarchical Optimization Approach for Cooperative Vehicle Networks

This research presents a control algorithm for the cooperative control of unmanned mobile robots. The algorithm relies on continuously solving an open loop mixed integer…

Aug 31, 2017

A Hierarchical Optimization Algorithm for Cooperative Vehicle Networks

In this paper, we combine model predictive control (MPC) and mixed integer linear programming (MILP) into a hierarchical optimization framework capable of solving a class…

Aug 31, 2017

Governing Equations for Web Tension and Web Velocity in the Presence of Nonideal Rollers

Since rotating machinery is used to transport flexible materials (commonly known as webs) on rollers, it is common to observe periodic oscillations in measured signals…

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Web guiding system: Why, What, Where and How?

Fiber optic web edge sensor

Method for adaptive guiding of webs

Hedging Point Policies for Multi State Failure Prone Manufacturing Systems

Modeling and Control of Web Transport in the Presence of Non-Ideal Rollers

Adaptive Feedforward Based Control Strategy for Attenuation of Periodic Tension Oscillations in Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing

On the Governing Equation for Web Tension with Out-of-Round Rolls

On-line Optimization-based Coordination of Multiple Unmanned Vehicles

Hierarchical Optimization Strategies for Deployment of Mobile Robots

A Hierarchical Optimization Approach for Cooperative Vehicle Networks

A Hierarchical Optimization Algorithm for Cooperative Vehicle Networks

Governing Equations for Web Tension and Web Velocity in the Presence of Nonideal Rollers

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