Patent ID: 11912452
Assignee: nan
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A monitoring system for wrapping a pallet, comprising: a pallet wrapping system having a spool configured to dispense stretch film, a pre-stretch machine operably coupled to the pallet wrapping system and configured to elongate the stretch film, and a pallet platform configured to support a palletized load as the stretch film is wrapped around the palletized load; at least two encoders affixed to the pre-stretch machine, wherein a first encoder of the at least two encoders is configured to measure a length of stretch film entering the pre-stretch machine and a second encoder of the at least two encoders is configured to measure a length of stretch film exiting the pre-stretch machine; and a control box communicatively coupled to the at least two encoders and configured to collect data regarding the pallet wrapping system and transmit the data over a cellular connection to a central processor configured to gather the data, the data including characteristics of the pallet wrapping system's operation sufficient to calculate at least the following measurements: a weight of stretch film wrapped around each pallet; a number of times the stretch film is wrapped around each pallet; a length of stretch film pulled into the pre-stretch machine per pallet; a length of stretch film applied to each pallet; an amount of stretch film remaining on a roll of stretch film when the roll of stretch film is replaced; an amount of time for the pallet wrapping system to wrap each pallet; and a number of web breaks in a specified time period; wherein each of the measurements has a corresponding range of acceptable values and the monitoring system is configured to notify a third party when any of the measurements leaves the corresponding range of acceptable values wherein the at least one encoder is affixed to a door of the pre-stretch machine.