Patent ID: 11970298
Assignee: PULSAR S.R.L.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A processing plant for making paper products, comprising:
wherein the paper products are rolls of paper;
a conveying section including a conveyor with a product supporting surface by which the paper products are transported between one section and another section;
an electronic process control for controlling functioning of the plant sections;
a unit for detecting the paper products;
wherein the unit for detecting the paper products comprises a camera system for capturing one or more images of a respective paper product;
wherein the camera system comprises a first camera positioned above the conveyor and having a first lens inclined at a first orientation to the product supporting surface of the conveyor;
the electronic process control configured to determine whether a core of each of the rolls of paper is misshapen by determining a value of a corresponding parameter via an image obtained through the inclined lens and transmitted to the electronic process control lens, and determining whether the value of the corresponding parameter falls outside or inside a defined tolerance range around a predetermined reference value, to respectively determine whether the core is defective or conformant.