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

Claim 3:
4. A monitoring system for wrapping a pallet, comprising: a pallet wrapping system having a spool configured to dispense stretch film and a pre-stretch machine operably coupled to the pallet wrapping system and configured to elongate the stretch film; at least two encoders affixed to the pre-stretch machine, wherein a first encoder of the at least two encoders is configured to contact and measure a length of stretch film entering the pre-stretch machine and a second encoder of the at least two encoders is configured to contact and measure a length of stretch film exiting the pre-stretch machine; and a control box configured to collect data regarding the pallet wrapping system and transmit the data over a wireless 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 measures: a weight of stretch film 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; and an amount of stretch film remaining on a roll of stretch film when the roll of stretch film is replaced; 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.