Patent ID: 11911992
Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLC
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A system for making corrugated box structures using a corrugator, the system comprising:
a corrugated board web comprising at least a first order section and a second order section, wherein the first order section includes at least one cut-to-mark marking that is used to signal an initiation of a cut of the corrugated board web to help form at least one first box structure, wherein the second order section includes at least one cut-to-mark marking that is used to signal an initiation of a cut of the corrugated board web to help form at least one second box structure, wherein the first order section is different than the second order section, wherein the corrugated board web further comprises an order change section positioned between the first order section and the second order section, wherein at least one of the first order section, the second order section, or the order change section includes at least one readable marking;
at least one readable mark detector that is configured to read data from one or more readable markings on the corrugated board web;
a display; and
a controller to:
operate one or more components of the corrugator according to a set of current order instructions corresponding an order section of the corrugated board web, wherein the set of current order instructions are obtained from a corrugator plan;
determine, via the controller, a detected current position of the corrugated board web in the corrugator based on data read by the at least one readable mark detector from the one or more readable markings on the corrugated board web;
determine, via the controller, a theoretical current position of the corrugated board web based on at least the current set of order instructions from the corrugator plan that are being utilized in operation of the corrugator; and
transmit instructions for the display to present both a representation of the detected current position of the corrugated board web and a representation of the theoretical current position of the corrugated board web to enable an operator to compare the detected current position of the corrugated board web and the theoretical current position of the corrugated board web.