Patent ID: 9623645
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B21B,B32B,B65H,G03G,Y10T

Claim:
1. A discontinuous manufacturing process comprising the steps of: providing a first roll of a web material; unwinding the web material from the roll; subjecting the unwound web material to at least one processing step comprising a step of printing by a combination of a flexographic printer and a digital printer; applying an indicator code to the unwound web material for indicating at least one finishing step the web material is to be subjected to; rewinding the web material having the indicator code onto a second roll; transferring the rewound web material to a secondary manufacturing process; unwinding the rewound web material and transporting it towards a finishing station; reading the indicator code on the web material prior to it reaching the finishing station; performing a finishing step on the web material based on the indicator code to form a finished web material; and rewinding the finished web material onto a third roll.