Patent ID: 6131053
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B07C,B65H

Abstract:
A high-speed document-processing machine, comprising:a diverse-set-compilation sect ion comprising:a burster having a local non-Distributed Control System controller;a reader and an accumulator having a reader/accumulator Distributed Control System Local Control Module;a folder and a diverter having a folder/diverter Distributed Control System Local Control Module;a buffer having a buffer Distributed Control System Local Control Module;wherein all of said Local Control Modules are interconnected via a multi-drop communication link;said burster local non-distributed control system is connected to said reader/accumulator Local Control Module via a communication link; and, saidreader/accumulator Local Control Module is a Command Module including means for dynamically controlling the speed of said burster based on the state of one or more variables affecting the speed at which downstream devices can operate.