A system associated with a sensing roll and a mating roll for collecting sensor signals comprising: the sensing roll and mating roll located relative to one another to create a nip therebetween, wherein a web of material travels through the nip from an upstream direction to a downstream direction and an oscillating component , upstream from the nip is arranged relative to the web of material such that it periodically oscillates in a direction transverse to the direction of travel of the web of material; a plurality of sensors located at axially spaced-apart locations of the sensing roll , wherein each sensor enters a region of the nip during each rotation of the sensing roll to generate a respective sensor signal comprising a pressure value; a structure for generating a periodically occurring time reference associated with each oscillation of the oscillating component; and a processor to receive the periodically occurring time reference and the respective sensor signal generated by each sensor and, after receiving the respective sensor signal, the processor operates to: determine a particular one of the plurality of sensors which generated the respective sensor signal, based upon an amount of time that has elapsed between when the respective sensor signal was generated and a most recent time reference, identify one of a plurality of tracking segments associated with the oscillating component comprising a plurality of time segments of a period of oscillation of the oscillating component, wherein each of the plurality of tracking segments is, respectively, associated with a different amount of elapsed time, and store the respective sensor signal to associate the respective sensor signal with the identified one tracking segment. a plurality of sensors located at axially spaced-apart locations of the sensing roll , wherein each sensor enters a region of the nip during each rotation of the sensing roll to generate a respective sensor signal comprising a pressure value; a structure for generating a periodically occurring time reference associated with each oscillation of the oscillating component; and a processor to receive the periodically occurring time reference and the respective sensor signal generated by each sensor and, after receiving the respective sensor signal, the processor operates to: determine a particular one of the plurality of sensors which generated the respective sensor signal, based upon an amount of time that has elapsed between when the respective sensor signal was generated and a most recent time reference, identify one of a plurality of tracking segments associated with the oscillating component comprising a plurality of time segments of a period of oscillation of the oscillating component, wherein each of the plurality of tracking segments is, respectively, associated with a different amount of elapsed time, and store the respective sensor signal to associate the respective sensor signal with the identified one tracking segment. determine a particular one of the plurality of sensors which generated the respective sensor signal, based upon an amount of time that has elapsed between when the respective sensor signal was generated and a most recent time reference, identify one of a plurality of tracking segments associated with the oscillating component comprising a plurality of time segments of a period of oscillation of the oscillating component, wherein each of the plurality of tracking segments is, respectively, associated with a different amount of elapsed time, and store the respective sensor signal to associate the respective sensor signal with the identified one tracking segment. <EOS>