Patent ID: 6904330

Claim:
An automatic troubleshooting system, suitable for use in connection with a web converting manufacturing process having at least one machine operating at a set point and producing a composite article from a sequential addition of first and second component parts to a portion of the composite article during a production run of the composite articles, said system comprising: a communication network; a first inspection system automatically inspecting a first aspect of the portion of the composite article after the first component part has been added to the portion, said first aspect relating to a first characteristic of the composite article, said first inspection system providing via the communication network a first inspection parameter indicative of a value of the first aspect; a second inspection system automatically inspecting a second aspect of the portion of said composite article after the second component part has been added to the portion, said second aspect relating to a second characteristic of the composite article, said second inspection system providing a second inspection parameter via the communication network indicative of a value of the second aspect; and a logic system obtaining via the communication network a plurality of the first inspection parameters, each corresponding to one of a plurality of composite articles produced during the production run, and obtaining a plurality of the second inspection parameters, each corresponding to one of said plurality of composite articles, said logic system determining a first mathematical characteristic associated with the obtained plurality of first inspection parameters and a second mathematical characteristic associated with the obtained plurality of second inspection parameters, said logic system determining one or more of a plurality of corrective actions as a function of both the first and second mathematical characteristics.