Patent ID: 7103445

Claim:
A system for dispensing a super absorbent material (SAM) to a machine during a manufacturing process, the system comprising: a machine for manufacturing absorbent garments, said machine providing a reference signal corresponding to a line speed at which the machine is operating; a first controller providing a first control signal corresponding to process control data; a SAM dispenser responsive to a dispensing signal for dispensing SAM to the machine at a dispense rate corresponding to the dispensing signal wherein the SAM dispenser has a start-up mode and an operating mode; and a second controller responsive to the first control signal and the reference signal for providing the dispensing signal to the SAM dispenser for dispensing the SAM at a start-up dispense rate when the SAM dispenser is in the start-up mode, and at an operating dispense rate when the SAM dispenser is in the operating mode, and wherein during start-up mode the second controller adjusts the dispensing signal to increase the start-up dispense rate from a non-operating dispense rate to a target start-up overshoot dispense rate as a function of an acceleration gain as defined by the process control data, wherein said start-up overshoot dispense rate is greater than the operating dispense rate.