Patent ID: 7130709

Claim:
A system comprising: a web converting manufacturing production line for constructing a composite article from a sequential addition of a first component part to the composite article followed by the addition of a second component part during a production run; a communication network; an inspection system for automatically inspecting a first component part of the composite article constructed by the production run of the web converting manufacturing production line, said inspection system inspecting the first component part after the first component part has been added to the composite article, said inspection system providing via the communication network a first inspection parameter indicative of a characteristic of the inspected first component part; said inspection system for automatically inspecting a second component part of a composite article during the production run, said inspection system inspecting the second component part after the second component part has been added to the composite article having the first component part, said inspection system providing via the communication network a second inspection parameter indicative of a characteristic of the inspected second component part; an information exchange system obtaining via the communication network the provided indication of the first inspection parameter and obtaining via the communication network the provided indication of the second inspection parameter, said information exchange system selectively providing a first process display parameter corresponding to the provided first inspection parameter and providing a second process display parameter corresponding to the provided second inspection parameter; and a display system obtaining the provided first process display parameter and obtaining the provided second process display parameter and selectively displaying an indication corresponding to the obtained first process display parameter and selectively displaying an indication corresponding to the obtained second process display parameter wherein the inspection system is configured such that the first inspection parameter comprises a numerical value and the information exchange system obtains a plurality of first inspection parameters, each associated with one of a plurality of composite articles produced during the production run, said information exchange system determining a mathematical characteristic of said obtained plurality of first inspection parameters which is provided to the display system whereby the first process display parameter is an indication of said mathematical characteristic.