Tobacco – Cigar or cigarette making
Patent
1991-11-07
1994-02-08
Millin, Vincent
Tobacco
Cigar or cigarette making
131908, 131910, 364552, 364556, 493 4, 493 37, A24C 532
Patent
active
052841642
ABSTRACT:
The present invention comprises a method for improving the quality of products produced in a cigarette manufacturing process. Selected machine operating parameters for at least one machine are monitored, as well as the product being produced. Samples of the product being produced are automatically obtained and tested for quality parameters. Machine operators are notified when to manually test samples of the product for quality parameters. The machine operators can request a test of a quality parameter. The actual test measurements of the quality parameters for either the automatically obtained samples or the manually tested samples are compared against expected values and alarms are presented and the testing is resequenced when the measured quality parameters fail to meet the expected values. Also, employee solution procedures are presented to aid in problem resolution. The time periods and downtime reason when each machine is inoperative is recorded. A hierarchial set of machine operator video displays is produced. A master video display is presented to each machine operator. Also, displays are available for the machine supervisors showing information about all the machines he is supervising. Further, machines can be monitored by sets of tandem machines operating together.
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Andrews Evelyn M.
Bricker Gregory J.
Collins Ernest E.
Jewell John N.
Sinksen Dennis L.
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Millin Vincent
Pierce William M.
Sherman Charles I.
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