A control device using, as a learning target, a transporting apparatus, a rotation control section which controls at least one of a rotation speed of a first roller and a rotation speed of a second roller, and a position detection section which detects a position of the transport target matter, the control device including a state variable acquisition section which acquires a state variable and a detection result of the position detection section, the state variable being based on information of a state of the transport target matter and information of an environment to which the transport target matter is exposed, and a learning section which learns a control expression for calculating a control value of the rotation control section based on a dataset containing the state variable acquired by the state variable acquisition section and the detection result of the position detection section.

A tape cartridge is detachably installed on a cartridge installation portion of a tape printing apparatus. A first shaft and a second shaft are disposed on the cartridge installation portion. The tape cartridge includes a printing tape that is wound on a tape core, a platen roller in which a first shaft is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation portion, and a guided portion which is guided by the second shaft when the tape cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation portion. When seen from an attaching direction of the tape cartridge, the guided portion is disposed at an opposite side of the tape core with respect to the platen roller and the guided portion is recessed on an outer peripheral surface of a cartridge casing that forms an outer shell of the tape cartridge.

A tape cartridge is detachably installed on a cartridge installation portion of a tape printing apparatus. A first shaft and a second shaft are disposed on the cartridge installation portion. The tape cartridge includes a printing tape that is wound on a tape core, a platen roller in which a first shaft is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation portion, and a guided portion which is guided by the second shaft when the tape cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation portion. When seen from an attaching direction of the tape cartridge, the guided portion is disposed at an opposite side of the tape core with respect to the platen roller and the guided portion is recessed on an outer peripheral surface of a cartridge casing that forms an outer shell of the tape cartridge.

The invention relates to a method for adapting at least one winding parameter of a winding device during winding of a film web on a winding core, having the following steps: conveying of the film web along a measuring path between a first driven roll and a second driven rollincreasing of the web tension of the film web between the first roll and the second rollcontinuous detecting of the drive parameters of the first roll and of the second roll at least in the form of the torque and the circumferential speed, determining of a stress-strain diagram from the detected drive parametersadapting of at least one winding parameter of the winding device on the basis of the determined stress-strain diagram in order to achieve a defined elongation of the film web during winding on the winding core.

A system to re-configure an input material into an output material includes an input material feeder reconfigurable to accept and feed an input material, an output material spooler, the input material feeder re-configurable relative to the material cutter to cut the input material at a re-configurable cut angle to produce a first intermediate cut section of material, a positioning and alignment system to position and align a leading edge of the first intermediate cut section of material with a trailing edge of a second intermediate cut section of material, a welder having a configurable position to weld the first intermediate cut section of material to the second intermediate cut section of material, and a control system comprising logic to set at least intensity of the welder, a contact pressure of the welder, temperature of the weld-table surface, and a tension applied by the output material spooler.

A guide film supply mechanism feeds a guide film toward a winding mechanism. The guide film is a film in which a pair of supports, which is long in the longitudinal direction of a base film and is thicker than a product film, is disposed on both side portions of the upper surface of the base film that is formed to have a width larger than the width of the product film. A product film supply mechanism feeds the product film toward the upper surface of the guide film. The winding mechanism forms a film roll by winding the product film for each guide film. The tension of the product film is set to be smaller than the tension of the guide film.

A guide film supply mechanism feeds a guide film toward a winding mechanism. The guide film is a film in which a pair of supports, which is long in the longitudinal direction of a base film and is thicker than a product film, is disposed on both side portions of the upper surface of the base film that is formed to have a width larger than the width of the product film. A product film supply mechanism feeds the product film toward the upper surface of the guide film. The winding mechanism forms a film roll by winding the product film for each guide film. The tension of the product film is set to be smaller than the tension of the guide film.

An apparatus (un-interleaver) for unwinding a roll of material interleaved with another material, and for separating the materials, includes a first platform, a second platform, a tension-sensor, an edge-sensor, and a controller. The controller monitors signals generated by the tension sensor and the edge sensor, and in response to the signals: a) causes the speed at which the second platform rotates to change to maintain a predetermined tension in the second material as the second material travels from the first platform toward the second platform, and b) causes the second platform to move relative to the first platform to align the edge of the second material traveling toward the roll of second material with the edge of the second material in the roll.

A roll-to-roll continuous coater for CCM preparation, and a coiled material connection method are provided. The coater has a coiled material connection mechanism that includes an upper rack (2) and a lower rack (3). A vacuum suction plate I (2-3) provided with a driving device for achieving displacement and a vacuum suction plate II (3-1) provided with a solid glue spraying device (3-3) are respectively disposed on the bottom of the upper rack (2) and the top of the lower rack (3). An optical fiber sensor I (2-4) and an optical fiber sensor II (3-2) are respectively disposed in the vacuum suction plate I (2-3) and the vacuum suction plate II (3-1). A tension detection device (4) is disposed between the lower rack (3) and a driving roller assembly (1).

The measured winding diameter values Ds1(d) corresponding to the conveying distance d are measured by measuring the diameter of the printing medium M wound on the unwinding roll 71 by the diameter sensor 77. The measured winding diameter values Ds1(d) are smoothed by the low-pass filter to extract the smoothed winding diameter values Ds_avg1(d). By calculating the value of the diameter based on the initial diameter value Do1, the thickness value Tm and the conveying distance of the printing medium M, the calculated winding diameter values Dc1(d) are calculated. An operation of calculating the difference Ddiff1(d) between the calculated winding diameter value Dc1(d) and the smoothed winding diameter value Ds_avg1(d) while compensating for the delay by the low-pass filter is performed whereby the differences Ddiff1(d) are calculated. The calculated winding diameter value Dc1(d) are corrected by the differences Ddiff1(d).