Provided are systems and methods for inducing strain fields to give rise to controllable wrinkle patterns in a variety of substrates. Also provided are articles having persistent wrinkling patterns thereon.

The invention relates to a product marking in connection with a narrow roll. The narrow rolls are provided with a product marking in a first information adding step, the product marking comprising at least general information. In a second information adding step, the product marking in at least some of the narrow rolls is provided with customer information. After the second information adding step all the narrow rolls have a product marking comprising the customer information.

A rotary storage device includes a body and a transfer material. The transfer material includes a first end coupled to the body, a second end opposite the first end, and a transfer material length between the first end and the second end. The transfer material length is wound around the body for an entirety of the transfer material length. The rotary storage device also includes a plurality of manufactured items disposed in a singulated manner along the transfer material length. Each of the plurality of manufactured items is removable from the transfer material.

A method for processing a sheet at a predetermined position on the sheet in a processing part, includes: placing a plurality of the sheets in a placement part; reading, by a first reader disposed in the placement part, information printed in a predetermined area on the sheet spaced apart from a trailing edge of the sheet by at least a first length, the first length being the length in a plan view from a disposed position of a detector to a disposed position of a contact member with which leading edges of the sheets placed in the placement part come into contact, the detector detecting the sheet on a conveyance path for the sheet extending from the placement part to the processing part; and processing the sheet based on the information read by the first reader.

A rotary storage device includes a body and a transfer material. The transfer material includes a first end coupled to the body, a second end opposite the first end, and a transfer material length between the first end and the second end. The transfer material length is wound around the body for an entirety of the transfer material length. The rotary storage device also includes a plurality of manufactured items disposed in a singulated manner along the transfer material length. Each of the plurality of manufactured items is removable from the transfer material.

A rotary storage device includes a body and a transfer material. The transfer material includes a first end coupled to the body, a second end opposite the first end, and a transfer material length between the first end and the second end. The transfer material length is wound around the body for an entirety of the transfer material length. The rotary storage device also includes a plurality of manufactured items disposed in a singulated manner along the transfer material length. Each of the plurality of manufactured items is removable from the transfer material.