Appeal No. 95-1402
Application No. 07/936,507
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a quality control apparatus and method for a paper mill.
The invention utilizes the existing computers and data processing systems which operate
with existing pulp or paper processing equipment. The invention further utilizes existing
computers in laboratories of the paper mill. The laboratory data and operational data are
collected. The operational data are reformatted to a single/ common format. The system
routes the reformatted data to selected locations in the paper mill for use as needed by
technicians and operators of the mill. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 1 reproduced below.
1. A quality control apparatus for a paper mill having on-line apparatus
for making pulp and paper, data collectors for collecting operational data
from the on-line apparatus and at least one off-line laboratory for evaluating
samples taken from the on-line apparatus, said quality control apparatus
comprising:
at least one lab entry station communicating with the off-line laboratory
for receiving data therefrom;
at least one gateway entry station communicating with the data
collectors for receiving the collected operational data from the on-line
apparatus and reformatting the collected operational data into a single
format;
a global data base manager communicating with each said lab entry
station and each said gateway entry station for receiving data therefrom,
identifying the received data and assigning at least one address to each
item of the received data;
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