PACKING MATERIAL PRODUCT AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING, MONITORING AND CONTROLLING THE SAME

摘要

A monitoring system for monitoring one or more packaging material conversion machines (18) includes one or more sensors for monitoring one or more operating characteristics of the one or more conversion machines. The system also includes a controller (16) in communication with the one or more sensors. The controller evaluates the one or more operating characteristics of the one or more conversion machines to thereby provide diagnostic, inventory and machine usage information. In addition, a method of monitoring one or more packaging material conversion machines includes sensing an operating characteristic of the one or more conversion machines and evaluating the operating characteristic of the one or more conversion machines. The sensed operating characteristics may be evaluated either local to the conversion machines or at a remote site, thereby providing a substantial amount of flexibility.