Experimental modeling of a web-winding machine: LPV approaches

This chapter presents the identification of a web-winding system as a linear parameter varying (LPV) system with the reel radius as the time-varying parameter. This system is nonlinear, time-varying and input–output unstable. Two identification methods are considered: in the first one, an LPV model is estimated in a single step using a novel approach based on sparse identification and set membership optimality evaluation. In the second one, several local linear time-invariant (LTI) models are identified using classical identification algorithms, and the overall LPV model is constructed as a weighted sum of the local models. The two methods are applied to experimental data measured on a real web-winding machine.