IP Library Granted Patent US 12,083,731
Granted Patent B2
US 12,083,731 · App. 17/287,273 · Granted Sep 10, 2024

Method for controlling a nozzle slot of a discharge nozzle for a film track of a flat film machine

Inventors: Torsten Schmitz (Lengerich, DE); Waldemar Colell (Lengerich, DE); Bernd-Alexander Groepper (Lengerich, DE)
Assignee: Windmöller & Hölscher KG
B29C48/92B29C48/08B29C48/10B29C48/31B29D7/01B29C2948/92647B29C2948/92704
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,083,731
App. No.
17/287,273
Granted
Sep 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for controlling a nozzle slot ( 112 ) of a discharge nozzle ( 110 ) for a film track (FB) of a flat film machine ( 100 ), comprising the following steps: acquiring an actual profile (IP) of the nozzle slot ( 112 ), detecting a thickness profile (DP) of the film track (FB), comparing the detected thickness profile (DP) of the film track (FB) with a preset profile (VP), determining a profile deviation (PA) as a result of the comparison, performing a controlling intervention to change the nozzle slot ( 112 ) based on the profile deviation (PA) and the actual profile (IP).

Claims (15)

1. A method for controlling a nozzle slot of a discharge nozzle for a film track of a flat film machine, comprising the following steps, performed repeatedly during production of the film track:

acquiring an actual profile of the nozzle slot,

detecting a thickness profile of the film track,

comparing the detected thickness profile of the film track with a preset profile,

determining a profile deviation as a result of the comparison, and

performing a controlling intervention to change the nozzle slot based on the profile deviation and the actual profile, wherein an effect of the controlling intervention is stored together with the actual profile as a result profile for use as an actual profile for a subsequent controlling intervention.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the actual profile is at least partially acquired by a simulation of the nozzle slot.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a stretching ratio of the film track downstream of the discharge nozzle is additionally taken into account for the controlling intervention.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the stretching ratio is taken into account with regard to at least a stretching speed or a stretching acceleration.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the actual profile of the nozzle slot is at least partially acquired as an adjusting profile by adjusting means of the discharge nozzle.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the actual profile of the nozzle slot is at least partially acquired as an average value.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the chronological development of the actual profile is at least partially stored.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the controlling intervention additionally takes into account at least one product parameter of the film track.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a normalization step is carried out.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a normalization step is carried out as a normalizing controlling intervention.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2021
From: SCHMITZ, TORSTEN; COLELL, WALDEMAR; GROEPPER, BERND-ALEXANDER
To: WINDMÖLLER & HÖLSCHER KG
Reel/Frame 056126/0658 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 127 673.7 · Nov 6, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210394419A1 · Dec 23, 2021