Granted Patent B2

US 12,269,636 · App. 17/920,072 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Inventors: Martin Thoma (Stuttgart, DE); Bastian Standfest (Stuttgart, DE); Michael Klinger (Stuttgart, DE)

Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

B65B55/16A61L2/08A61L2/26B65B55/04B65B57/02A61L2202/11A61L2202/23B65B55/103B65B55/106

Abstract

Claims (30)

1. A method for generating a liquid film of a liquid medium in a film bag, the method comprising:

providing a device including:

two accumulating surfaces spaced apart by an accumulating distance, between which the film bag is arrangeable for transportation along a transport direction;

a braking element arranged downstream of the accumulating surfaces in the transport direction, which braking element is arranged to brake the film bag;

a running surface convexly curved in the transport direction and set up and arranged such that the film bag braked by the braking element is spanned on the running surface behind the braking element, wherein at least a first accumulating surface of the two accumulating surfaces is formed at least in regions by a driven first conveyor belt which is arranged to convey the film bag in the transport direction;

a controllable tensioning element downstream of the braking element in the transport direction, the controllable tensioning element arranged to span the film bag on the running surface between the braking element and the tensioning element; and

a control device operatively connected to the tensioning element and to one of the first conveyor belt and a belt drive for the first conveyor belt to control a running speed of the first conveyor belt, the one of the first conveyor belt and the belt drive for the first conveyor belt being controllable independently of the controllable tensioning element; and

transporting the film bag in the transport direction through the device and

producing a uniform liquid film having a temporally constant layer thickness by controlling at least one belt drive for the first conveyor belt and the tensioning element independently of one another.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a second accumulating surface of the two accumulating surfaces is formed at least in regions by a driven second conveyor belt.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first conveyor belt is arranged on a first accumulating plate so as to be displaceable relative to the first accumulating plate, wherein the second conveyor belt is arranged on a second accumulating plate so as to be displaceable relative to the second accumulating plate, wherein the film bag is arranged between the accumulating plates for transportation by the conveyor belts.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein

a) the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt are mechanically coupled to each other with respect to their running speed, or

b) the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt are each assigned an independently controllable belt drive.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein running speeds for the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt are adjustable.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the accumulating surfaces is displaceable relative to the other accumulating surface in such a way that the accumulating distance is adjustable, wherein the accumulating distance is adjustable

constant along the transport direction, and/or

tapering along the transport direction.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the braking element is configured as a brake roller which is

speed-coupled with the first conveyor belt,

driven independently of the first conveyor belt, or

actively or passively braked.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the tensioning element is configured as a tensioning roller, wherein the control device controls the tensioning element as a function of a specific, parameterizable layer thickness of the liquid film to be produced

torque-controlled, or

speed-controlled.

9. The method according to claim 1 , with

a temperature control device arranged to temper the running surface, and/or with

a cooling device arranged to cool the tensioning element.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising a measuring device for determining a layer thickness of the liquid film to be produced, wherein the measuring device is set up to determine the layer thickness by pressure measurement, optically, electrically or electronically, and/or by detecting a flow rate of the liquid medium in the film bag.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device is part of an assembly for controlled exposure of the liquid medium in the film bag to physical radiation, and the assembly including a radiation source of physical radiation, the method further comprising irradiating the film bag in a region of the running surface.

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