Resin pelletizer device and cavitation monitoring method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10160153-B2
Application number	US-201715450262-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2017
Priority date	Mar 14, 2016
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a resin pelletizer device capable of monitoring cavitation. A resin pelletizer device (100) includes a die (6) including a die surface (61) in which die holes (63) are formed, rotary blades (21) that rotate on the die surface (61) in the water, thereby cutting resin extruded from the die holes (63) in the water into a pellet form, a sensor (150) that detects an elastic wave generated during the rotation of the rotary blades (21) on the die surface (61), and a determination unit (121) that monitors an output value of the sensor (150), and determines that cavitation occurs when the output value of the sensor (150) becomes less than a predetermined threshold.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A resin pelletizer device comprising:
a die that includes a die surface in which a die hole is formed;
a rotary blade that rotates on the die surface in the water, thereby cutting resin extruded from the die hole in the water into a pellet form;
a sensor that detects an elastic wave generated during the rotation of the rotary blade on the die surface; and
a determination unit that monitors an output value of the sensor, and determines that cavitation occurs when the output value of the sensor becomes less than a predetermined threshold.

2. The resin pelletizer device according to claim 1 , further comprising a report unit that reports the occurrence of the cavitation when the determination unit determines that the cavitation occurs.

3. The resin pelletizer device according to claim 1 , further comprising a stop control unit that stops an operation of the resin pelletizer device when the determination unit determines that the cavitation occurs.

4. The resin pelletizer device according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit sets a first threshold and a second threshold less than the first threshold as the thresholds, and compares the thresholds with the output value of the sensor, the resin pelletizer device further comprising:
a report unit that reports the occurrence of the cavitation when the determination unit determines that the output value of the sensor is less than the first threshold, and equal to or more than the second threshold; and
a stop control unit that stops the operation of the resin pelletizer device when the determination unit determines that the output value of the sensor is less than the second threshold.

5. The resin pelletizer device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage unit that stores an upper limit value of the rotation number of the rotary blade at which the cavitation does not occur; and
a rotation control unit that controls the rotation number of the rotary blade to a value which is not more than the upper limit value.

6. A method of monitoring cavitation to occur to a resin pelletizer device includes a die including a die surface in which a die hole is formed, and a rotary blade that rotates on a die surface in the water, thereby cutting resin extruded from the die hole in the water into a pellet form, the cavitation monitoring method comprising:
detecting an elastic wave generated during the rotation of the rotary blade on the die surface; and
monitoring an amplitude of the elastic wave detected in the first step, and determining that cavitation occurs when the amplitude of the elastic wave becomes less than a predetermined threshold.

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd
• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• Tabuse Ryo
• Takahashi Eiji
• Manabe Chitaka
• Araki Kaname
• Iwasaki Shin
• Miyamoto Tatsuru

Classifications

• B29C48/345

  Extrusion nozzles comprising two or more adjacently arranged ports, for simultaneously extruding multiple strands, e.g. for pelletising · CPC title

• G01N29/48

  by amplitude comparison · CPC title

• B29C48/92 Primary

  Measuring, controlling or regulating · CPC title

• B29C48/0022

  combined with cutting · CPC title

• B29B9/06 Primary

  in the form of filamentary material, e.g. combined with extrusion · CPC title