Method for monitoring a film quality and film machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11141904-B2
Application number	US-201716340678-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2017
Priority date	Oct 11, 2016
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for monitoring a film quality in the production of a plastic film, comprising the following steps: —determining a first temperature (10) of a film material (1) of the plastic film during a transport of the film material (1), in which the film material (1) is cooled along a conveying direction (2) of the film material (1). The invention further relates to a film machine (50) comprising a device for monitoring a film quality in the production of a plastic film.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for monitoring a film quality in the production of a plastic film, the method comprising:
determining a first temperature of a film material of the plastic film at a first determination position during a transport of the film material at which the film material cools along a conveying direction of the film material, wherein the determining of the first temperature occurs on a transport device;
providing a first temperature-dependent definition of a quality condition of a film quality pertaining to the first determination position;
determining a second temperature at a second determination position, wherein the first and second determination positions are arranged in an axial direction or in the circumferential direction of the transport device;
providing a second temperature-dependent definition of the quality condition of the film quality pertaining to the second determination position; and
evaluating the quality condition of the film quality by evaluating the first temperature determined at the first determination position based on the first temperature-dependent definition and the second temperature determined at the second determination position based on the second temperature-dependent definition.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature-dependent definition of the quality condition of the film quality has a temperature interval, the evaluation of the first temperature comprising a comparison of the temperature interval and the first temperature.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of (i) the quality condition of the film quality or (ii) at least one of the first or second temperature-dependent definitions of the quality condition of the film quality takes into account at least one property of the film material or of the plastic film which is relevant for further processing of the film material.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first temperature-dependent definition of the quality condition of the film quality comprises at least one determination of the property relevant for the further processing of the film material of the plastic film as a function of the first temperature.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the property relevant for further processing of the film material of the plastic film comprises a mechanical property.

6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the property relevant for the further processing of the film material of the plastic film comprises at least an optical property of the film material or of the plastic film.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first temperature is determined at least in sections in the axial direction transverse to the conveying direction of the film material of the plastic film on the transport device.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first temperature is determined without contact.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determination of the first temperature is carried out in at least one first determination position.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first determination position is changed during or after the determination of the first temperature at least in the axial direction or in the circumferential direction of the transport device.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an indication for changing a process parameter is given to a user on the basis of the evaluation of the first temperature.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least a process parameter for producing the plastic film for adapting the film quality is controlled or regulated on the basis of the evaluation of the first temperature.

13. The method according to claim 3 , wherein at least the property relevant for further processing of the film material or the first temperature or the temperature-dependent definition is displayed via a display unit.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before an actual production process of the plastic film is started, an adjustment process is carried out until the evaluation of the first temperature of the film material satisfies the quality condition of the film quality.

15. The method according to claim 4 , wherein in that a calibration process is performed after the adjustment process, the temperature-dependent definition of the quality condition of the film quality being determined or redetermined.

16. A film machine with a device for monitoring a film quality during the production of a plastic film, the film machine comprising:
an outlet means configured to deliver film material of the plastic film to a transport device so that at least the film material cools in before or on the transport device; and
a sensor unit for detecting a first temperature of the film material in front of or at the transport device and a control unit for providing a temperature-dependent definition of a quality condition of the film quality and for evaluating the first temperature of the film material on the basis of the temperature-dependent definition of the quality condition, wherein the control unit is adapted to perform a method for monitoring a film quality in the production of a plastic film, comprising:
determining a first temperature of a film material of the plastic film at a first determination position during a transport of the film material at which the film material cools along a conveying direction of the film material, wherein the determining of the first temperature occurs on a transport device,
providing a first temperature-dependent definition of a quality condition of a film quality pertaining to the first determination position,
determining a second temperature at a second determination position, wherein the first and second determination positions are arranged in an axial direction or in the circumferential direction of the transport device,
providing a second temperature-dependent definition of the quality condition of the film quality pertaining to the second determination position, and
evaluating the quality condition of the film quality by evaluating the first temperature determined at the first determination position based on the first temperature-dependent definition and the second temperature determined at the second determination position based on the second temperature-dependent definition.

Assignees

• Windmoeller & Hoelscher

Inventors

• Schmitz Torsten
• Faustmann Daniel
• Groepper Bernd-Alexander

Classifications

• B29C48/92 Primary

  Measuring, controlling or regulating · CPC title

• B29C48/914

  Cooling drums · CPC title

• B29C2948/92209

  Temperature · CPC title

• B29C2948/92942

  Moulded article · CPC title

• B29C2948/92761

  Mechanical properties · CPC title