Adjusting device and method for controlling an exit thickness of a nozzle exit gap of a flat film machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11964418-B2
Application number	US-201917291628-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2019
Priority date	Nov 6, 2018
Publication date	Apr 23, 2024
Grant date	Apr 23, 2024

Abstract

The invention relates to an adjusting device ( 10 ) for controlling a discharge thickness (AD) of a nozzle discharge slot ( 110 ) of a flat film machine ( 100 ), comprising a plurality of adjusting bolts ( 20 ) for carrying out an adjusting movement for changing the discharge thickness (AD), wherein the adjusting bolts ( 20 ) comprise an adjusting region (SB) between a closing end position (SE) and an opening end position (OE), wherein further starting from the opening end position (OE), the adjusting region (SB) comprises a basic stroke path (BH) for a basic adjustment of the discharge thickness (AD) and, starting from the closing end position (SE), comprises a process stroke path (PH) for process controlling of the discharge thickness (AD).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a nozzle discharge slot of a flat film machine with an adjusting device for controlling a discharge thickness of a nozzle discharge slot of a flat film machine, comprising a plurality of adjusting bolts for carrying out an adjusting movement for changing the discharge thickness, wherein the adjusting bolts comprise an adjusting region between a closing end position and an opening end position, wherein further starting from the opening end position, the adjusting region comprises a basic stroke path for a basic adjustment of the discharge thickness and, starting from the closing end position, comprises a process stroke path for process controlling of the discharge thickness, comprising the following steps:
adjusting a starting control value for the discharge thickness on a plurality of adjusting bolts by movement along the basic stroke path;
controlling the discharge thickness based on a preset value by moving the plurality of adjusting bolts along the process stroke path;
wherein the adjusting device performs both the adjusting and the controlling using the same adjusting bolt from the plurality of adjusting bolts at a respective local position.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the adjusting movement of the discharge thickness along the basic stroke path, the end position of this adjusting movement is stored as the starting position for the subsequent controlling movements of the adjusting bolts.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting movement and the controlling movement are at least partially performed in parallel in time.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting movement takes place without clearance or at most with 0.1 millimeter clearance.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least the adjusting movement or the controlling movement takes place at least in sections locally with a selection of adjacent adjusting bolts.

Assignees

• Windmoeller & Hoelscher

Inventors

• Colell Waldemar
• Groepper Bernd-Alexander
• Schmitz Torsten

Classifications

• B05C5/0262

  adjustable in width, i.e. having lips movable relative to each other in order to modify the slot width, e.g. to close it · CPC title

• B29C2948/92628

  Width or height · CPC title

• B29C48/313 Primary

  by positioning the die lips · CPC title

• B29C48/08 Primary

  flexible, e.g. films · CPC title

• B29C48/92

  Measuring, controlling or regulating · CPC title