Method for switching the production of a flat film machine from a feed product to a follow-on product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12036718-B2
Application number	US-201917287266-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2019
Priority date	Nov 6, 2018
Publication date	Jul 16, 2024
Grant date	Jul 16, 2024

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for switching the production of a flat film machine (100) from a feed product (EP) to a follow-on product (FP), comprising the following steps:recognizing a switching request for a switch from the feed product (EP) to the follow-on product (FP),determining a current feed control value (ES) of at least one control variable (SG) of the flat film machine (100) for the feed product (EP),determining a follow-on control value (FS) of the same at least one control variable (SG) for the follow-on product (FP),generating a control signal (SS) for a defined variation of the at least one control variable (SG) of the flat film machine (100) from the feed control value (ES) to the follow-on control value (FS).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for switching the production of a flat film machine from a feed product to a follow-on product, comprising:
recognizing a switching request for a switch from the feed product to the follow-on product,
determining current feed control values of at least two control variables of the flat film machine for the feed product,
determining follow-on control values of the same at least two control variables for the follow-on product,
generating control signals for a defined variation of the at least two control variables of the flat film machine from the feed control values to the follow-on control values,
wherein according to the control signals the feed control values are varied into the follow-on control values simultaneously,
wherein according to the control signals a correlation of the at least two control variables to one another, comprising a prioritization of the at least two control values to one another, is performed, and
wherein according to the control signals the switching the production of a flat film machine is performed automated or semi-automated.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the feed product differs from the follow-on product by at least one of the following product parameters:
width of a film track,
thickness of a film track,
temperature of a film track,
composition of a film track,
layer distribution of a film track,
quality parameters of the film track,
production stability of the film track,
film thickness ratio of the film track,
temperature profile of the film track,
width difference of the film track,
control profile of adjusting bolts of the outlet nozzle,
machine parameters of the flat film machine,
discharge width of the outlet nozzle, and
thickness profile of the film track.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a stored flow behavior of the flat film machine is taken into account when generating the control signals.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a stored flow behavior of a nozzle device of the flat film machine is taken into account when generating the control signals.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one stored production parameter of the flat film machine from a production database is taken into account when generating the control signals.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one production parameter or a stored control signal from a changing database is taken into account when generating the control signals.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a melt flow distribution of the flat film machine is varied by the control signals.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control variables are formed by the working width of the flat film machine.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein a change in the position of at least one lateral sealing blade in a nozzle discharge slot of the flat film machine is generated as control signals from the feed control values to the follow-on control values.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one quality parameter of the follow-on product is selected as the control variables.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least a local or a global slot size of a nozzle discharge slot of the flat film machine is selected as the control variables.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an edge stability at least of the feed product or of the follow-on product is selected as the control variables.

13. A switching device for switching the production of a flat film machine from a feed product to a follow-on product, comprising a computer-implemented recognition module for recognizing a switching request for a switch from the feed product to the follow-on product, a detector for determining current feed control values of at least two control variables of the flat film machine for the feed product and for determining follow-on control values of the same at least two control variables for the follow-on product, and a computer-implemented generation module for generating control signals for a defined variation of the at least two control variables of the flat film machine from the feed control values to the follow-on control values,
wherein according to the control signals the feed control values are varied into the follow-on control values simultaneously,
wherein according to the control signals a correlation of the at least two control variables to one another, comprising a prioritization of the at least two control values to one another, is performed, and
wherein according to the control signals the switching the production of the flat film machine is performed automated or semi-automated.

Assignees

• Windmoeller & Hoelscher

Inventors

• Schmitz Torsten
• Colell Waldemar
• Groepper Bernd-Alexander

Classifications

• B29C48/31

  being} adjustable {, i.e. having adjustable exit sections · CPC title

• B29C48/08

  flexible, e.g. films · CPC title

• B29C48/2692 Primary

  Material change · CPC title

• G05B2219/33125

  System configuration, reconfiguration, customization, automatic · CPC title

• G05B19/41845

  characterised by system universality, reconfigurability, modularity · CPC title