Transporting a film tube, blown film line and method for producing a film

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12370732-B2
Application number	US-202017599591-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2020
Priority date	Mar 29, 2019
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

The invention relates to a system ( 10 ) for transporting a film tube ( 2 ) in a blown film line ( 1 ) along a transport direction, having a guiding unit ( 51 ) for guiding the film tube ( 2 ), a bottleneck ( 13.1 ) at which a width ( 2.3 ) of the film tube ( 2 ) can be reduced, a severing apparatus ( 20 ) having at least one severing element ( 21 ) for severing the film tube ( 2 ), wherein the guiding unit ( 51 ) is arranged downstream of the bottleneck ( 13.1 ) in the transport direction of the film tube ( 2 ). The invention furthermore relates to a blown film line ( 1 ) and to a method ( 100 ) for producing a film.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for transporting a film of a blown film line along a transport direction, comprising
a processing unit with a guide unit for guiding a film tube and a constriction point at which a width of the film tube is reduced, and
a cutting device with at least one cutting element,
wherein said cutting device has an actuation means for moving the at least one cutting element in the direction of the film tube and
wherein said cutting device has:
at least several cutting elements arranged in series, or
a transverse drive for moving the at least one cutting element transversely to the transport direction of the film tube,
wherein the guide unit is arranged downstream of the constriction point in the transport direction of the film tube,
wherein the cutting device is configured in such a way that only a first tube side of a tube section of the film tube is cut by the at least one cutting element, so that air accumulated at the processing unit is released through the tube section.

2. The system according to claim 1 ,
wherein
a flattening device is provided for flattening the film tube to form two film layers which at least partially lie one on top of the other, the constriction point being formed by the flattening device.

3. The system according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the at least one cutting element is set at an oblique angle with respect to the transport direction of the film tube.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the actuation means has a drive for moving the at least one cutting element in the direction of the film tube or wherein the cutting device has a tube guide, through which the film tube is moved in regions towards the at least one cutting element.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein at least the cutting device has a housing, it being possible for the cutting device to be brought into an activation state, in which the at least one cutting element protrudes at least partially from the housing, and into a deactivation state, in which the at least one cutting element is arranged within the housing or
wherein
the housing has a displacement unit through which the housing is moved between a release position for producing the activation state and a closure position for producing the deactivation state.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the cutting device is arranged in the transport direction of the film tube upstream of the guide unit, so that the film tube is cut through by the at least one cutting element before the film tube passes the guide unit.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the cutting device is arranged in the transport direction of the film tube upstream of the constriction point, so that the film tube is cut through by the at least one cutting element before the film tube passes the constriction point.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein at least the processing unit has a stretching unit or a stretching unit is provided between the constriction point and the guide unit, it being possible to influence a length extension of the film tube through the stretching unit.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one cutting element is configured to create an opening in the tube section of the film tube between the constriction point and the guide unit.

10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the guide unit has air channels to provide an air supply between the film tube and the guide unit.

11. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the cutting device has a detection unit for detecting the film tube.

12. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a movable sensor unit is provided for detecting a film parameter of the film tube, and the cutting device is coupled to the sensor unit so that when the sensor unit approaches the film tube, the film tube is cut by the at least one cutting element.

13. A blown film line for the production of a film with a blow head from which a film tube is extruded, and a system, for transporting the film tube along a transport direction, comprising:
a processing unit with a guide unit for guiding the film tube and a constriction point at which a width of the film tube is reduced, and
a cutting device with at least one cutting element for cutting the film tube,
wherein the guide unit is arranged downstream of the constriction point in the transport direction of the film tube,
wherein the cutting device is configured in such a way that only a first tube side of a tube section of the film tube is cut by the at least one cutting element, so that air accumulated at the processing unit is released through the tube section of the film tube; wherein said cutting device has an actuation means for moving the at least one cutting element in the direction of the film tube;
wherein said cutting device has at least several cutting elements arranged in series or a transverse drive for moving the at least one cutting element transversely to the transport direction of the film tube.

Assignees

• Windmoeller & Hoelscher

Inventors

• Althermeler Jens

Classifications

• B29C2793/0054

  partially cutting through the material · CPC title

• B29C2793/0036

  Slitting · CPC title

• B29C2793/0063

  Cutting longitudinally · CPC title

• B29L2023/001

  Tubular films, sleeves · CPC title

• B26D1/025

  for thin material, e.g. for sheets, strips or the like · CPC title