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US 2006/0100737 A1Published application
Method for controlling and monitoring the production of thermoplastic extrusion profiles, particularly in an in-line production process comprising a printing step
AssigneeRehau AG & Co.
InventorUwe Pohlmann
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for controlling and monitoring the production of thermoplastic extrusion profiles, particularly in an in-line production process comprising a printing step, using an optical neuro-fuzzy-structured computer-designed image data-bank. The in-line production process is controlled and regulated from a central control desk in connection with an inspection device.
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A method for controlling and monitoring the production of thermoplastic extrusion profiles, particularly in an in-line production process with print step, characterized by the following features:
- (a) The use of an optical neuro-fuzzy structured computer/design image data bank (12) for a visual representation of a thermoplastic extrusion profile design/pattern, wherein
- (b) the client transmits a model for a pattern/design image of an extrusion profile to be produced in electronic form, meaning via the Internet, e-mail, or a client-specific network (13a-c) and using a TIFF and/or JPEG file and/or a different data format, to the optical neuro-fuzzy structured computer/design image data bank (12), and wherein the image models are stored electronically and optically in the optical neuro-fuzzy structured computer/design image data bank (12) and are linked to
- (c) an order for producing a design and/or pattern image of a thermoplastic extrusion profile and
- (d) in the optical neuro-fuzzy structured computer/design image data bank (12), the production parameters for the basic materials supplied by the material supply facility (1), the extrusion parameters, including the cooling parameters for the extrusion device with cooling section (2), the pretreatment parameters for the material pretreatment device (3, 3a-c), the optical design and pattern image data and the printing parameters for the printing device (4), using the serial background printing technique (4a) and/or the piezo printing technique (4b), the coating parameters for the coating device (5), the optical inspection parameters for the optical inspection device (6), and the assembly and packaging parameters for the assembly and packaging device (7) are electronically and optically determined, and
- (e) a serial background printing technique (4a) and/or a piezo printing technique (4b) is then selected for the printing device (4) with the aid of the printing and image/design parameters stored in the optical neuro-fuzzy structured computer/design image data bank (12), and
- (f) the client is sent an electronic confirmation via the Internet, e-mail or a client-specific network (13a-c) from the optical neuro-fuzzy structured computer/design image data bank (12) of the product and design parameters for producing a thermoplastic extrusion profile.
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