Profile control of plastic sheet in an industrial polymer processing process

A control system was developed using a two‐degree of freedom control structure with four input variables in the feedforward, and two inputs, the screw rotation speed and the gap of the forming roller, in the feedback loop. The feedforward signals were predetermined from first principles and the oper...

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Published in:Polymer engineering and science 1998-10, Vol.38 (10), p.1740-1750
Main Authors: Liang, Yue, Kurihara, Kazurou, Saito, Kunio, Murakami, Hiroyasu, Kumagai, Kunio, Ohshima, Masahiro, Tanigaki, Masataka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Automatisation
Control systems
Exact sciences and technology
Machinery and processing
Manufacturing processes
Methods
Plastic films
Plastics
Polyester films
Polymer industry, paints, wood
Process control
Quality management
Technology of polymers
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Summary:A control system was developed using a two‐degree of freedom control structure with four input variables in the feedforward, and two inputs, the screw rotation speed and the gap of the forming roller, in the feedback loop. The feedforward signals were predetermined from first principles and the operators' heuristic rules for each changeover operation and prepared in a database. At the end of each changeover operation, the values in the database were rewritten by evaluating control performance. The magnitude of the true dead time changed as the production rate was changed. The rate of sampling and control action in the feedback control was adapted in each changeover operation so that the changing time delay was always expressed by a one‐sampling‐step time delay in the discrete models and dealt with by the controller robustness against parameter uncertainty. The developed control system was applied to an actual industrial plastic sheet production line and allowed one to easily perform the changeover operation and reduce material consumption.
ISSN:0032-3888
1548-2634
DOI:10.1002/pen.10344