Patents by Inventor Torsten SCHMITZ

Torsten SCHMITZ has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210213668
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically regulating the size of a nozzle discharge slot of a nozzle assembly, wherein the nozzle assembly comprises a first and a second nozzle lip and a nozzle discharge slot arranged between the nozzle lips for setting in a controlled manner a thickness profile of a conveyable melt. A plurality of adjusting elements, in particular a plurality of adjusting pins, which are coupled to a respective thermoelement, is arranged at the first nozzle lip, wherein the thermoelements are controllable by the regulation in such a way that the slot adjustment can be realized by the action of a mechanical force from the respective adjusting element on the first nozzle lip as a result of an expansion or contraction of the thermoelements. At least one clamping blade is respectively arranged in a right-hand and left-hand edge region of the nozzle assembly, wherein the width of the nozzle discharge slot can be variably set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Torsten Schmitz, Waldemar Colell, Bernd-Alexander Groepper, Daniel Faustmann
  • Publication number: 20210213666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically regulating the size of a nozzle discharge slot of a nozzle assembly, wherein the nozzle assembly comprises a first and a second nozzle lip and a nozzle discharge slot arranged between the nozzle lips for setting in a controlled manner a thickness profile of a conveyable melt. A plurality of adjusting elements, in particular a plurality of adjusting pins, which are coupled to a respective thermoelement, is arranged at the first nozzle lip, wherein the thermoelements are controllable by the regulation in such a way that the slot adjustment can be realized by the action of a mechanical force from the respective adjusting element on the first nozzle lip as a result of an expansion or contraction of the thermoelements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Waldemar Colell, Bernd-Alexander Groepper, Torsten Schmitz, Daniel Faustmann
  • Patent number: 10800087
    Abstract: A film-making machine that produces stretch film includes an outlet device with an outlet gap for outlet of free-flowing film material and a rotatably mounted casting roll that receives the released free-flowing film material on a surface of the casting roll, and a cleaning device with a rotatably mounted cleaning roll that contacts the film material lying on the surface of the casting roll, wherein the cleaning device has an adjusting mechanism with a circumferential adjustment that adjusts a cleaning position of the cleaning roll along a circumferential direction of the casting roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Windmöller & Hölscher KG
    Inventors: Torsten Schmitz, Christian Schlenger, Daniel Stöveken, Waldemar Colell
  • Patent number: 10518460
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the indirect determination of a specific formulation with an extrusion process in an extrusion device (10) comprising the following steps: determination of measurement data of at least one processing parameter of the extrusion process of the extrusion device (10), comparing the determined measurement data with saved data saved in relation to the specific formulation of the same processing parameter, determination of the deviation of the measurement data from the saved data of the same processing parameters and comparing of the deviation with a predefined deviation threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Windmöller & Hölscher KG
    Inventor: Torsten Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20190232543
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring a film quality in the production of a plastic film, comprising the following steps: —determining a first temperature (10) of a film material (1) of the plastic film during a transport of the film material (1), in which the film material (1) is cooled along a conveying direction (2) of the film material (1). The invention further relates to a film machine (50) comprising a device for monitoring a film quality in the production of a plastic film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Windmöller & Hölscher KG
    Inventors: Torsten Schmitz, Daniel Faustmann, Bernd-Alexander Groepper
  • Publication number: 20190100381
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for at least one industrial automated process (110), in particular a weighing and/or packing and/or arranging and/or packing process, comprising: at least one sensor (30) for determining at least one process data value which is relevant to the entire process by detecting at least one partial process parameter of the device (10), which parameter is relevant to the entire process, a processing device (40), which is electrically connected to the sensor (30) for processing the process data value, an interface device (50) for data connection and for forwarding the process data value to at least one individual machine (2a, 2b, 2c) located upstream and/or downstream in the process (110), wherein the total process (110) can be evaluated with reference to the process data value by comparison with a pre-defined process instruction (130).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventor: Torsten Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20190054677
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) for evaluating at least one industrial process for the film production of a film and/or for the further processing using the film, comprising at least one production device (20) which is operated for the production of the film, and at least one further processing device (30) which is operated for further processing using the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventor: Torsten Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20190009439
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (10) for the generation of a negative pressure for stabilizing a melt strip (200) in the area of a transport device (120) of a film machine (100) particularly with a production process of a plastic film (230) comprising: at least one main chamber (20) for generating a first negative pressure in a first influence area (310) at least one auxiliary chamber (30) for generating a second negative pressure in a second influence area (320), wherein the first influence area (310) is assignable to at least one main area (210) of the melt strip (200) and the second influence area (320) is assignable to at least one edge area (220) of the melt strip (200) adjacent to the main area (210), and wherein the first negative pressure differs from the second negative pressure in order to effect a stabilization of the melt strip (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventor: Torsten Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20180354183
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the online monitoring of film quality during a production process for a plastic film, in particular a blown film or a continuously cast film, in which method the film material (1) is fed out of an outlet device (40) that is designed as a melt lug (4) by a transport device (10). The film material (1) cools on or in front of the transport device (10) and the film material (1) solidifies in front of or on the transport device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Torsten Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20170355122
    Abstract: A method of monitoring stretchability of stretch films in a cast film method includes determining a position of a frost line of a film material, which is solidifying to form a film web, on a casting roller of a film machine, ascertaining a correlation of the determined position of the frost line with at least one target position, and comparing the ascertained correlation to at least one stretchability of the film material, which is assigned to the at least one target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Torsten Schmitz, David Finnemore, Daniel Faustmann, Waldemar Colell, Bernd-Alexander Gröpper
  • Publication number: 20170326776
    Abstract: A film-making machine that produces stretch film includes an outlet device with an outlet gap for outlet of free-flowing film material and a rotatably mounted casting roll that receives the released free-flowing film material on a surface of the casting roll, and a cleaning device with a rotatably mounted cleaning roll that contacts the film material lying on the surface of the casting roll, wherein the cleaning device has an adjusting mechanism with a circumferential adjustment that adjusts a cleaning position of the cleaning roll along a circumferential direction of the casting roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Windmoller & Hölscher KG
    Inventors: Torsten Schmitz, Christian Schlenger, Daniel Stöveken, Waldemar Colell
  • Publication number: 20160272455
    Abstract: The invention relates to a winding device for winding a travelling web of material, said winding device comprising at least one blade for slitting the web of material in the web direction into several partial webs of material and comprising a folding device for folding over the edges of the partial webs of material In order to provide a winding device that allows a web of material to be wound with folded over edges in the simplest possible manner and without folds, an oscillating device is provided, with which the at least one blade can be moved transversely to the direction of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Windmoeller & Hoelscher KG
    Inventor: Torsten SCHMITZ
  • Publication number: 20160009014
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the indirect determination of a specific formulation with an extrusion process in an extrusion device (10) comprising the following steps: determination of measurement data of at least one processing parameter of the extrusion process of the extrusion device (10), comparing the determined measurement data with saved data saved in relation to the specific formulation of the same processing parameter, determination of the deviation of the measurement data from the saved data of the same processing parameters and comparing of the deviation with a predefined deviation threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Torsten SCHMITZ