Intelligent Inline Temperature Control of the Stretch Blow Moulding Process

拉伸吹塑成型工艺的智能在线温度控制

• 批准号: 133649
• 金额: $ 8.91万
• 依托单位: BLOW MOULDING TECHNOLOGIES LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=133649
• 关键词: Intelligent; Inline; Temperature; Control; Stretch

"Blow Moulding Technologies (BMT) is a micro SME who sell instrumentation and software to the Stretch Blow Moulding (SBM) industry, founded in 2011 as a spin-out from Queen's University Belfast,The world currently consumes 1 million plastic bottles per minute, therefore SBM process **demands high rates of production**. As the world advances towards half a trillion plastic bottle/annum by 2021, **productivity is hampered by large inefficiencies** frequently caused by **temperature variables** such as operator subjectivity, variation in material properties and environment changes, giving rise to material wastage, product defects and machine down-time. Furthermore, **increased public environmental concern** in the mass production and pollution of plastic bottles has instigated a **strong market opportunity for the use of recycled PET resins and bio-based polymers from waste bottles**.Our **vision** for this project is to develop ground-breaking technology to enable the intelligent control of temperature within the SBM process in the production of Plastic Bottles. Working alongside our partners, P&G, Sidel, Sacmi and Beverage Plastics, BMT's proposed solution involves the development of an **automated data-driven inline temperature management system** with advanced infrared sensor technology and control algorithms. Heated preforms will be ejected automatically at regular intervals prior to blowing to provide real-time internal and external temperature data. The temperature data will be communicated back to the SBM ovens through bespoke software to allow a more accurate control of the process temperature.Greater temperature control will lead to a **reduction in production trouble-shooting, reduction in machine down-time** and **greater productivity.** It will optimise bottle production leading to the consumption of **less raw material**, **generate less waste** and **decrease product defects** leading to **greater material use efficiency**. The system will permit a **greater optimisation of products**, in particular it will allow more accurate **production of recycled PET** within a narrower SBM process window. It will lead to **lighter more efficient preforms** which can still reach the **targeted performance standards** such as 'shelf-life' and 'top-load', with greater **ease of manufacture.** Savings on **production efficiencies** will also result in **lower running costs** and a **reduced carbon footprint**.This project represents **cutting edge innovation** through the creation of an inline system which does not require human touch. The ability to minimise all temperature related trouble-shooting within the SBM process through the use of intelligent algorithms communicating the exact measurements of the inner and outer profiles of the heated preforms is **a major step forward in the SBM industry.**"

“Blow Molding Technologies (BMT) 是一家向拉伸吹塑 (SBM) 行业销售仪器和软件的微型中小企业，成立于 2011 年，是贝尔法斯特女王大学的衍生产品，目前全球每分钟消耗 100 万个塑料瓶，因此，SBM 工艺**需要高生产率**，随着世界到 2021 年每年生产 5 万亿个塑料瓶，**生产力经常因效率低下而受到阻碍。由于操作员主观性、材料性能变化和环境变化等**温度变量**，导致材料浪费、产品缺陷和机器停机。此外，大规模生产和污染中**增加了公众对环境的关注**。塑料瓶的减少为使用废瓶中回收的 PET 树脂和生物基聚合物带来了巨大的市场机会**。我们对该项目的**愿景**是开发突破性技术以实现智能控制塑料瓶生产中 SBM 工艺中的温度。 BMT 与我们的合作伙伴宝洁 (P&G)、西得乐 (Sidel)、萨克米 (Sacmi) 和饮料塑料 (Beverage Plastics) 合作，提出的解决方案涉及开发**自动化数据驱动的内联温度管理系统**，采用先进的红外传感器技术和控制算法。加热的瓶坯将在吹塑前定期自动弹出，以提供实时的内部和外部温度数据。温度数据将通过定制软件传回 SBM 烤箱，以便更准确地控制过程温度。更好的温度控制将导致**减少生产故障排除、减少机器停机时间**和**更高的生产力。**它将优化瓶子生产，从而**减少原材料的消耗**，**产生更少的废物**并**减少产品缺陷**，从而**提高材料使用效率** 。该系统将允许**更好地优化产品**，特别是它将允许在更窄的 SBM 工艺窗口内更准确地**生产再生 PET**。它将带来**更轻、更高效的预成型件**，仍能达到**目标性能标准**，例如“保质期”和“最高负载”，并且**更易于制造。** **生产效率**还将导致**降低运行成本**和**减少碳足迹**。该项目通过创建不需要人为接触的内联系统代表了**尖端创新** 。通过使用智能算法传达加热预成型件内部和外部轮廓的精确测量结果，最大限度地减少 SBM 过程中所有与温度相关的故障排除的能力是 **SBM 行业向前迈出的一大步。**”