System and method for determining parameters for foam production

US12311331B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Evonik Operations GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rüdiger Landers · Essen, DE
• Philipp Tomuschat · Essen, DE
• Jörn Kiwitt · Essen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 29, 2023
• Grant date: May 27, 2025
• Expiry date: Mar 29, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08J2375/04
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method determines machine parameters of a foam production machine is provided. The foam production machine includes a mixing head configured to mix precursor reagents for forming a reactive mixture, a plurality of inclined fall plates, where a first inclined fall plate is configured to receive the reactive mixture, and where each inclined fall plate has vertically adjustable ends, and a conveyor configured to receive the reactive mixture from a last inclined fall plate, the conveyor having an adjustable conveyor speed. The method includes executing software by a computer system, including accessing a database for reading a rise profile for the reactive mixture of the precursor reagents and computing, based on the rise profile, vertical positions for the ends of each inclined fall plate and the conveyor speed resulting in a predefined predicted profile of the reactive mixture on the plurality of inclined fall plates.