Patent · US Expired

Control of tubular film size

US4377540A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 1981
Grant dateMar 22, 1983
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C2948/92923
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An internally cooled blown film system, for producing a plastic tube, in which the flow rate of the continuous flow of cooling air through the tube is made directly dependent upon deviation of the tube circumference as determined by transmission and detection of ultrasonic waves from the surface of the tube.

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