The combination of film extrusion with the cast step is one of the most versatile and prevalent film manufacturing methods. Particularly for sophisticated multi-layer films, cast extrusion is the method of choice. Converting steps, such as stretching, coating, sputtering and laminating, are frequently part of the production line, which commonly runs 24/7 with product changes performed on the fly. At the end of the line, prior to the winder and the automatic rollcutting system, film inspection must continuously identify a variety of defects and feed this quality information back to each of the diverse production steps.

Dr. Schenk’s customized hardware and software solutions combine defect detection and classification with quality monitoring for mass production.

 
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