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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2018
Emhart Glass S.a., Steinhausen, CH;
Jonathan S. Simon, Pleasant Valley, CT (US);
EMHART GLASS S.A., Steinhausen, CH;
Abstract
Methods and systems for controlling vertical glass distribution are provided. A traversing pyrometer periodically measures a parison actual temperature after the parisons exit a blank mold. The thermal camera takes a thermal image of each glass container after the glass container exits the blow mold. A vertical glass signature extraction module extracts a vertical glass distribution signature. A parison temperature estimator determines a parison estimated temperature for each vertical glass distribution signature obtained based on the vertical glass distribution signature, a most recently measured parison actual temperature and a parison stretch time. A parison temperature summer compares the parison estimated temperature to a parison set point temperature to determine a parison temperature error. A parison temperature control controls a blank mold contact time based on the parison temperature error.