US 11,731,373 B2
Producing a profile strand
Daniel Gaede, Asendorf (DE); and Stefan Barth, Gardelegen/OT Mieste (DE)
Assigned to Eldisy GmbH, Gardelegen (DE)
Filed by Eldisy GmbH, Gardelegen (DE)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/377,997.
Claims priority of application No. 20 186 446 (EP), filed on Jul. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0040932 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/50 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 66/90 (2013.01) [B29C 65/50 (2013.01); B29C 65/7861 (2013.01); B29C 66/5241 (2013.01); B29L 2031/006 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for processing a profile strand, comprising:
feeding the profile strand to an intermediate storage during a first process section;
removing the profile strand from the intermediate storage during a second process section that is downstream of the first process section; and
then feeding the profile strand to a supply storage;
wherein the second process section includes cutting one or more defects out of the profile strand, and then one or both of (a) rejoining ends of the profile strand created by cutting out the one or more defects to form one or more joints, or (b) applying an adhesive strip to the profile strand over ends of the profile strand created by cutting out the one or more defects to form the one or more joints, and
wherein a temperature of the profile strand when the profile strand is removed from the intermediate storage at the beginning of the second process section is at least 50% lower than a temperature of the profile strand at which the profile strand is fed to the intermediate storage at the end of the first process section.