	US 12,153,410 B2
	Method for applying an optimized processing treatment to items in an industrial treatment line and associated system
Peter Kuhm, Hilden (DE); Frank Krude, Duesseldorf (DE); Christian Rosenkranz, Duesseldorf (DE); Christian Stromberg, Duesseldorf (DE); and Christoph Waloch, Langenfeld (DE)
Assigned to HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA, Duesseldorf, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/636,789
Filed by Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/073429 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 18, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/037693, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19193412 (EP), filed on Aug. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0276644 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01)

CPC G05B 19/41875 (2013.01) [G05B 2219/32015 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

1. A method for applying an optimized processing treatment to items in an industrial treatment line, the industrial treatment line comprising at least one processing module applying a processing treatment to the items, the processing treatment being at least in part parameterized by a current setting of at least one working parameter of the at least one processing module, the method comprising:

(a) defining, for a set of value ranges of at least one parameter representative of an external property of items in the industrial treatment line, associated settings for a value of the at least one working parameter, each value range being associated with an associated setting and wherein each associated setting corresponds to a setting compatible with an achievement of a target quality of the processing treatment;

(b) measuring, on an item in the industrial treatment line, a value of the at least one parameter representative of the external property of the item using at least one first sensor;

(c) measuring a value of a parameter representative of a condition inside the at least one processing module using at least one second sensor;

(d) identifying, using a data processing device, a value range, among the set of value ranges of the at least one parameter representative of an external property of items in the industrial treatment line, comprising the measured value supplied by the at least one first sensor and the measured value supplied by the at least one second sensor, and comparing an associated setting for the value of the at least one working parameter with the current setting of the at least one working parameter; and

(e) upon detecting a difference between the associated setting and the current setting, changing the current setting to the associated setting,

wherein each associated setting further corresponds to a setting for which a lowest achievable consumption of resources and/or energy at the at least one processing module is achieved.