Process Control With Closed Loops

In recent years, such measurement systems as Plunger Process Control (PPC) and Temperature Control System (TCS) have provided a valuable insight to the glass container production process. Via these systems, important process variables like temperatures on the blank side and the trajectories of plunger strokes can be monitored precisely. This is especially useful, and for NNPB, almost inevitable, to set up production properly and to conduct meaningful troubleshooting. This article describes recent advances at Bucher Emhart Glass in the field of process control and closed loops for the glass container production process.