Decision support system for resource-saving control of extruders at multi-assortment productions of polymeric films

Abstract

Abstract A decision support system (DSS) is described, which helps operators to solve the problem of resource-saving control of extruders of various types used in the production of multi-assortment packaging polymer films (PF). It includes an industrial data mining subsystem for predicting the state of extruders and film quality, a subsystem for evaluating the performance of extruders, an information subsystem, and a data visualization subsystem for building trends of controlled and calculated parameters, interfaces for the extruder operator, administrator and knowledge engineer. The results of testing according to the data of extruders produced by PF at factories in Russia and Germany confirmed the efficiency of the DSS. The use of DSS allows you to save the resource of extrusion equipment, increase the time periods between its stops, and reduce the repair time.