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IPM International Perforation Management, is a relative small high-tech engineering company with a team of specialized, highly skilled technicians and engineers who, with competent partners in China and Europe, develop, design, tailor made, manufacture nano micro electrostatic or laser perforation or material treatment systems or machines. As well intelligent inline vision scanning sensor porosity, permeability etc. control technology for global sales and potential customers as ready-to-use projects. Qualification, training and technology transfer for technical and operation personnel are an essential part of our services as well as an prosperous and long-term technology cooperation.

The founder of IPM, Mr. Werner Grosse, has been working since 1979 as application engineer, project, operation manager, technical director in the international field of applied electrostatic and laser perforation as well in optical online porosity control for the tobacco, fine paper, refinement and other industries. During his professional career and collaboration in numbered research assignments he initiated more than 46 inventions, among more than 34 patents, also outside of EU and in China as well. Thanks to patented technologies and production processes, new generations of refinement procedures, products properties, characteristics, application fields, production machines and optical online porosity vision control systems have been developed. It’s including world wide new optical dyne control process for fast moving plastic films and foils.

After he became a self-employer in 1992, the GmbH was established in 1993. This resulted in an expansion of the electrostatic perforation technology apart from the traditional cigarette and mouthpiece tipping paper sections into application fields such as filter, packaging, printing, bag, food and non-woven for the paper refinement and especially for the packaging industry in international markets. Since 1994 the GmbH belong to an international supplier group.

After many years of prosperous cooperation as shareholder and managing director, Mr. Grosse left the GmbH company at the end of 2001 in order to enhance innovations with his new engineering company to design new production machines and products which among other qualities have specific and unprecedented product characteristics in close cooperation with relatively large customers, especially in Asia and South America. Apart from these business ventures, he has joined national, international organizations whose aim is to enhance innovative, creative, patent conforming and educational targets and which international exchanging of technical, economical knowledge.

As a result of his membership in several organizations and due to his work in the field of electrostatic nano or laser micro, macro perforations, material treatment and optical online porosity, scanning and vision control technology, Mr. Werner Grosse has given many lectures and published a great number of technical papers, engineering reports etc. which are available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Thai and Mandarin. He received the Caiyun Award from the Chinese Yunnan government in 2004 and from other countries as well, for his expertise as foreign expert on electrostatic, laser perforation and optical online porosity scanner control and process systems and for the added value of the innovative production technology, achieved by its transfer of knowledge and the successful cooperation with a large industry and tobacco Group in China and their improved production.

China Government http://bfe.yxrs.gov.cn/article.asp?id=2005092011030968

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Mr. Werner Grosse working with IPM as technology expert in close cooperation with clients in the tobacco, cigarette supplier, paper, packaging, printing, security, material treatment, automotive, robotic handling and other high-tech industries. IPM has developed a large number of sophisticated, multi functional, optical online sensor systems, patent pending DE10251610, patent granded in China 200310104764, stationary, scanning control processes, devices and systems for fast moving webs, fabrics or other material sheets to detect very precise and reproduce their specified product properties during production. Here there introduction. OPSS-1 OPRL-1 vision control systems are equipped with multiple IR, NIR, VIS monolithic spectral colour sensors, precision line lasers, CCD imagine devices, DSP, ATMEL, INFINEON sensor internal controllers, own firmware, high speed data link, at scanning speeds from 20–500 mm per second, at web widths up to 5000 mm, measuring gaps from 2.0-5.0 mm, optical inline detection of permeability, porosity, spectral transmission, opacity, extinction, particle absorption, porosities ranges from 80 up to 5000 C.U. (Coresta ml/min/2cm2), respective from 50 down to 3 Gurley, position control of micro perforation lines with 0.1 mm accuracy, nano micro pores from 50 nm up to 200 micron diameter by up to 300 pores per cm2.

With real time data determining of certain parameters, optical transmission, spectral grades, porosity integrals, envelope curves, internal calculated measuring values. Thus direct with close loops and feedbacks to the power electronics of fabrics treatment units. Micro perforation or other treatment system makes it possible to compensate any changes in web treatment parameters and their partial locations so that each jumbo roll as well single, quad bobbin sets can be produced quantity and quality controlled without intermediate stops in order of ISO 9001 or 9002 certifications. Thus sophisticate, precise, liable, repeat accuracy, easy visualized, optical online measurement techniques archives perfect ways to control and convert pneumatic, fluid, gas, jet streams, static permeability, naturally porous grades, filtration levels, breathable or ventilation effects, etc. at fast moving webs. Their conditions can be easily met by using optical transmission technology thanks to described processing in fully online stationary or scanning control units, extremely small pore dimensions, high fabric speeds up to 1000 m/min by high repetition rates. That completely independent from base material properties as consistency, colouring, density, formation, pin holes, smoothness, stretching, shrinking, brightness, opacity, optical spectral, Raman, property, gauging thickness weight, moisture content and other known influences.

Applications ranges The electrostatic nano or micro perforation patent grad with DE10328937 including Co2 slab fiber yag excimer diode laser, other material going trough or surface treatment, as well for micromachining and nanotechnology, is usually used depending on quality at fine, rotogravure or offset printing, holographic or publishing paper, writing, magazine, newspaper, flexo, packaging, bonded fabrics, non-woven, filter, coffee, tea, bag, sack, craft, food, fresh fruit, force, reinforce, tipping, cigarette, plug wrap, fibre, facial tissues, toilet, decoration, wallpaper, gift, watermark, towels, bleached dyes shiny or clay, recycling, booklet, bible or other special paper, certain plastic films, foils, coating, laminating, converting, extruding, Polyofine, Polysulfone, Elastomer, textile, Polymer or most of that varied types. As well aluminium, gold, steel, stainless, brass, cupper, ceramic, solar, panel, titanium, silicon, diamond. It is also used especially for additionally treating materials when aiming special characteristics by physical or regular process reasons what cannot be achieved by other process technologies.

Material base weights from 10 up 150 grams per m2 by thicknesses from 5 up to 100 micron are possible to use. Including defect inspection, process automation, moisture vapour transmission rate, abrasion resistance of lamination, waterproof or breathable fabrics. Our state-of-the-art, industrially approved, sophisticated, compact, multi functional, optical online sensor scanning systems together or without electrostatic, laser perforation technology operates precise and reliable 24/7, are integrate able into existing rewinding, slitting, spooling, spreading, printing, labelling, complex production lines or other machines and other production processes as well. Also, they can be used as completely independent micro surface-all-over or zone perforation units. Fully new ranges of applications will be made available total new products with special features.

Products, applications, advantages with high-holes-densities micro perforation, micro ventilation, unique mass product properties

breathable, ventilated mass products as filter cigarettes, tipping, packaging, plug-wrap, refinish, thin or fine paper, MYO, RYO booklet, bible, printing, magazine, promotion, flyers or newspaper with improved or modified surface properties decoration or gift paper with thin coating films PVC laminate, Vinyl, decoration or wall paper to eliminate one side condensation effects enable control gas exchanges, avoid rises of mildew or rottenness joint or corner Kraft paper tapes to avoid glue bubbles and enables material diffusion fleece bonding material, low plastic film layers for outdoor, under roof protection, covering, wooden houses for oxygen exchanges technical textiles for oxygen or gas exchanges to avoid condensation processes breathable overalls, heavy duty, disposable work dresses, trousers, aprons, jackets, shoes made of thin PE fleeces or others Kraft paper cement sacks, low PE or PP coated single or triple layer multi wall sacks or bags for plaster, maize, grain, pet food, granulate or powder with advanced gained air outlet during filling processes with multiple time reduce efficiency to keep packed products in specified barrier condition extending storage, live time or durability of certain goods and products biotopes and prevention of water pollution leather or cloth inlets for comfortable non sweat wearing under wet, high humidity and tropical condition soap, deodorant, hygiene, beauty creams, baby care, other packaging products which needs smell suggestion for marketing indication and buying advantages vegetable, flowers or food with paper packaging replacements for oxygen or gas exchanges bread, rolls, fruits or food to improve freshness and aroma technical multi layer foils for industry, medical, bioengineering or filtration purposes, surface modification or improved roughness micro filter, membranes, battery separation layers bio lab analytic, alcohol, liquid, blood filtration, clean room, agriculture applications for reduction or force growth rates

In-situ dyne measuring application Described is a method and device for optical inline tough less surface tension control ODSTM-1 in DE19542289 by which the fast moving substrate runs through the measuring gap. It’s transmitted with a chromatic beam and spectral selected light source were two optical channels are displaced and polarized by 90 degree to each other. Both optical axles are precise and motor driven shift able in certain angles from 25 up to 65 degree. The spectral light photons, photonics, photovoltaic, illumination, transmission, extinction, absorption grades are detectable by two optical CCD imagine vision devices which are integrate in the sensor case on the other side of the substrate.

Material condition moving substrates means plastic foils, flexible, high-tech films, laminate, coating, bonding, labelling, co-extrusion, BOPP, LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE, MDPE, MAS, MOH, MEV, PET, FEP, PP, PE, PS, PO, EVA, PTFE, PVC, PTFE, DPC, BOPS, Vinyl, Polyester, Wrapping, Olefin, self-adhesive tape, high strength, cross-laminated, adhesive-coated films, reflective or magnetic sheeting, automotive tape products, inkjet media, heat sealing, sewing of plastic film, security, pressure sensitive tapes for the entertainment industry, graphic and specialty arts for general industrial and electrical applications, building or engineering industry, photographs, masking or printable plastic films, flat or corrugated rigid foamed thermoplastic sheets, polycarbonate, acrylic. PETG, extruded or polished cellulose, optical grade polycarbonate, sheets for IR or laser protection, welding filter grade sheets, films for video, imaging, capacitor or thermo transfer applications, foamed polypropylene film with decorative ribbons, binary-oriented polystyrene sheets, multi layer co-extruded film, high impact PVC and PETG, polyimide film, tape and flat films for aerospace automotive medical agriculture marine automotive household commercial domestic construction industry, municipal and leisure applications, clear matt semi-matt finishes or coloured, micro porous imaging membranes for use in alkaline lithium batteries, fuel cells and filtration equipment. By gauges from 10 µm to 100 µm, fabric widths up to 10,000 mm and web speeds up to 18 meters per second.

Optical properties material specific wavelength selection between 1200-1800 nm, material specific finger prints, molecular spectral properties, transmission grades, optical angle scanning, Lambert Beersche law determining, ultra low level stray scatter light detection, polarization, slot diaphragms, transverse displacements control the light beams along/far from the optical X and Y axes. The results are extreme scattering, diffraction, NIR, IR, stray light photons generation into the layer areas at both sides of the moving substrate. Their reflected and transmitted light intensities enables the determination by defined formulas and data matrixes the surface tension values in ranges from 28-62mN/m which are direct associate and bond to real static values for Statistical Quality Control (SQC). And this entirely independent of the material specific influences as like surface consistency, thickness, density, weight, opacity, coherence, filling, stretching, shrinkage, structure, co-extrusion, polar grouping, temperature, intrinsic motivation or viscosity, hydrophobia, hydrophilic molecules, hydrogen, photonics, mol mass, moisture, water steam proof, bi-layer, polymer, patterning, nanostructure, irradiation, isotopic, catalyst, multi atomic, coherence, absorption, photo mask effect, roentgen, X-ray, radiation, resonance bands, atomic, REM, TEM, FIC, IEC, ESCA X-Ray, Raman, electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis ASTM or ATR method, property, ellipsometry, acoustic photonic liquid effects, pre material treatment as corona, plasma jet, flam treatment.

Patent granded for high power 200 optical channel laser multiplexer DE102004001327, high voltage, high frequency ultra short current pulse converters unique laser product designs DE102004012081, marking, logos, scripts, security paper, cryptograms, cutting, welding, drilling, melding, ablation, hardening, process, gold, silver, stainless, steel, glass, ceramic, chip carrier, photovoltaic, solar panel, brass, cupper, aluminium. Mass product treatment, ventilation, breathable, penetration, air, oxygen, gas, jet stream, fluid, liquid, vapour, waterproof, product property, medical, biological, recycling, industry, tobacco, domestic, space, aircraft, defence, marine, military. Anti counterfeiting, high security, quality level, high power, slab, Co2, excimer, yag, uv, fiber laser.

Anti counterfeiting indication, product design with laser cluster technology

Laser perforation in general Possible to perforate by pulsed or enlarged and focused laser beams are holes sizes from 60 to 200 microns at density of holes of typical 10 to 30 holes per cm, holes sequences from 100.000 to 400.000 holes per second at a maximal of 16 punctured rows by laser distributed over the material web width with traditional systems or machines. Means in cigarette, tipping, plug-wrap, filter, packaging, packs, tear tape, plastic, film, foil and other material webs. With porosity levels from 100 to 3000 C. U., normally in web widths from 100 to 500 mm at web speeds of up to 600 m/min, depending on porosity and material consistency in relation to its ability to perforate.

IPM’s patent granted and applied laser cluster perforation technology IPM developments of laser cluster perforation technology LPM-1 is patent grant by DE102004001327 and operates with quadruple beam inputs up to 8 KW to a high power twin level multiplexer to generate up to 200 individual laser perforation rows across the web, combines automatic positioned laser perforation heads, focus setting, web speeds up to 400 m/min, web widths up to 2000 mm, up to 2,500.000 holes per second, jumbo roll-by-roll production, optical online permeability and perforation line position control, porosity feedback, high automation level and other features. Each laser perforation lines are archive able from 100 up to 1000 C.U.

The conception of high power twin level laser beam multiplexer enables plenty capabilities in other industry applications field as cutting, cut-off, welding, surface finishing, drilling, ablation, micromachining, polishing, forming, melting, surface treatment, roughness improvement, etc. Each of 200 single perforation heads can positioned across the through running web or static positioned material.

The fully automatic processes, equipments and devices open outstanding possibilities in industry, domestic, tobacco product, paper converting, manufacturing, refiner, gift material, printing, labeling, laminating, plastic, film, foil, tear tape, gluing tapes, packaging, medical, hygienic, biological, wall covering, security cards, bank notes, house building, construction, food, fruit, agriculture, bio-engineering applications and markets.

Working principle of MLL-1 Micro-Laser-Line perforation As known offline laser perforation machines or processes generating strait holes lines in web direction of the running tipping or other material sheets. Excluding spray laser designs which looks similar as random holes into certain zone areas as electrostatic perforation.

The world wide new and patent pending DE102004012081 Micro-Laser-Line technology generating cluster pattern, micro holes, sinus, waves, zigzag, cryptograms, logos, holograms, brand names or other kind of perforation designs in web direction which can looks like as a group of micro laser lines. Concerned tipping paper means: non coaxial circumference at the cigarette filter.

New beam divert moving, scanning, flipping elements control each single laser perforation lines in across material direction which are precise focused for micro holes in ranges from 50 up to 120 micron.

Technical solutions Technologically this is performed by means of Piezo oscillators, ultra fast mini scanner, laser beam deflection, actuator with metal optics or asymmetrically, rotary reflection cones, which function and operational sequences is precise synchronize with the speed of web material. Envelope curves of the selected perforation pattern are storage and calculated by PLC control before single holes and holes groups supervised during production processes.

Product and process advantages Micro-Laser-Lines enables total different product indicators against all other laser perforation processes it allows significant product property and trademark indications – patent claims MLL-1 perforation design indicates unique the company which had generate the micro perforation in tipping, packaging or other material webs wide range of laser perforation groups as common active ventilation zone to obtain several advances in air stream distributions into cigarette filter fully perforation line guiding around the cigarette filter assure constant porosity results several pattern or wave line designs for different brands are possible number of holes per cm length are constant e.g. 10 or 20 porosity range from 100 up to 1000 C.U. hole sizes from 50-120 micron hole densities from 100.000-500.000 holes per Second – in total from 1 up 6 perforation pattern or lines can combines one group perforation hole quality and porosity remains in standard levels many other web material, substrate or products are treatable in similar processes

Laser perforation machines and systems existent laser perforation machines are able to modified with new optical, mechanical and control elements low investment of technical modifications because exchanges of certain elements complete MLL-1 devices are adaptable on existent offline laser perforation machines or other systems capability to adapt MLL-1 beam divert devices/unit at online perforation system at cigarette making machine perforation power and production output remains as before

Applications The MLL-1 Micro-Laser-Line perforation for web or sheet material as paper, metal, isolation, plastic, film, foil, leather, textile material enables now large number of possibilities for hole positioning with different perforation pattern, design, wave, zigzag, cryptograms, scripts, etc. lines or others which generates e.g. optimized air distribution characteristics in cigarette filter, unique anti counterfeiting indications and 100 other product advantages.

Special remark of MLL-1 creates fundamentally new product properties, e.g. as final products for mouthpieces with tipping paper at cigarette filter or other tobacco, packaging or security products. Specific indication of brand names which is recognizable for everyone and product buyer – if the micro holes or pattern are to see with magnified glasses. Or touch able as Braille scripts as micro cluster perforation cryptograms.

Summary The MLL-1 targets many new applications with laser beam diverts in horizontal or vertical position. Uses of sophisticated divert elements allows easy and low budget modifications at existent laser systems and production machines.

Multiple online ventilation at cigarette making machines OESP-1. Perforation of tipping or cigarette paper at filter cigarette as mass products. Electrostatic perforation has been used since 30 years for ventilation of non filter, RYO or filter cigarettes to create a directed and guided air bypass or Lindstroem principle. For this purpose, cigarette paper for some non filter or RYO cigarettes and almost every kind of filter cigarettes tipping papers are perforated electro statically OFFLINE in zones from 2.0–6.0 mm width or in rows with ONLINE or OFFLINE by use of slow, fast flow, sealed-off or SLAB carbon gas or diode laser in order to reduce the harmful substances such as nicotine and condensate down to allowed values. Another effect is the possibility to control the degree of ventilation of Cigarettes. IPM ONLINE ESP technology and former patents EP0460369 and DE4018209 enables cigarette tipping paper perforation while cigarette making processes to reduce nicotine and condensate levels for non-filter cigarettes. The electrostatic online multiple perforation process OESP-1 open new possibilities for cigarette/tipping paper ventilation during cigarette manufacturing by full integration of perforation equipment/cassettes.

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This provides for uniform, intensive and very powerful perforation and the cigarette paper treated can be continuously supplied to the cigarette machine for further processing in the longitudinal direction of the cigarette. To archive that immense perforation demands IPM developed, designed, patent grand new electronic perforation unit which working as upward converters with IGBT, MOSFET, FREDFET or HVFET for power pulses from 1 up to 15 micro seconds, high current peaks up to 300 Amps, base frequencies up to 200 KHz on ferrite transformers to generate high voltage peaks into the shielded sparking cassettes.

Advantages, direct mechanical integration of perforation units, functional interfacing and EMI level in according of international CE conformity, EG, EN, NEC, CCC standards archiving high production efficiencies and controllable ventilation grades on highly automated cigarette machines. Dual IGBT power electronics and multiple perforation performances across the strips and circumference of each cigarette, allows problem less perforations on high-speed cigarette making machines up to 12.000 cpm as MAX-S, MK9, Protos 80, 90 etc. Compact all-over-dimensions, direct mechanical integration of perforation units, easy functional interfacing and full EMI acceptance in order of EN or NEC standards archiving high production efficiencies with controllable ventilation grades on highly automated cigarette making machines. All perforation, production parameters are stored, controlled on real time operation systems and industry PC, i.e. geometrical and synchronized positions of perforation lines, zones, etc., pore densities, perforation zones width, distributions, perforation profile, porosity ranges of each cigarette brand. Porosity profiles over the length of each non-filter cigarettes are possible as well. Furthermore single, multiple, different or equal groups of single perforation zones across the cigarette paper web for non-filter or tipping paper web for filter cigarettes are possible. All stored parameter sets are interfaced to the computer PLC control system at cigarette machine. Online insertion of different positions across certain locations and porosities of each cigarette brand are very flexible to define and controllable during perforation process.

Air ventilation levels can be exactly defined and, due to online feedback, can be kept constant by means of perforation system design and porosity distribution. For non filter cigarettes, for example, perforation can be effected over the entire length and circumference of the cigarette. The ESP process OESP-1 has a high liability and is realizable with low investments and low running costs when compared with online laser macro micro perforation processes. Online porosity control system OPSS-1 monitor continuously the air permeability, called optical online porosimeter, with a state-of-the-art technology to obtain a close-loop feed-back to the perforation unit to keep the ventilation grades constant. Online micro perforation processes are possible to use for other mass products and application fields with full system integration in entire production lines as bag, sack, packaging, rolls, coaxial designed products, food, fruit, home building products, manufacturing, etc. New ranges of applications will be made accessible new products with special features will be developed.

ONLINE LASER PERFORATION OLP-1 with patent grand high speed multiplexer DE102004001327 Position A, laser source with IPM patent grand multiplexer of 8 optical channels for 8 laser lines, 10.6 um wavelength, Co2 sealed off laser, M