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Title: | Multicriteria evaluation and optimization of the ultrasonic sealing performance based on design of experiments and response surface methodology | Authors: | D'huys, Karlien BAMPS, Bram PEETERS, Roos De Ketelaere, Bart |
Issue Date: | 2019 | Source: | PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, 32(4), p. 165-174 | Abstract: | Proper closure is an essential packaging quality aspect and can, amongst others, be achieved with ultrasonic sealing. The ultrasonic sealing performance depends on the film type, and the seal settings, such as seal time, applied force and ultrasonic amplitude. Because these parameters are less intuitive than heat seal parameters and optimal settings are undefined for many films, this work presents an efficient approach to evaluate the effect of these settings on the ultrasonic sealing performance. An experimental design defines the experiments to perform. A response surface methodology is then used to model the relation between seal settings and sealing performance. Based on these models, the seal settings are optimized. As there are several criteria to express sealing performance, single‐criteria and multicriteria optimizations are described. The approach was illustrated for a polyethylene terephthalate/linear low‐density polyethylene‐C4 film. The seal settings were optimized to obtain high seal strength, limited ultrasonic horn displacement, and low seal energy. The optimum settings were 0.1 seconds (seal time), 4.32 N/mm (force), and 28.75 μm (amplitude). The predicted optimum strength, horn displacement, and energy were 2.32 N/mm, 40 μm, and 11.66 J, respectively. Besides the optimum, the seal window is also of interest. A broad seal window ensures sufficient seal strength for a wide range of settings. For the polyethylene terephthalate/linear low‐density polyethylene‐C4 film, a strength of ≥90% of the optimum was obtained for 39% of the input combinations within the design space. The presented approach is widely applicable (other films and sealing processes) since it is flexible in the input parameters, design, and responses. | Keywords: | design of experiments; multicriteria seal optimization; polyolefin packaging; response surface methodology; ultrasonic sealing | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/28296 | ISSN: | 0894-3214 | e-ISSN: | 1099-1522 | DOI: | 10.1002/pts.2425 | ISI #: | 000460337100001 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2020 |
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