Patent ID: 8577488

Claim:
A method of optimizing self-supporting film production in the processing of a film dosage product comprising the steps of: (a) determining at least one scrap factor which relates to a total amount of scrap in processing a film dosage product; (b) correlating said at least one scrap factor to at least one processing parameter; and (c) adjusting the at least one processing parameter to reduce the total amount of scrap in processing said film dosage product:, wherein one or more of said steps is performed with a computer system; and wherein the total amount of scrap is defined by the formula: T S (m 2 )= M LA (m 2 )+([ C SS +S SS +P SS ]*W C ) (m 2 ) wherein T S comprises one or more of M LA , C SS , S SS , and W C ; and T S is the total amount of scrap; M LA is mixing losses area; C SS is coating start/stop losses; S SS is slitting start/stop loss; P SS is packaging start/stop loss; and W C is coating width.