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Segment, linear drive and method for operating a linear drive

US10657777B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE
FESTO AG & CO. · US

Inventors

Reinhold Hamik · Waiblingen, DE
Fabian Albert · Weingarten, DE
Ralf Hartramph · Albershausen, DE
Andreas Veit · Esslingen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 6, 2017
Grant date	May 19, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 6, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08B21/18
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sensor with a signal strip, a segment with such a signal strip and a sensor, a linear drive and an installation, wherein the signal strip is assigned in each case to at least one segment, where the signal strip indicates a state of the segment and/or the state of a runner, where the at least one runner is moved by a respective segment, the state is assigned by a sensor assigned to the respective segment and is presented to a user who services the installation, in particular the linear drive of the installation, such the time interval for servicing the installation or the linear drive can be reduced because the operator of the linear drive immediately identifies the state of the respective runner or the respective segment.

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