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Modular control of a linear drive with communication

US11366446B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Juergen Hessenauer · Leutershausen, DE
Michael Jaentsch · Erlangen, DE
Carsten-Christian Spindler · Remptendorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 17, 2015
Grant date	Jun 21, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 4, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/41337
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plurality of sequentially consecutive sections of a linear drive are each controlled case by a respective control device that is assigned to a respective section of the plurality of sequentially consecutive sections, where converters that are controlled by the respective control device each individually apply current to a subsection of the respective section, and collectively to the respective section, control devices each specify new desired values to the converters they control, the respective control device controls each respective convertor of a plurality of converters, and where the control devices communicate, via respective peer-to-peer interfaces having real-time capability, with a number of other control devices that control sections.

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