Data acquisition system, system and method for real-time in-line monitoring of industrial manufacturing processes

US11493907B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NETZSCH PROCESS INTELLIGENCE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Alexander Chaloupka · Erbenschwang, DE
• Marco Zier · Fichtelberg, DE
• Bernd Bohanka · Helmbrechts, DE
• Elena Moukhina · Selb, DE
• Thilo Hilpert · Selb, DE
• Simon Popp · Streitau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 29, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2022
• Expiry date: May 29, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A data acquisition system for dielectric analysis measurements, including a sensor interface configured to connect to one or more sensors located within an active machining zone of an industrial manufacturing machine, a module processor coupled to the sensor interface and configured to receive measurement values from one or more sensors connected to the sensor interface, a cloud interface coupled to the module processor, and a machine interface coupled to the module processor. The measurement values indicate physical properties of workpieces processed in the active machining zone of an industrial manufacturing machine. The cloud interface is configured to connect to cloud-based resources, and the machine interface is configured to connect to a controller of the industrial manufacturing machine. The module processor is configured to transmit the received measurement values from the one or more dielectric sensors to cloud-based resources via the cloud interface and to transmit manufacturing control signals to the controller of the industrial manufacturing machine via the machine interface, the manufacturing control signals being based on parameters received from cloud-based resources…