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Method for controlling operating processes

US4270649A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 4, 1978
Grant dateJun 2, 1981
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Expiry dateDec 4, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49776
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for controlling operating processes applied to particles. The device comprises a number of operating stations, such as, lifting- and sluing conveyors to allow for feeding the particles to an indexing rotary plate and conveying of particles to a processing stage, e.g. a welding device. The operating processes of the operating stations are initiated according to a common, pre-set cycle, at least one of the operating stations is associated with a correcting process initiated by a sensor arrangement for detecting faults in the operating process, for shortening the outages and for increasing the total output. The operating process involving a fault detected by the sensor arrangement is immediately interrupted, whereupon the correcting process is initiated independently of the common, pre-set cycle. The common, pre-set cycle serves to initiate dependent subsequent or previous operating processes of the operating stations until the end of the correcting process.

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