Patents Assigned to KEBA Industrial Automation Germany GmbH
  • Patent number: 11537110
    Abstract: A programmable electronic power regulator includes a power module for controlling an actuator, a control module for actuating the power module, and an internal monitoring module for transferring the control module to an emergency operation. The internal monitoring module is configured to monitor a system state, detect a critical operating state, and output an error signal. The control module comprises: a basic controller, which is configured to output a power module control signal, and in which functions for open- and closed-loop control of the actuator are implemented, which are required for an emergency operation in a critical operating state; an additional controller, in which functions that are not needed for emergency operation are implemented; and a controller disconnection point, which connects the basic controller with the additional controller via a control connection, and which is configured to at least partially disconnect the control connection upon receipt of the error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: KEBA INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Wertz, Patrick Tien, Gerald Herrmann, Heiko Bach-Preckwinkel
  • Patent number: 11507058
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for ascertaining a rough trajectory from a specified contour for controlling a machine tool which has at least two mutually redundant drive devices for carrying out superimposed movements, wherein the contour is determined by a contour function which is defined in portions at least by contour nodal points P0-Pn+1 with ascending indices and contour portion functions p0-pn assigned to the contour nodal points P0-Pn+1 and has a contour starting nodal point P0, wherein the rough trajectory is determined by a rough trajectory function which is defined in portions by rough trajectory nodal points Q0 to Qn+1 with ascending indices and has a rough trajectory starting nodal point Q0, wherein the rough trajectory starting nodal point Q0 is equated to the contour starting nodal point P0 and then in a first iteration step, on the basis of the contour nodal points Pj to Pn+1, the index value k of which is greater than or equal to the index value j of the respective rough trajectory sta
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KEBA INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Eugen Saffert
  • Patent number: 11260484
    Abstract: A tool drive with spindle shaft for a chip-forming machining includes at least one electromagnetic axial actuator and a control and/or regulation apparatus for the operation of the axial actuator for changing the position of the spindle shaft along the longitudinal axis, wherein the control and/or regulation apparatus is designed to drive the axial actuator for the generation of microvibration movement of the spindle shaft, independently of and superimposable on a feed movement, in order to affect the chip size and chip shape of the removed material, wherein at least one axial magnetic bearing and/or one linear motor is provided as at least part of the axial actuator, wherein the regulation and/or control apparatus includes a memory unit and/or a function generation unit, and is configured to specify setpoint values of the oscillation curve of the microvibration movement depending on geometrical and or physical data of the workpiece and/or process variables that are measured or determined indirectly and/or co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: KEBA Industrial Automation Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Dirscherl, Johannes Von Löwis
  • Patent number: 11156205
    Abstract: A wind turbine with at least one rotor blade and at least one pith drive for turning the at least one rotor blade, the wind turbine comprising a controller which analyses the wind turbine if a first error situation or a second error situation occurs and wherein the controller is adapted to react to the first error situation in absence of a second error situation with a first error procedure, to a second error situation in absence of the first error situation with a second error procedure, and to an error situation where the first error and the second error occur at the same time with a third error procedure that is different to the first error procedure and to the second error procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: KEBA INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Wiesenthal, Tobias Theopold
  • Publication number: 20210325850
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for ascertaining a rough trajectory from a specified contour for controlling a machine tool which has at least two mutually redundant drive devices for carrying out superimposed movements, wherein the contour is determined by a contour function (Pj, pj) which is defined in portions by contour nodal points P0?Pn+1 and respective contour portion functions p0?pn, wherein a respective contour portion function pj connects two adjacent contour nodal points Pj, Pj+1, wherein the rough trajectory is determined by a rough trajectory function (Qj, qj) which is defined in portions by rough trajectory nodal points Q0?Qn+1 and respective rough trajectory portion functions q0?qn, wherein a respective rough trajectory portion function q connects two adjacent rough trajectory nodal points Qj, Qj+1, wherein, for each contour nodal point Pj, a respective assigned rough trajectory nodal point Qj is ascertained in such a manner that a difference in the gradients of the two adjacent rough traject
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: KEBA INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Frank Martin
  • Publication number: 20210271226
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for ascertaining a rough trajectory from a specified contour for controlling a machine tool which has at least two mutually redundant drive devices for carrying out superimposed movements, wherein the contour is determined by a contour function which is defined in portions at least by contour nodal points P0-Pn+1 with ascending indices and contour portion functions p0-pn assigned to the contour nodal points P0-Pn+1 and has a contour starting nodal point P0, wherein the rough trajectory is determined by a rough trajectory function which is defined in portions by rough trajectory nodal points Q0 to Qn+1 with ascending indices and has a rough trajectory starting nodal point Q0, wherein the rough trajectory starting nodal point Q0 is equated to the contour starting nodal point P0 and then in a first iteration step, on the basis of the contour nodal points Pj to Pn+1, the index value k of which is greater than or equal to the index value j of the respective rough trajectory sta
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: KEBA INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Eugen Saffert
  • Patent number: 10851761
    Abstract: A wind turbine temperature control system for maintaining the temperature of an energy storage device, the temperature control system has a breaking resistor for providing heat to the energy storage device and a power supply for causing a current to flow in the breaking resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: KEBA INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Tobias Theopold
  • Patent number: 10744606
    Abstract: A tool drive with spindle shaft for a chip-forming machining includes at least one electromagnetic axial actuator and a control and/or regulation apparatus for the operation of the axial actuator for changing the position of the spindle shaft along the longitudinal axis. The control and/or regulation apparatus is designed to drive the axial actuator for the generation of microvibration movement of the spindle shaft, independently of and superimposable on a feed movement, in order to affect the chip size and chip shape of the removed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: KEBA INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Dirscherl, Johannes Von Löwis
  • Publication number: 20200189052
    Abstract: A tool drive with spindle shaft for a chip-forming machining includes at least one electromagnetic axial actuator and a control and/or regulation apparatus for the operation of the axial actuator for changing the position of the spindle shaft along the longitudinal axis, wherein the control and/or regulation apparatus is designed to drive the axial actuator for the generation of microvibration movement of the spindle shaft, independently of and superimposable on a feed movement, in order to affect the chip size and chip shape of the removed material, wherein at least one axial magnetic bearing and/or one linear motor is provided as at least part of the axial actuator, wherein the regulation and/or control apparatus includes a memory unit and/or a function generation unit, and is configured to specify setpoint values of the oscillation curve of the microvibration movement depending on geometrical and or physical data of the workpiece and/or process variables that are measured or determined indirectly and/or co
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: KEBA Industrial Automation Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Markus DIRSCHERL, Johannes VON LÖWIS