Abstract: In a method and system of controlling the operation of a plant by means of an electronic computer, the judging conditions and control and supervisory operations corresponding thereto are described in tables from which a plurality of action lists having a standard form of plant state judging conditions plus controlling and supervisory operations are prepared. The contents of the action list are stored in the memory device of the computer. A process signal corresponding to a state of the plant is compared with a reference signal for producing a trigger signal which is used to select a corresponding action list. The content of the selected action list is judged to produce a control signal for controlling the plant.

Abstract: Method of controlling a variable in response to an error signal by comparing a signal correlated to and substantially proportional to the controlled variable with a reference signal corresponding to a set point value of the controlled variable. The reference signal varies substantially linearly with time until it reaches or at least closely approaches a limiting value which corresponds to the set point value of the controlled variable.

Abstract: An autoadaptive working center for programmable automation comprises sensing means adapted to recognize a set of different situations of the working process, and program means for storing a program constituted by a set of subroutines corresponding to the said situations. The said sensing means are adapted to address, in response to the recognition of a given situation of the working process, the corresponding subroutine of the program. The working center comprises at least a pair of autoadaptive operating devices programmable separately and controllable by separate control units, under coordination made by a central unit as a function of the duration of the respective operations, the working positions of the various tools and the overall dimensions of the said heads. Each operating head is movable along at least two coordinates by numerical control units, each unit commanding a corresponding stepping motor.

Abstract: Apparatus for controlling and adjusting the weight of doses of a loose product in a rotating metering head having telescoping volumetric members distributed therearound. The apparatus includes a rotating control head having a set of sample telescoping volumetric members. A main duct feeds the product to the metering head. A secondary duct is branched off the main duct to feed the control head. A scale is operative to receive individual sample doses as provided by the telescoping members of the control head and to discharge them, after the weighing thereof has been completed, to the metering head. A control assembly adjusts in a concurrent proportional mode the volume of the telescoping members of the metering and control heads according to the weight variations of the weighed product versus the scale reference value.

Abstract: A method of and device for machining workpieces on a multi-tool machine provided with a numerical control system. For the automatic, simultaneous execution of machining instructions which relate to the control of more than one tool, instruction groups are formed from machining instructions which can be simultaneously executed on the basis of their mutual independence. Within an instruction group, partial dependency can exist, on the basis whereof a subsequent instruction is executed, after a condition imposed in a previous instruction has been satisfied.

Abstract: An electric device comprises a master control unit and a plurality of drive units for automatically controlling actuating devices respectively, in series in a plant assembly or process line by simple manipulation of the master control unit. The master control and drive units are similar and interchangeable in basic circuitry for mass production and quick assembly with one another.

Abstract: A method of preparing a program for numerically controlled machine tools is disclosed involving the use of an aid comprised of a model representing the workpiece to be machined and the tooling to perform the machining process, mounted to have a capability for relative movement along axes corresponding to the relative movement occurring during the machining process. Standardized preset tools and tool holders are established for use in the actual machining processes and corresponding model representations of such standardized preset tools and tool holder combinations are provided which can be located in the model in the same relative position as the corresponding actual tools and tool holders will be located in the machine tool. In preparing the NC program, a machinist prepares a machining process, selecting tools and holders from the available standardized preset tools, and specifies the various machining steps, spindle speeds, in-feed rates, etc. to be utilized in machining the workpiece.

Abstract: For telecontrolling a plurality of machines, each machine is provided with logical/analog converter and successive words are formed comprising as many logic information as the number of operations to be controlled by the machines. The words are parallely recorded and may be then decoded so that the commands be repetitive.

Abstract: A monitor for a pneumatically driven blood pump receives an input correlated to mechanical operation of the blood pump and electrically transforms the information to clinical information related to such factors as stroke volume of the pump, average stroke volume, flow rate and beat rate.

Abstract: A numerical control system having a memory and a register is disclosed. A command which is frequently used is stored in the memory. The stored command is read out of the memory by a particular command, and then used to control a machine tool. Thus, the program of a numerical control system can be simplified since it is not necessary to repeatedly program said command which is frequently used.

Abstract: Electronic laundry machine controller apparatus for automatically synthesizing, in response to single operator program selections, complete laundry cycles or programs from laundry machine control instructions stored, independent of operator selection or control, within an electronically read memory. A read only memory is preprogrammed to store laundry machine control instructions and program synthesis instructions for compiling a large number of different laundry programs, each having laundering steps or operations preconfigured to satisfy the peculiar laundering requirements of a large number of different commercial and institutional users. Program variation select means presettable by the manufacturer or upon installation of the controller enables preselection for execution from the large number of possible laundry cycles, only those laundry machine cycles which best satisfy the user's specific laundering needs.

Abstract: In an NC tool machine having at least a linear control axis and a rotational control axis, a cutter compensation for compensating the difference between a programmed cutter radius and an actual cutter radius is automatically performed by calculating at least the locus of the actual cutter so that the programmed cutter touches the same position of a workpiece as the actual cutter does.

Abstract: A computer numerical control system for controlling a lathe or similar machine tool in the cutting of threads. One computer is used as an interpolator to produce speed commands in real time for producing a smooth cutting tool motion. A second computer is used as an axis controller for receiving said speed commands and for controlling the servo circuits of up to six machine tool axes. A resolver attached to the rotating spindle is utilized to synthesize a tachonometric signal, and is also connected to an interrupt circuit to measure the spindle speed and position. The interpolator then uses this spindle information to synchronize the cutting tool motion with the spindle angular speed and position to enable multiple passes of the cutting tool along the same thread line.

Abstract: A night visual aircraft system receives flight data from an aircraft simulator, and terrain data (such as light points) from the gaming area data base. A computer within the night visual system organizes this image data by frame in a buffer memory according to a particular format of addresses, sequences, and bit places.An image processor receives the formatted image data to account for the position and orientation of the aircraft relative to the light points, and then projects the data into two dimensions for display. An image generator processes the projected data to provide analog inputs to a CRT window display in the simulated aircraft. The deflection input has X and Y voltages which calligraphically position the beam for simulating light points. A blank time increment computer blanks the CRT screen as the beam moves from each displayed light point to the next light point to be displayed. The blank time is sufficient to permit post-deflection settling.

Abstract: A microprocessor unit (MPU), together with appropriate memory devices of the read only (ROM) and random access (RAM) type, and peripheral interface adapters (PIA), light emitting diode (LED) displays, and back lighted information displays, is included in a pendant control cabinet having on the front thereof a control panel with arrays of push-buttons for entering data and instructions, and windows displaying data and operational information. The pendant control is mountable as original equipment or as a retrofit installation to a machine tool, such as a press brake or milling machine, to control tool or gauge slide drives for positioning as needed during the desired sequences of operation.

Abstract: A method of numerically controlling the displacement of a working tool with respect to a rotated article subjected to said working according to the output signal of a computer capable of accepting plural executing program blocks and a system for carrying out said method.

Abstract: Monitoring system for a once-through steam generator for determining deviations between the amount of heat absorbed by the water and the steam of the generator and the amount of heat given off by a firing system for the generator during operating conditions that are not steady-state, as compared to steady-state operation, includes a first computing circuit responsive to a signal corresponding at least to an amount of fuel for determining a value approximately proportional to the amount of heat given off by the fuel, a second computing circuit responsive to a signal corresponding at least to an amount of feedwater for determining a value approximately proportional to the amount of heat absorbed by the water and the steam, a comparison circuit having inputs connected to respective outputs of the first and second computing circuits, a correction circuit connected between the output of one of the computing circuits and the respective input of the comparison circuit, the correction circuit including a correction m

Abstract: An electronic system and method are disclosed for controlling a measured temperature during a sequence of time intervals, in accordance with a sequence of selected reference temperatures, each corresponding to one of the intervals. The values of the reference temperatures are programmable and changeable by the user. The system and method can thus be used to establish thermostatic control in conformity with a referenced temperature that varies throughout the day, for example, hour by hour.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically positioning the various appurtenances of a Printer-Slotter-Folder-Gluer to form box blanks of various dimensional characteristics. The position of each appurtenance of the system is preselected by a binary numbering input representing each absolute position. The binary input is selected by thumbwheel switches employing binary coded decimal input. The input data is stored and can be retrieved and utilized to position the appurtenances for a blank of specific dimensional characteristics in response to a production order code.

Abstract: A self-adjusting regulation system comprising a regulator embodying an input adder for forming the difference of the feedback magnitude and the command magnitude as well as a regulation device for forming an adjustment magnitude from such difference. A linearity detector produces a control signal upon the occurrence of a non-linear behaviour of the regulation circuit. A supplementary adder is arranged between the input adder and the regulation device and has its first input connected with the output of the input adder and its output connected with the input of the regulation device, whereas its second input is connected with the output of a supplementary device composed of a number N of similar integration stages forming a series. Each stage contains an integrator and an auxiliary adder, the output of which is connected with an input of the integrator via a control switch which can be actuated by the control signal.