Patents by Inventor Ralf SKOTSCHEK

Ralf SKOTSCHEK has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11884500
    Abstract: Method and parameterization unit for parameterization of a tractive force controller of a controlled roller of a web-processing machine, the tractive force controller controlling a speed of the controlled roller in order to transport a material on the web-processing machine from the controlled roller to a further roller or from a further roller to the controlled roller at a line speed and while being subjected to the tractive force. The method includes, during a standstill test at a line speed of zero, increasing the tractive force to an identification tractive force, preferably 90% of a predetermined standstill tractive force operating point, to determine standstill system parameters of the tractive force system, to calculate standstill controller parameters of the tractive force controller from the standstill system parameters of the tractive force system, preferably by a frequency characteristic method, and to parameterize the tractive force controller using the standstill controller parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Lukas Stefan Rappel, Ulrich Anschuber, Ralf Skotschek, Martin Staudecker
  • Patent number: 11334027
    Abstract: In order to eliminate control problems caused by a manipulated variable limitation in the oscillation control of an oscillatable technical system, a restriction ( d n ? u dt n ? m ? ? i ? ? n , d n ? u dt n ? m ? ? ax ) of at least one time derivative of the manipulated variable (u) in a control law for calculating the manipulated variable (u) is taken into account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Stöger, Thomas J. Frauscher, Ralf Skotschek
  • Publication number: 20220119215
    Abstract: Method and parameterization unit for parameterization of a tractive force controller of a controlled roller of a web-processing machine, the tractive force controller controlling a speed of the controlled roller in order to transport a material on the web-processing machine from the controlled roller to a further roller or from a further roller to the controlled roller at a line speed and while being subjected to the tractive force. The method includes, during a standstill test at a line speed of zero, increasing the tractive force to an identification tractive force, preferably 90% of a predetermined standstill tractive force operating point, to determine standstill system parameters of the tractive force system, to calculate standstill controller parameters of the tractive force controller from the standstill system parameters of the tractive force system, preferably by a frequency characteristic method, and to parameterize the tractive force controller using the standstill controller parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Lukas Stefan RAPPEL, Ulrich ANSCHUBER, Ralf SKOTSCHEK, Martin STAUDECKER
  • Patent number: 10899587
    Abstract: Method for controlling a lifting device to move a load along a trajectory, to move the load in an efficient, automated, and collision-free manner between points, includes a start point and end point of the trajectory and prohibited zones are established which, during motion of the load are avoided. A computing unit calculates a geometric or rounded geometric or smooth geometric path, that kinematic and geometric limit values of the lifting device are predetermined, from which the computing unit, on the basis of the geometric or rounded geometric or smooth geometric path, calculates a dynamic or rounded dynamic or smooth dynamic path which provides time information about motion of the load along the geometric or rounded geometric or smooth geometric path. The geometric or rounded geometric or smooth geometric path and the dynamic or rounded dynamic or smooth dynamic path are combined for producing the trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventor: Ralf Skotschek
  • Patent number: 10676327
    Abstract: A method for damping rotational oscillations of a load-handling element of a lifting device is created, wherein at least one controller parameter is determined by a rotational oscillation model of the load-handling element as a function of the lifting height (lH) and wherein, to damp the rotational oscillation of the load-handling element at any lifting height (lH), the at least one controller parameter is adapted to the lifting height (lH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Staudecker, Thomas J. Frauscher, Ralf Skotschek
  • Publication number: 20200159169
    Abstract: In order to eliminate control problems caused by a manipulated variable limitation in the oscillation control of an oscillatable technical system, a restriction ( d n ? u dt n ? m ? ? i ? ? n , d n ? u dt n ? m ? ? ax ) of at least one time derivative of the manipulated variable (u) in a control law for calculating the manipulated variable (u) is taken into account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas STOEGER, Thomas J. FRAUSCHER, Ralf SKOTSCHEK
  • Publication number: 20190100382
    Abstract: Method for controlling a lifting device to move a load along a trajectory, to move the load in an efficient, automated, and collision-free manner between points, includes a start point and end point of the trajectory and prohibited zones are established which, during motion of the load are avoided. A computing unit calculates a geometric or rounded geometric or smooth geometric path, that kinematic and geometric limit values of the lifting device are predetermined, from which the computing unit, on the basis of the geometric or rounded geometric or smooth geometric path, calculates a dynamic or rounded dynamic or smooth dynamic path which provides time information about motion of the load along the geometric or rounded geometric or smooth geometric path. The geometric or rounded geometric or smooth geometric path and the dynamic or rounded dynamic or smooth dynamic path are combined for producing the trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventor: Ralf SKOTSCHEK
  • Publication number: 20180339888
    Abstract: A method for damping rotational oscillations of a load-handling element of a lifting device is created, wherein at least one controller parameter is determined by a rotational oscillation model of the load-handling element as a function of the lifting height (lH) and wherein, to damp the rotational oscillation of the load-handling element at any lifting height (lH), the at least one controller parameter is adapted to the lifting height (lH).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Martin STAUDECKER, Thomas J. FRAUSCHER, Ralf SKOTSCHEK