Abstract: Provided are an ink-jet type vehicle coating machine and an ink-jet type vehicle coating method that enable formation of a uniform coating film thickness at a coating portion including an end of a vehicle. In a state where a longitudinal direction of a nozzle head 53 is orthogonal to a scanning direction, a first nozzle array 55A and a second nozzle array 55B are disposed such that droplets discharged from nozzles 54 of the second nozzle array 55B are discharged to intermediate portions between droplets discharged from nozzles 54 adjacent to each other in the first nozzle array 55A. In addition, on the basis of trajectory data for moving the nozzle head 53, attitude data for keeping the longitudinal direction of the nozzle head 53 perpendicular to a main scanning direction of the nozzle head 53 is formed.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for sampling of gases to determine information regarding leaks are disclosed. Balanced sampling can be achieved by application of an inlet having a gas permeable membrane covering the opening. Extending the opening for a length can provide additional coverage for gas sampling. Connection of gas sampling instruments with analysis systems can determine leak information for use in remedying leaks, for example, from industrial equipment such as pipelines.

Abstract: A contactor module is adapted to detect a switching state of a contactor. The contactor module includes a movable element that is arranged to transmit the movement of a switching element of the contactor to the contactor module; and a deflection lever attached to the movable element. The deflection lever is arranged to indicate the switching state.

Abstract: An electrical device includes a magnetic core, a bobbin extending about and partially covering the magnetic core, wherein the bobbin is made of a thermally conductive dielectric material, wherein the bobbin further comprises an outer body connectable to an inner body, wherein the inner body comprises at least a first contact element being formed as a rib that is configured to directly contact a surface of the magnetic core.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting location of fault in a cable receives disturbance data from first and second protection relays when one of the first protection relay and/or the second protection relay detects a fault in a section of the cable. The system extracts voltage and current data for each segment in the section using the disturbance data, cable parameters and length of each segment, and determines a fitness value for each segment in the section using the extracted voltage and current data. The system identifies a segment with a lowest fitness value from the fitness value determined for each segment in the section by comparing the fitness value of each segment with the fitness value of subsequent segments in the section and detects the segment with the lowest fitness value as fault location in the cable.

Abstract: A method for generating configuration information for a new field device includes obtaining driver information that allows communication with the new field device and comprises new parameter information that identifies a parameter in the context of the new field device, obtaining a list of one or more semantic identifiers, determine existing field device parameters with which the semantic identifier is already associated in the industrial plant, obtain existing parameter information, evaluate to which extent existing parameter information matches new parameter information with respect to a parameter of the new field device, and based on this evaluated extent, associate the semantic identifier with the parameter of the new field device as part of the sought configuration information for the new field device.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for operating at least one field device that is managed by an asset management system (AMS) includes establishing an initial alignment between a set of values of field device parameters maintained by the AMS and values of these parameters on the field device; checking whether the configuration of the field device has changed since the initial alignment; and in response to determining that the configuration of the field device has changed, re-establishing alignment between the set of values of field device parameters maintained by the AMS and the values of these parameters on the field device.

Abstract: A method for anonymization and negotiation for predictive maintenance, the method comprising: aggregating, by an aggregation service module, runtime data and/or context data using an aggregation policy to generate aggregated data; anonymizing, by an anonymization module, the aggregated data using a user-definable internal anonymization policy to generate anonymized data; and sending, by a transmitting module, the anonymized data to a condition prediction service module.

Abstract: A system and method for an electric pole part apparatus, includes an electric interruption unit; a heat sink; and a heat pipe arrangement; wherein the heat pipe arrangement comprises a plurality of heat pipes enclosed at least partially by an outer housing; wherein a first end of the heat pipe arrangement is connected to the heat sink; and wherein a second end of the heat pipe arrangement is connected to the electric interruption unit.

Abstract: A power supply for a power line includes a synchronization module having a receiver configured for receiving a clock signal from a satellite-based positioning system and an oscillator configured for generating a periodic signal synchronized to the received clock signal. The power supply includes an inverter module having an inverter configured for supplying an AC voltage to the power line, receiving the periodic signal from the synchronization module, and controlling the inverter using the received periodic signal as a synchronization reference signal for the supplied AC voltage. The power supply further includes a power exchange control module configured for: monitoring an active power flow P from the inverter module to the power line, determining whether the active power flow P satisfies a reverse-flow condition, and when the reverse-flow condition is determined, adapting at least one of a phase and an output voltage of the supplied AC voltage.

Abstract: A sensor system includes: one or more master sensors; a plurality of slave sensors; and one or more servers. The one or more master sensors wirelessly send data to the plurality of slave sensors. The plurality of slave sensors acquire environmental and/or industrial process data based on associated configurations of the plurality of slave sensors. The plurality of slave sensors wirelessly send the environmental and/or industrial process data to the one or more master sensors. The one or more master sensors send the environmental and/or industrial process data to at least one of the one or more servers over a wireless network.

Abstract: A coupling element for electrically coupling a lateral connecting portion of a first laminated busbar to a lateral connecting portion of a second laminated busbar, the coupling element having a base body that includes a sandwich of conducting layers of sheet metal and intermediate insulating layers arranged in between the conducting layers for electrically insulating the conducting layers from each other. Each of the conducting layers includes a first layer section that is associated to the lateral connecting portion of the first busbar and a second layer section that is associated to the connecting portion of the second busbar. The first and second layer sections are electrically insulated from each other by an insulating element and each of the first layer sections includes a first circuit breaker connecting terminal that is adapted to be electrically connected to an input terminal of a circuit breaker.

Abstract: A brake apparatus, a motor, and a robot. The brake apparatus includes a first ring connected to a shaft and being rotatable together with the shaft. Wherein the first ring includes a first set of magnets. The brake apparatus also includes a second ring, which is spaced apart from the first ring by a gap, and includes a second set of magnets, the second set of magnets being magnetically coupled to the first set of magnets such that the second ring tends to rotate along with the first ring. The brake apparatus includes a first member connected to the second ring and being rotatable together with the second ring; and a second member being switchable between a first state and a second state. An impact force will not be transmitted to the shaft when the shaft is rotating, and thus a damping effect can be achieved during braking.

Abstract: A method for providing a solution strategy for a current event in industrial process automation includes monitoring a process for events and recording manual user action data, upon occurrence of an event, acquiring the recorded data regarding manual user actions before, during, and after the occurrence of the event, learning a procedure for handling the event based on the acquired data, and applying the learnt procedure to a currently occurring event.

Abstract: A method for fixing an output power limit of a frequency converter includes determining voltage differences between two DC-link circuit capacitors for each of two different values of an output power of a frequency converter; determining a percentile value for each voltage difference by rejecting values higher than the determined percentile. A method also includes comparing a value of an output power limit Poutlimit of a frequency converter which is fixed; assessing conditions of the DC-link capacitors, wherein when the value of the nominal power Pn is higher than the fixed output power limit Poutlimit the frequency converter is used conditionally with the power Pi lower than the fixed output power limit Poutlimit without replacement of the at least two DC-link capacitors or at least two blocks of DC-link capacitors, where i=(1, 2 . . . , n).

Abstract: A three-phase alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) power converter includes a boost power factor correction (PFC) circuit that includes a low frequency diode-based converter, and a PFC inductor and a PFC capacitor connected in series together and in parallel to a PFC output of the converter. The boost PFC circuit further includes either a high frequency PFC diode and a high frequency PFC switch or a plurality of high frequency PFC switches. A ?uk converter includes a first ?uk inductor and a ?uk capacitor, a second ?uk inductor and a high frequency ?uk diode, and a transformer having a primary side connected in parallel to the PFC capacitor and a secondary side connected in parallel to the ?uk capacitor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for generating a prediction model. The model can be for use in processing machine event data to predict behavior of a plurality of industrial machines under supervision. The prediction model can be configured to determine current and future states of the industrial machines. The method can include: extracting event features from event codes and structuring the event features into feature vectors; and generating the prediction model by clustering the feature vectors into a plurality of vector clusters, the vector clusters being assigned to respective machine states. The prediction model can be constructed based on event data from a first industrial machine and be applied to control an operating state of a second industrial machine.

Abstract: A method for detecting a fault in an intelligent electronic device that includes components uses a Bayesian network. The method includes detecting a failure event in the components, obtaining a first list of cause of failures in the component using a fault tree model, computing probability of the cause of failures to obtain a second list of probable causes of failure by monitoring of information about the elements identified in the first list, identifying a root cause of failure associated with the element comprised in the component using the Bayesian network based on the second list, and initiating a function. The function may be one of restarting the element having the root cause of failure, a filtering operation for input data provided to that element; and providing an alert in the human machine interface associated with the intelligent electronic device.

Abstract: An apparatus for equipment monitoring includes an input unit, a processing unit, and an output unit. The input unit is configured to provide the processing unit with batches of temporal sensor data for an item of equipment. Each batch of temporal sensor data includes temporal sensor values as a function of time. The processing unit is configured to process the batches of temporal sensor data to determine batches of spectral sensor data. Each batch of spectral sensor data includes spectral sensor values as a function of frequency. The processing unit is configured to implement at least one statistical process algorithm to process the spectral sensor values for the batches of spectral sensor data to determine index values. For each batch of spectral sensor data there is an index value determined by each of the statistical process algorithms.

Abstract: A method of programming an industrial robot includes: providing the robot, the robot having a robot arm with an end-effector mounted thereto which is controlled by a robot control unit to manipulate a workpiece which is arranged in a workplace of the robot; associating a target coordinate system with the workplace; taking an image of the workplace and the workpiece by an image capturing device; transmitting the image to a computing device having a human-machine-interface to generate control code for controlling the robot, which is transmitted to the robot control unit; capturing an image of the workplace and the workpiece to be manipulated by the robot; transferring the captured image to the computing device and displaying the captured image on a display associated with the computing device; and displaying the workpiece on the display; marking the workpiece with a marker-object on the display.