Patents Assigned to B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
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Patent number: 10837466Abstract: To utilize and protect a mechanical load torque range of a servo drive in combination with a pump, a control unit is given a target system pressure as a reference variable and an actual system pressure as a control variable. An electric motor torque acting on a pump of the servo drive is specified by the control unit to an electric motor of the servo drive, a volume flow at the hydraulic load is generated by the pump, by which a mechanical load torque sets it at the electric motor and the actual system pressure is produced in the hydraulic load via the volume flow. A dynamic system variable of the hydraulic system is transmitted to the limiting unit. The limiting unit limits the motor torque transmitted by the control unit to the electric motor as a function of the value of the system variable.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Elmar Bohatsch, Engelbert Gruenbacher
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Publication number: 20200287493Abstract: In order to improve control of a long-stator linear motor, a first measured value is ascertained in a first measurement section and a second measured value is ascertained in a second measurement section, in each case along a transport path in a movement direction. The first measurement section overlaps, in the movement direction, the second measurement section in an overlap region, and the first measured value and the second measured value represent the same actual value of a physical quantity. An operating parameter of the long-stator linear motor determined based on a deviation occurring between the first measured value and the second measured value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Stefan FLIXEDER, Stefan HUBER, Alexander ALMEDER
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Publication number: 20200271092Abstract: In order to be able to better control the movement of the movable part of the wind power plant during an adjustment, the drive axles are tensioned against each other prior to the adjustment by rotating at least one drive axle relative to the other drive axles, and the drive axles are rotated together in the same direction of rotation during the adjustment the drive axles while maintaining the tensioning of the drive axles by way of a position control, until the desired end position of the movable part is reached.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Peter KRONBERGER, Friedrich FORTHUBER, Alexander FESTERLING
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Publication number: 20200223646Abstract: Method for operating a transport apparatus that utilizes a long stator linear motor, the method includes moving a transport unit along a transport route of the long stator linear motor, causing drive magnets arranged on both sides of a main body of the transport unit to interact, at least in a region of a transfer position for transferring the transfer unit between two opposite route portions of the transport route, with drive coils of the opposite route portions of the transport route in order to generate a propulsive force (Fv), utilizing the drive magnets of the transport unit and the drive coils of the transport route of the long stator linear motor as sources of magnetomotive force of a magnetic circuit that develops at least in the region of the transfer position on both sides of the transport unit, and transferring the transport unit between the opposite route portions of the transport route in the transfer position by changing on at least one side of the transfer unit a magnetic flux (?1, ?2) of the mType: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventor: Andreas WEBER
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Patent number: 10676327Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Martin Staudecker, Thomas J. Frauscher, Ralf Skotschek
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Publication number: 20200169157Abstract: In order to specify a transport device in the form of a long-stator linear motor, which includes a transport path along which at least two transport units can be moved in the longitudinal direction, and which allows for more flexible operation, the magnetic poles of the at least two transport units have a different pole pitch.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventor: Andreas WEBER
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Publication number: 20200159169Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Andreas STOEGER, Thomas J. FRAUSCHER, Ralf SKOTSCHEK
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Publication number: 20200149709Abstract: An illumination device for illuminating a region monitored by at least one image sensor. The illumination device has at least one light source carrier with at least one light source arranged thereon. Furthermore, the illumination device has a control and interface unit and an adjusting unit, which can be actuated by the control and interface unit and with which the light source carrier is positionally adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Hermann DEMMELHUBER, Andreas WALDL
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Publication number: 20200125841Abstract: Apparatus for the detection of print marks with a sensor arrangement which has at least one contrast sensor, which for generation of a cyclical sensor signal is disposed above the area of printed material containing the print mark which is passed below the contrast sensor, said apparatus also having a signal conditioning unit. The signal conditioning unit has at least one filter unit with a first filter for determination of the first derivation of the sensor signal, and on the basis of an evaluation of at least the first derivation of the sensor signal the filter unit generates at least one output value which is representative of print marks.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventor: Thomas ENZINGER
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Patent number: 10630604Abstract: In order to be able to better and more flexibly utilize the available isochronous bandwidth of a realtime capable Ethernet network protocol, it is provided that a number (k) of transmission cycles (Z1, . . . , Zk) are combined to create a slow transmission cycle (ZL) and two network nodes (M, S1, . . . , Sn) communicate with one another in this slow transmission cycle (ZL) in that data communication of these two network nodes (M, S1, . . . , Sn) is provided in each kth transmission cycle (Z), and/or a transmission cycle (Z) is divided into a plurality (j) of rapid transmission cycles (ZS) and two network nodes (M, S1, . . . , Sn) communicate with one another in this rapid transmission cycle (ZS) in that data communication of these two network nodes (M, S1, . . . , Sn) is provided j times in each transmission cycle (ZS).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventor: Dietmar Bruckner
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Patent number: 10628669Abstract: A method for detection of print marks by evaluation of a cyclical sensor signal (S) from at least one contrast sensor, which senses an area of printed material containing a print mark that passes below the contrast sensor. The method includes forming a first derivation (S?) of the cyclical sensor signal (S); determining a first edge region in a region where the first derivation (S?) falls below a lower threshold value; determining a second edge region in a region where the first derivation (S?) exceeds an upper threshold value; determining characteristic values for the first edge region and the second edge region; associating a print mark detection between the first edge region and the second edge region based on the determined characteristic values; and generating at least one output value which is representative of the print marks.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventor: Thomas Enzinger
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Patent number: 10618750Abstract: Transport device having a transport route, with a turnaround portion to change orientation of a transport unit by 180° in the longitudinal direction along the transport route, including a turnaround portion with an entrance connected to a first transport route portion by a first entrance end and a second, open entrance end, and an exit connected to a second transport route portion by a first exit end and a second, open exit end. A common movement path is formed at least in some portions in a region of a first transfer position, and the transport unit is movable along the path. To be turned around, the transport unit is moved to the entrance of the turnaround portion, transferred from the entrance to the exit of the turnaround portion, and moved from the exit of the turnaround portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Michael Brucker, Stefan Huber
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Patent number: 10622921Abstract: In a long stator linear motor, in order to implement a transfer position in which a transport unit (Tn) is magnetically steered in order to be redirected from a first transport section (Am) to a second transport section (An) and in order that the forward movement of the transport unit (Tn) remains as unaffected as possible by the transfer, it is provided that at the transfer position (U) on at least one side of the transport unit (Tn), the stator current (iA) of at least one driving coil (7, 8) interacting with an excitation magnet (4, 5) of the transport unit (Tn) is supplied as a current vector with a propulsive force-forming current component (iAq) and a lateral force-forming current component (iAd), and the stator current (iA) generates a propulsive force-forming electromagnetic force (FEMV) and/or lateral force-forming electromagnetic force component (FEMS) which is superimposed on the propulsive force (FV) acting on the transport unit (Tn) for production of a steering effect (L).Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Andreas Weber, Friedrich Forthuber
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Patent number: 10608518Abstract: To provide a simple and flexibly usable transport device in the form of a long stator linear motor, which enables a movement of a transport unit of the transport device in several different planes, it is provided according to the invention that a transition segment including a continuous-flow conveyor having a longitudinal axis is provided, adjoining the starting point or the ending point of the transport track in the longitudinal direction, for transporting the transport unit in a direction of movement extending along the longitudinal axis, wherein the continuous-flow conveyor is provided to move the transport unit in the direction of movement at least sectionally in a conveying plane deviating from the movement plane of the transport track.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Michael Brucker, Franz Spanlang
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Publication number: 20200096013Abstract: In order to carry out largely automated parameterisation of the closed-loop control parameters for closed-loop control of a hydraulic system comprising a servo drive, a method and a device for determining the closed-loop parameters of a closed-loop control unit of the hydraulic system are specified, wherein an actual system pressure of a hydraulic consumer of the hydraulic system is closed-loop controlled by means of a predefined set point rotational speed of a servo drive, wherein an actual rotational speed of the servo drive follows the predefined set point rotational speed, wherein an excitation signal is applied to the setpoint rotational speed, and the actual system pressure which is set here is measured, the dynamics of the hydraulic system are acquired from the actual rotational speed and/or the setpoint rotational speed and the actual system pressure, and the closed-loop control parameters are calculated from the acquired dynamics.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Kurt ZEHETLEITNER, Lukas WICK, Leopold GRIESSLER
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Patent number: 10594245Abstract: Method and device for controlling the electrical variables and/or LLM currents of LLM coils of an LLM stator, the movement of a first transport unit is controlled by an associated first transport controller, the movement of a second transport unit is controlled by an associated second transport controller, and a control unit checks whether the first transport controller intends to specify a first controlled variable for an LLM coil and whether the second transport controller simultaneously intends to specify a second controlled variable to the same LLM coil. In this case, either an additional controlled variable, which is derived from the first controlled variable and/or the second controlled variable using a predetermined function f (Ux=f(Ux?, Ux?), or Ux=f(Ux?) or Ux=f(Ux?)), is specified for the LLM coil, or the coil terminals of the LLM coil (Lx) are short-circuited.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Manuel Plainer, Stefan Brucker, Andreas Weber
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Patent number: 10550975Abstract: For a simply constructed pivot and swivel joint securing a sealing of the control element for the connection of a support arm to a control element, it is provided that the pivot and swivel joint (3) is implemented having a rotary sleeve (10) including an axially continuous recess (41) and having a swivel sleeve (11) connected thereto via a swivel axis (S) including an axially continuous recess (42), which is swivelable relative to the rotary sleeve (10) about the swivel axis (S), a rotary axis (D) being configured at the axial end of the rotary sleeve (10) facing away from the swivel axis (S), and a sealing hose (30) being disposed between the rotary sleeve (10) and the swivel sleeve (11), which by a first axial end sealingly abuts at the recess (41) of the rotary sleeve (10) and by the opposite second axial end is sealingly disposed at the axial end of the swivel sleeve (11).Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventor: Thomas Daxecker
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Patent number: 10554111Abstract: In order to improve the adaptation of a long stator linear motor to requirements or conditions of individual transport units or of the transport track it is foreseen, that a movement profile is preset for the transport unit (Tx), which is followed by the transport unit (Tx), in doing so at least one system parameter of a model of the control system (21) is determined by means of a parameter estimation method, and the value of the system parameter over time is collected and from the variation over time a wear condition of the transport unit (Tx) and/or of the transport track is deduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Andreas Weber, Joachim Weissbacher
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Patent number: 10554102Abstract: In order to improve the adaptation of a long stator linear motor to requirements or conditions of individual transport units or of the transport track it is foreseen, that the control variables (StG) of a driving coil (7, 8) of long stator linear motor are superimposed with an excitation signal (AS) with a predetermined frequency band, wherein actual variables (IG) of the driving coil control are determined, from the control variables (StGAS) superimposed with the excitation signal (AS) and from the determined actual variables (IG) a frequency response is determined and from the frequency response the control parameters (RP) for this transport unit (Tx) are determined and the transport unit (Tx) is controlled using these determined control parameters (RP) for movement along the transport track.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Andreas Weber, Joachim Weissbacher
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Publication number: 20200031591Abstract: In order to easily prevent a collision of transport units, which are moved along a conveyor line of a long stator linear motor, it is provided that a minimum distance to be maintained between the two transport units is changed as a function of the position of the two transport units along the conveyor line.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Stefan HUBER, Dominic WALTER, Benjamin REICHENWALLNER