Patents by Inventor Gerhard KURKA

Gerhard KURKA 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).

  • Integrated planning of production and/or maintenance plans
    Patent number: 11281196
    Abstract: A production planning system (6) for a raw materials industry plant (ANL), which determines the production planning data (Pi) thereof and specifies said data to the automation system (1) of the plant (ANL). A state monitoring system (7) determines previous and future anticipated states (Z1) of components of the plant (ANL). A quality determination system (8) determines states (Z2) of output products (Ai) produced and still to be produced by the plant (ANL) and/or past and future states (Z3) of the plant (ANL) as a whole. A maintenance planning system (9) and/or the production planning system (6) receive, from the state monitoring system (7), the states (Z1) of the components of the plant (ANL), determined by the state monitoring system (7) and, from the quality determination system (8), the states (Z2 and Z3) of the output products (Ai) and/or of the plant (ANL) as a whole, determined by the quality determination system (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Kai Ankermann, Arno Haschke, Kurt Herzog, Gerhard Kurka, Michael Weinzinger, Günther Winter
  • INTEGRATED PLANNING OF PRODUCTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE PLANS
    Publication number: 20200004230
    Abstract: A production planning system (6) for a raw materials industry plant (ANL), which determines the production planning data (Pi) thereof and specifies said data to the automation system (1) of the plant (ANL). A state monitoring system (7) determines previous and future anticipated states (Z1) of components of the plant (ANL). A quality determination system (8) determines states (Z2) of output products (Ai) produced and still to be produced by the plant (ANL) and/or past and future states (Z3) of the plant (ANL) as a whole. A maintenance planning system (9) and/or the production planning system (6) receive, from the state monitoring system (7), the states (Z1) of the components of the plant (ANL), determined by the state monitoring system (7) and, from the quality determination system (8), the states (Z2 and Z3) of the output products (Ai) and/or of the plant (ANL) as a whole, determined by the quality determination system (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kai ANKERMANN, Arno HASCHKE, Kurt HERZOG, Gerhard KURKA, Michael WEINZINGER, Günther WINTER