Patents by Inventor Joachim WEIßBACHER

Joachim WEIßBACHER 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).

  • Publication number: 20240151279
    Abstract: A method for standstill control of a multi-body system (MKS) having at least one drive body and at least one friction body mechanically coupled to the drive body. A static friction acts on the friction body, a velocity of one of the bodies of the MKS is determined as measurement velocity subject to a measurement noise and converted in a dead zone element to a dead zone velocity. The dead zone velocity assumes the value of zero for values of the measurement velocity above a value of zero and below a positive dead zone limit, and assumes the value of the measurement velocity for values of the measurement velocity above the positive dead zone limit. The dead zone velocity is provided to a velocity controller as an actual velocity for controlling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim WEIßBACHER, Helmut HERZOG
  • Publication number: 20240088809
    Abstract: In order to simplify the starting-up of a transport device in the form of a long-stator linear motor, a thermal design and/or an electrical design and/or a mechanical design of the transport device is checked using a time course of the electrical control variable of the drive coils for producing a product flow, and, before starting-up, a transport device configuration having a thermal and/or electrical and/or mechanical configuration is changed if the product flow cannot be implemented due to the thermal design and/or electrical design and/or mechanical design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp WAGNER, Martin HAUDUM, Joachim WEIßBACHER
  • Publication number: 20240085862
    Abstract: In order to provide an optimized multi-axis system having mechanically coupled axes, a feedforward control identification process is provided, during which actual identification variables occurring in each case at the motor are each provided to identification units associated with the feedforward controllers, wherein feedforward control parameters are identified using the actual identification variables, and closed-loop controllers are parameterized using the feedforward control parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventor: Joachim WEIßBACHER
  • Patent number: 11241876
    Abstract: A method for controlling a drive of a machine having at least one first roll element, which rolls with a surface on a counter surface at least in subintervals of a revolution cycle with the action of a contact force under elastic deformation, that includes a speed correction method, which automatically compensates for deformation-related deviations of the peripheral velocity of the first roll element by way of an adaptation of the setpoint value for the velocity of the first roll element, and a retrospective method, which automatically compensates for deviations of the speed consistency of the first roll element within a revolution cycle by applying a correction signal determined from the curve of a control variable, in particular an actual velocity or actual position of the first roll element, in a preceding revolution cycle or in multiple preceding revolution cycles, are applied in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Weissbacher, Robert Kickinger, Albert Tresens
  • Patent number: 10554111
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Weber, Joachim Weissbacher
  • Patent number: 10554102
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Weber, Joachim Weissbacher
  • Publication number: 20190176463
    Abstract: A method for controlling a drive of a machine having at least one first roll element, which rolls with a surface on a counter surface at least in subintervals of a revolution cycle with the action of a contact force under elastic deformation, that includes a speed correction method, which automatically compensates for deformation-related deviations of the peripheral velocity of the first roll element by way of an adaptation of the setpoint value for the velocity of the first roll element, and a retrospective method, which automatically compensates for deviations of the speed consistency of the first roll element within a revolution cycle by applying a correction signal determined from the curve of a control variable, in particular an actual velocity or actual position of the first roll element, in a preceding revolution cycle or in multiple preceding revolution cycles, are applied in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim WEISSBACHER, Robert KICKINGER, Albert TRESENS
  • Publication number: 20170346380
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: BERNECKER + RAINER INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK Ges.m.b.H.
    Inventors: Andreas WEBER, Joachim WEISSBACHER
  • Publication number: 20170346379
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: BERNECKER + RAINER INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK Ges.m.b.H.
    Inventors: Andreas WEBER, Joachim WEISSBACHER