Abstract: A stepping motor is driven in both closed-loop and open-loop modes while initiating microstepping after a predetermined threshold velocity has been reached. A feedback device such as an encoder is mounted on the stepping motor shaft and the encoder keeps track of the mechanical position of the rotor. Based on feedback from the encoder, stator phases are activated to maintain a 90° phase advance and produce maximum torque. A lead angle compensation technique is used to advance the motor lead angle, to allow for the excitation currents to reach maximum even at higher speeds. The stepping motor controller employs this strategy in order to produce maximum torque across a wide range of motor speeds and actuator motions.

Abstract: A printing-cylinder bearing device for rotatably supporting a printing cylinder 12 via a frame 6 in such a manner that the printing cylinder can be moved between a printing position and a non-printing position, comprising a radial-load supporting means 3 having between the frame 6 and a shaft 2 of the printing cylinder 12 at least an eccentric part that is rotatable around the centerline of a hole 13 provided on the frame 6, a housing 5 interlocked with the eccentric part and provided in such a manner as to inhibit the axial movement of the printing cylinder 12 with respect to the frame 6, a thrust loading supporting means 4 interposed between the housing 5 and the shaft 2 of the printing cylinder 12, and an eccentric part rotating means 8 for rotating the eccentric part around the centerline of the hole 13 on the frame 6 and holding the rotated position of the eccentric part.

Abstract: A safety device for rotary printing press is provided in which, if a blanket cylinder and a plate cylinder move a little larger, a gap between surfaces of the cylinders and guard member can be maintained to be less than a predetermined value and the function of safety protection is kept properly.

Abstract: A method for programming a multi-axis actuator system to perform palletizing uses an intuitive user interface having a data entry screen for palletizing data, which requires only a simple setting of minimal parameters including the number of rows and columns in a pallet and the pitch spacing between pallet positions. Actuator positions necessary for palletizing movements are calculated in real time by an algorithm executed in a digital signal processor of the actuator controllers. Palletizing data entries are stored in a motion profile table in a range of consecutively paired indexes which is separated from the index range dedicated to regular single-step or torque moves.

Abstract: A printing-cylinder bearing device for rotatably supporting a printing cylinder 12 via a frame 6 in such a manner that the printing cylinder can be moved between a printing position and a non-printing position, comprising a radial-load supporting means 3 having between the frame 6 and a shaft 2 of the printing cylinder 12 at least an eccentric part that is rotatable around the centerline of a hole 13 provided on the frame 6, a housing 5 interlocked with the eccentric part and provided in such a manner as to inhibit the axial movement of the printing cylinder 12 with respect to the frame 6, a thrust loading supporting means 4 interposed between the housing 5 and the shaft 2 of the printing cylinder 12, and an eccentric part rotating means 8 for rotating the eccentric part around the centerline of the hole 13 on the frame 6 and holding the rotated position of the eccentric part.

Abstract: A safety device for rotary printing press is provided in which, if a blanket cylinder and a plate cylinder move a little larger, a gap between surfaces of the cylinders and guard member can be maintained to be less than a predetermined value and the function of safety protection is kept properly.

Abstract: A threshold value is stored in a CPU using setting switches. When a fluid is introduced into a flow passage, a rod disposed in the flow passage sheds Karman vortexes downstream thereof in the fluid as it flows through the flow passage. A piezoelectric device generates an electric signal depending on pressure fluctuations of the Karman vortexes, and the electric signal is applied through a comparator to the CPU. The CPU refers to a data table stored in a memory to determine a flow rate of the fluid based on the period of the electric signal. When the determined flow rate is greater than the threshold value, the CPU turns on transistors to energize loads as external devices. When the determined flow rate is smaller than the threshold value, the CPU turns off transistors to de-energize loads.

Abstract: A threshold value is stored in a CPU using setting switches. When a fluid is introduced into a flow passage, it lowers the temperature of a first thermistor heated by a regulated constant-current source, increasing the output voltage of the first thermistor. A second thermistor outputs a voltage corresponding to the temperature of the fluid. A differential amplifier outputs a differential voltage between the output voltages of the first and second thermistors, and the differential voltage is converted by an A/D converter into a digital voltage that is applied to a CPU. The CPU refers to a data table stored in a memory to determine a flow rate of the fluid based on the digital differential voltage. When the determined flow rate is greater than the threshold value, the CPU turns on transistors to energize loads as external devices. When the determined flow rate is smaller than the threshold value, the CPU turns off transistors to de-energize loads.

Abstract: A method of and a system for electrically processing vacuum pressure information, which is suitable for use in a vacuum unit. Pressure values are detected and a desired pressure value lower than the highest vacuum pressure value of the detected pressure values is displayed on a displaying device in digital form. The desired pressure value is stored in a storing device. Each of pressure values relative to vacuum, which are detected by a pressure detecting element held in front of a passage communicating with a vacuum port, is converted into a digital signal. The so-converted digital signal is digitally displayed on the displaying device. The desired pressure value stored in the storing device is compared with each of the detected pressure values relative to the vacuum, and information about faulty points is displayed on the displaying device based on the result of comparison.

Abstract: A positioning detector detects whether a workpiece has been positioned on a reference surface even when the pressure of a fluid supplied from a fluid pressure source and applied to the workpiece varies. A fluid is jetted from a nozzle toward a surface of the workpiece, and a back pressure of the fluid developed behind the nozzle is detected. A fluid pressure bridge is composed of the nozzle, a variable restriction, and a pair of fixed restrictions, and is connected to a semiconductor pressure sensor for detecting the difference between the back pressure and the pressure of a fluid vented through the variable restriction. The semiconductor pressure sensor has output terminals connected to a plurality of comparators for comparing the pressure difference detected by the semiconductor pressure sensor with respective different thresholds.

Abstract: In a vacuum unit which can electrically process information, a vacuum pressure value is detected by a detecting device and a desired pressure value is set by a setting device. The so-set desired pressure value is digitally displayed on a displaying device and stored in a storing device. The set desired pressure value is compared with the detected vacuum pressure value by a determining device. When the result of comparison is brought to a given value, it is determined that an unusual or improper state has been developed. When the set desired pressure value and the detected vacuum pressure value coincide with each other in a predetermined range, a predetermined signal is produced from an output device. The displaying device is provided with an adjusting device capable of adjusting the state of visual recognition of each pressure value.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for electrically processing vacuum pressure information in a vacuum unit. The apparatus basically comprises a vacuum supply mechanism, a detecting device, a determining device, a failure precognition signal generating device and a pressure setting-up device. In the apparatus, pressure values are first detected, and a desired pressure value lower than the maximum pressure value of the detected pressure values is digitally displayed on a display unit. Then, the desired pressure value is stored in a storage unit, and pressure values relative to vacuum, which are detected from the detecting device held in front of a passage which communicates with a vacuum port, are converted into digital signals. Thereafter, the digital signals thus converted are digitally displayed on the display unit. Further, the desired pressure value stored in the storage unit is compared with each of the detected pressure values.

Abstract: First and second thresholds are established which define a pressure difference relative to a maximum pressure level for a fluid under pressure, which maximum pressure level is detected by a pressure detecting device, and a third threshold is also established which is lower than the maximum pressure level and higher than the first and second thresholds. While a pressure detected by the pressure detecting device ranges between the first and second thresholds, an output signal is supplied to a drive member. When a pressure lower than the third threshold is detected by the pressure detecting device, an output signal indicative of a predicted failure is produced. The output signal indicative of a predicted failure is produced when a pressure lower than the third threshold is detected a plurality of times by the pressure detecting device.