A robot for coating a vehicle body includes a coating head, a reservoir for storing coating material, a supply device capable of controlling the pressure of coating material flowing through a circulation path provided between the coating head and the reservoir, and an arm having a coating head and a supply device. The arm is a multi-axis arm having multiple arm members and a movable shaft connecting each arm member to each other, and it has a posture control means that controls the posture of the multiple arm members during coating of the vehicle body by the coating head to maintain the relative position of the coating head and the supply device at a constant level or to suppress fluctuations in the relative position within a predetermined allowable range.
B05B 13/04 - Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work the spray heads being moved during operation
B25J 11/00 - Manipulators not otherwise provided for
B25J 13/08 - Controls for manipulators by means of sensing devices, e.g. viewing or touching devices
B05B 12/08 - Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material discharged, of ambient medium or of target
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Versatile Emergency Lighting Luminaire for Buildings
An emergency lighting luminaire for mounting in a recess in a wall or ceiling of a building, wherein this recess is configured to be covered with a covering plate, the luminaire comprising: a power supply unit that is configured to be mounted in the recess, the power supply unit comprising at least one power source and driver electronics for a plurality of illuminants; an illuminant unit that is configured to be held outside the recess, the illuminant unit comprising a substrate on which a plurality of illuminants are mounted; and a connector that attaches the illuminant unit to the power supply unit, contains electrical connections between the illuminants and the power supply unit, and is configured to traverse the covering plate.
A method of detecting sensor malfunction in an automated guided vehicle, AGV, including for at least two different pairs of wheel units in a motion state of the AGV, calculating a motion value for at least one motion variable of a body of the AGV based on sensor data from a wheel sensors and/or a steering sensors; for at least one motion variable, calculating a difference between the motion values for at least two different pairs; and determining that there is a malfunction in one or more of the wheel sensors and the steering sensors if one of the at least one difference exceeds a threshold value associated with the respective motion variable.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
[Problem to be solved] Provided is a painting robot capable of realizing at least one of improvement in movement performance, reduction of the influence of a water head pressure difference, and prevention of occurrence of a state in which the pressure cannot be adjusted by a first adjustment valve and a second adjustment valve.
[Problem to be solved] Provided is a painting robot capable of realizing at least one of improvement in movement performance, reduction of the influence of a water head pressure difference, and prevention of occurrence of a state in which the pressure cannot be adjusted by a first adjustment valve and a second adjustment valve.
[Means for solving the problems] The painting robot 10 comprises a robot arm R1 attaching the painting head unit 50 to the tip, a paint supply mechanism 70 disposed between the robot arm R1 and the painting head unit 50, and a control unit 100, the control unit 100 comprising a paint supply means 90, a paint supply control unit 140 that performs control of at least one actuation of the paint supply means 91, the first adjustment valve 92 and the second adjustment valve 93 so as to be a pressure set point read from the control memory 141, and controls operation of at least one of the paint supply means 90 and the paint recovery means 91 while adjusting the openness of the first adjustment valve 92 and the second adjustment valve 93 within a predetermined adjustment range when controlling the pressure of the paint to be a pressure set point.
B05B 13/04 - Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work the spray heads being moved during operation
B25J 11/00 - Manipulators not otherwise provided for
B05B 15/58 - Arrangements for cleaning; Arrangements for preventing deposits, drying-out or blockage; Arrangements for detecting improper discharge caused by the presence of foreign matter preventing deposits, drying-out or blockage by recirculating the fluid to be sprayed from upstream of the discharge opening back to the supplying means
B05B 12/08 - Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material discharged, of ambient medium or of target
The present invention relates to high-resistivity permanent magnets, their preparation and their application in electrical machines. A permanent magnet according to the present invention comprises a permanent magnet comprising a magnetic material and a shaped inorganic insulating element, wherein a shape and a size of the shaped inorganic insulating element have been substantially unchanged by the sintering, wherein the shaped inorganic insulating element has a width and a length which are both at least 10 times larger than an average grain diameter of the magnetic material after sintering, and wherein an arithmetic average waviness Wa of an interface between the magnetic material and the shaped inorganic insulating element is less than 10% of a local wall thickness of the shaped inorganic insulating element after sintering.
H01F 1/057 - Alloys characterised by their composition containing rare earth metals and magnetic transition metals, e.g. SmCo5 and IIIa elements, e.g. Nd2Fe14B
H01F 41/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or assembling magnets, inductances or transformers; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing materials characterised by their magnetic properties for manufacturing cores, coils or magnets
A visual-tactile sensing device includes a visual-tactile sensing pad useful to capture image data related to a work piece during contact with the pad and as it approaches the pad. The sensing device can be used as part of a robotic gripper or other device. One or more lights can be used to illuminate the work piece and/or project light through the pad. The pad includes a rigid base, an elastic layer structured to deform upon contact with the work piece, a light layer 70 structured to emit light at a first wavelength, and a spectrally absorbing layer structured to absorb light at a target wavelength but allow light at other wavelengths to pass. In one form the light layer can be a fluorescent layer. The spectrally absorbing layer can be a dye layer.
Embodiments of an apparatus for improving cleanliness of a robot and an associated robot. The apparatus includes a hoop adapted to be mounted on a joint of the robot to enclose a plurality of parts of the joint, wherein the hoop is shaped such that at least one gap is formed between the hoop and the plurality of parts. A suction port provided on the hoop and adapted to be coupled to a suction device to allow creation of a flow from the at least one gap to the suction port. Within the hoop enclosing the parts of the joint that move relatively and the suction port allowing creation of a flow from the gap to the suction port, debris generated due to the relative movement of the parts during operation of the robot can be removed with the flow.
B25J 19/00 - Accessories fitted to manipulators, e.g. for monitoring, for viewing; Safety devices combined with or specially adapted for use in connection with manipulators
A mounting structure for mounting a propulsion unit to a hull of a floating structure includes a first mounting surface and a sealed portion provided on the first mounting surface for sealing the propulsion unit to the hull. The first mounting surface is further provided with a pivot point provided at an edge or in the vicinity of an edge of the first mounting surface and outside the sealed portion, and at least two first protrusions spaced from each other on the first mounting surface. Each of the first protrusions includes a surface at least on a side of the first protrusion facing away from the pivot point, which surface is formed at least in a direction perpendicular to the first mounting surface in a manner dependent of a distance between the pivot point and the surface in such a manner that the first protrusion provided in a cylindrical cavity formed in a counterpart is configured to guide a mutual tilting movement of the cylindrical cavity and the first protrusion, when the mounting structure and, thus, the first protrusions are tilted with respect to the cylindrical cavities about the pivot point.
A visual-tactile sensing device includes a visual-tactile sensing pad useful to capture image data related to a work piece during contact with the pad and as it approaches the pad. The sensing device can be used as part of a robotic gripper or other device. One or more lights can be used to illuminate the work piece and/or project light through the pad. The pad includes a rigid base, an elastic layer structured to deform upon contact with the work piece, and a diffraction layer structured to diffract light at different colors depending on the angle of the incoming light rays and camera placement.
A method for configuring a new field device in an industrial plant includes detecting the new device, obtaining driver information including configuration parameters of the new device; determining the previously used field device, determining whether the driver information for the new device matches that for the previously used device. In case of a match, provisioning the new device with the previously used configuration parameters, and in case of no match, provisioning the new device with new configuration parameters.
G05B 19/4155 - Numerical control (NC), i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by programme execution, i.e. part programme or machine function execution, e.g. selection of a programme
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Method of Controlling of Battery Energy Storage System of Power System with High Dynamic Loads
A method of controlling battery energy storage comprises a renewable active power source (PR), a battery energy storage system (BESS), at least one static load (PLoad) and at least one high dynamic load PH.LOAD. Active power demand of the system in the point of common coupling is at quasi-constant level. The method further includes gathering constant active power limit from the external grid (PGRID) and historical data of active power profiles of: predicting the following active power profiles for day+1, calculating required active power of the battery energy storage system, setting daily peak of state of charge and minimum state of charge of the battery energy storage system, and verifying whether daily peak of state of charge and minimum state of charge ensure that instantaneous values of state of charge through the entire day of the battery energy storage system is within range of 20% to 80%.
Described herein is a measuring apparatus including a first measuring unit operatively coupled to a first measurement point of the electric circuit, said first measuring unit configured to acquire first detection values related to one or more voltages at the first measurement point of said electric circuit; and a plurality of second measuring units operatively coupled to a plurality of second measurement points of said electric circuit, each second measuring unit configured to acquire second detection values related to one or more currents at a corresponding second measurement point of said electric circuit. The first measuring unit and the second measuring units are capable of communicating one with another, in a wired or wireless manner, in order to measure active electric power at said second measurement points. Also described herein is a method for measuring active electric power in an electric circuit.
Described herein is a VI assembly that includes a VI having a stationary contact on a stationary contact potential, a moveable contact on a moveable contact potential, and a vapor shield. The stationary and moveable contacts define a contacting area. The moveable contact is moveable relative to the stationary contact along an axis of the VI. The VI assembly further includes at least one field coupler. The stationary contact and the vapor shield have a predetermined stationary contact-vapor shield capacitance with respect to each other. The moveable contact and the vapor shield have a predetermined moveable contact-vapor shield capacitance with respect to each other. The field coupler is configured such that it adds a field coupler capacitance to at least one of the stationary contact-vapor shield capacitance and the moveable contact-vapor shield capacitance to make the stationary contact-vapor shield capacitance and the moveable contact-vapor shield capacitance substantially equal.
An electric current switch comprising: a housing; a contact lever including a proximal end and a distal end and is rotatable at a pivot point at the distal end, the contact lever including a lever arcing contact area and a lever arcing contact at the proximal end; a fixed contact assembly configured to receive the contact lever in a closed position of the contact lever, the fixed contact assembly including fixed main contacts and a fixed arcing contact, the fixed contact assembly being fixed relative the housing accommodating the fixed contact; the contact lever is configured to rotate about the pivot point between the closed position and an open position, the electric current switch further including a nozzle fixedly arranged to surround the position of the fixed arcing contact, the nozzle including at least one outlet to provide a flow of cooling gas towards the fixed arcing contact, the flow of cooling gas being in the proximal direction of the contact lever as when the contact lever in the closed position.
A system for monitoring a switchgear includes: an infrared camera for acquiring at least one infrared image of the switchgear; a processing unit for determining a pixel in the at least one infrared image associated with a hottest temperature, determining e pixels in the at least one infrared image associated with a temperature that is within a threshold temperature of the hottest temperature, and determining that a hot spot exists in the switchgear as a determination, the determination being a utilization of the determined pixels in the at least one infrared image; and an output unit for outputting an indication of a fault in the switchgear based on the determined hot spot.
An electrical panel board includes an enclosure defining a first and second chamber, a power distribution module disposed in one of the first chamber and the second chamber and adapted to electrically connect a main power source to receive power thereof with one or more loads. A neutral assembly is positioned in the remaining of the first chamber and the second chamber and securable to the rear wall of the enclosure. The neutral assembly includes a neutral circuit and a ground fault protection unit electrically coupled to each other. The neutral assembly having the neutral circuit and the ground fault protection unit extends from the rear wall to an imaginary plane which is off set rearwardly from an imaginary plane along which the power distribution module extends from the rear wall.
H02B 1/04 - Mounting thereon of switches or of other devices in general, the switch or device having, or being without, casing
H02H 3/16 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to fault current to earth, frame or mass
H02B 1/14 - Shutters or guards for preventing access to contacts
A method of inspection and repair of a robotic operation is provided. The robotic operation preferably includes dispensing material onto a surface of a component. A camera is used to capture an image of the robotic operation and identify defects in the robotic operation in the captured image. The locations of the defects are then transformed from the image coordinate system to the robot coordinate system. The robot may then be moved to the defect locations in the robot coordinate system to repair the defects, e.g., by dispensing additional material at the defect.
A method of providing a control software configuration for a module of a modular plant, the method including, in a module engineering phase: receiving a user definition for the module; and automatically generating the control software configuration for the module based on the user definition, the automatically generating including: specifying parameters for the module that are not specific to any target system; and providing the control software configuration as a controller-agnostic configuration file for subsequent binding of controller software instantiated according to the controller-agnostic configuration file to a hardware controller of the module when the module is integrated into a target system during a plant engineering phase.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
An assembly for engaging an electromagnetic actuator comprising a first shaft having a first link and a second shaft having a second link connected by a biasing assembly configured to rotate between an initial and a final position. A contact arm of the second shaft advances a sliding armature of the electromagnetic actuator from an activated state to a deactivated state such that the assembly prevents the electromagnetic actuator from returning to the activated state. The biasing assembly has a toggle-over position in which a biasing force rotates the contact arm from the toggle-over position to the final position.
An apparatus for determining oil leakage of a gearbox and an associated robot. The apparatus includes a base arranged between the gearbox and a motor coupled to the gearbox. The base can be made of a oil-absorbing material such that a volume of the base changes when the base contacts oil. The apparatus also includes a signal generator coupled to the base and configured to cause an electrical signal or a change in a physical property of the signal generator in response to a change in the volume of the base. The apparatus also includes a controller coupled to the signal generator and configured to detect the electrical signal or the change in the physical property and to determine the oil leakage in response to a detection of the electrical signal or the change in the physical property.
G01M 3/16 - Investigating fluid tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by detecting the presence of fluid at the leakage point using electric detection means
G01M 3/04 - Investigating fluid tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by detecting the presence of fluid at the leakage point
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Method for Estimating Flux Using Handheld Gas Sensors and an Inertial Measurement Unit
A system, method, and apparatus are provided for estimating a flux of fugitive gas emissions. The method is performed using a gas analyzer coupled to a sampling wand, where gas enters the inlet tip of the sampling wand prior to being sampled by the gas analyzer. The sampling wand is fixed to a mobile device that includes an inertial measurement unit. Location information from the inertial measurement unit is used to compile a high resolution geo-spatial map of gas concentration levels across a cross-sectional area of a gas plume. A near-field Gaussian plume inversion calculation is then performed to estimate the flux based on the gas concentration data and the location information.
G01M 3/04 - Investigating fluid tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by detecting the presence of fluid at the leakage point
G01C 21/16 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups by using measurement of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation
G01P 15/08 - Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces with conversion into electric or magnetic values
G01C 19/00 - Gyroscopes; Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses; Turn-sensitive devices without moving masses; Measuring angular rate using gyroscopic effects
G01P 5/02 - Measuring speed of fluids, e.g. of air stream; Measuring speed of bodies relative to fluids, e.g. of ship, of aircraft by measuring forces exerted by the fluid on solid bodies, e.g. anemometer
G01P 15/18 - Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration in two or more dimensions
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Primary Coil and a Method for Manufacturing a Primary Coil
A primary coil suitable for use in a transformer includes a primary winding bobbin onto which a layer of a primary winding and at least one layer, which includes a fixed number of 1 to 3 layers, of an interlayer insulation material are wound alternately, wherein the interlayer insulation material and the primary winding are impregnated with an epoxy, and wherein the interlayer insulation material is a nonwoven material or a crepe paper.
A system and method for connecting a process controller to one or more peer devices includes providing a process controller interface for bidirectional communication; using a peer device interface for bidirectional OPC UA communication with the peer devices; and providing a logic unit that determines one or more to-be-performed actions from the one or more inputs according to a predetermined logic; determines, according to the predetermined logic, one or more outputs which, when supplied to the process controller, and/or to the peer devices, cause the to-be-performed actions to be performed; and supply these outputs to the process controller, and/or to the one or more peer devices.
A computer-implemented method for determining a mitigated peak power exchange value for power exchange between a supplier and a facility includes receiving a timeseries comprising power exchange values for power exchange between the supplier and the facility over a predetermined time period; executing an optimization algorithm configured to determine a mitigated maximum power exchange value in the timeseries using data defining one or more peak shaving capabilities at the facility as variables; and outputting the determined mitigated maximum power exchange value.
H02J 3/14 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks for adjusting voltage in ac networks by changing a characteristic of the network load by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
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Outlier Detection Based on Process Fingerprints from Robot Cycle Data
A system and method for outlier detection based on process fingerprints from robot cycle data includes a data collection component, which is configured to collect cyclic data, wherein the cyclic data comprises multiple vectors each of which comprises data from one individual cycle of the robot cycle data; a data storage component, wherein which is configured to store the collected cyclic data; and a data processing component, which is configured to perform cloud processing of the stored cyclic data triggered by a cycle-start signal, wherein the data processing component is configured to parse the stored cyclic data and to process the stored cyclic data based on a configuration file defining metadata of the stored cyclic data, wherein the data processing component is configured extract process fingerprints from the stored cyclic data using the metadata.
A system and method for synthesizing energy time-series data for a facility includes a time-series generator configured to receive an input set of attributes comprising attributes characterizing the facility, and to output a synthesized time-series representing estimated energy data for the facility. The synthesized time-series are generated on the basis of the input set of attributes and one or more reference time-series associated with respective reference sets of attributes.
Provided herein is a cable tray apparatus including a first side rail, a second side rail spaced from the first side rail, and at least one support member having a first end and a second end. The second side rail includes a support wall and first and second tabs extending from the support wall. The support member includes side walls extending between the ends, and first and second recesses formed within each of the two side walls at each end. The support member is located between the side rails, and the tabs of the side rails are configured to engage and be located within the respective first and second recesses at the respective ends of the support member. The support member is slidable relative to the side rails along the tabs.
H02G 3/04 - Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
F16L 3/26 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets specially adapted for supporting the pipes all along their length, e.g. pipe channels or ducts
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A SEAL STRUCTURE FOR PROTECTING A MOTOR OF A ROBOT
According to implementations of the subject matter described herein, there is provided a robot. The robot includes a motor mounted on a frame; a driving member having a shaft portion mounted to the motor and an output portion configured to engage a downstream driving member; a seal ring coupled to the frame and having an inner annular portion; and a collar secured to the shaft portion and having an outside peripheral surface in contact with the inner annular portion of the seal ring. A robot having a more reliable seal for protecting the motor can be achieved.
B25J 19/00 - Accessories fitted to manipulators, e.g. for monitoring, for viewing; Safety devices combined with or specially adapted for use in connection with manipulators
B25J 9/12 - Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements electric
B25J 9/10 - Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements
F16H 57/029 - Gearboxes; Mounting gearing therein characterised by means for sealing gearboxes, e.g. to improve airtightness
H02K 5/10 - Casings or enclosures characterised by the shape, form or construction thereof with arrangements for protection from ingress, e.g. of water or fingers
H02K 7/00 - Arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with dynamo-electric machines, e.g. structural association with mechanical driving motors or auxiliary dynamo-electric machines
A system and method for monitoring a switchgear includes an infrared camera, a processing unit, and an output unit. The infrared camera acquires an infrared image of the switchgear, and the processing unit converts it into a binary image. Pixels in the infrared image having a temperature equal to or above a first threshold value are given the same first value. Pixels in the infrared image having a temperature below the first threshold value are given the same second value. The processing unit is configured to implement a Siamese neural network to determine if a hot spot exists in the infrared image.
In an industrial automation system including a first and a second wireless communication device communicating with each other via a cellular network, the first wireless communication device obtains, while the first wireless communication device is attached to a first base station of the cellular network, knowledge about to which base station the second wireless communication device is attached and if the second wireless communication device is attached to a second allowable base station, the first wireless communication device detaches from the first base station and attaches to the second base station.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
A system and method for determining the type of an analog sensor device in a process control system comprising at least a terminal block unit comprising four connection ports connectable with an analog sensor device, wherein the sensor device to be determined is a 2-wire connection sensor device, a 3-wire connection sensor device, or a 4-wire connection sensor device. The method includes detecting whether: a predefined resistance value is present for a 2-wire connection sensor device, a 3-wire connection sensor device, a predefined resistance value between two predefined pairs of connection ports of the terminal block unit is provided, or a 4-wire connection sensor device is connected to the terminal block unit.
G01K 7/13 - Circuits for cold-junction compensation
G01K 7/22 - Measuring temperature based on the use of electric or magnetic elements directly sensitive to heat using resistive elements the element being a non-linear resistance, e.g. thermistor
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) converter circuit includes a controlled switching element, a filter capacitor, and a split DC capacitor comprising a plus DC capacitor and a minus DC capacitor split at a DC-link mid-point, connected to each other at the DC-link mid-point on a respective first side. A second side of the input filter capacitor at an AC point is coupled via an inductor element to a second side of the controlled switching element, the second side of the controlled switching element being coupled to the second side of the plus DC capacitor and the minus capacitor. The controlled switching element operates is configured to be controlled such that a current from the AC point via the inductor element flows alternatingly to either the plus DC output capacitor or the minus DC capacitor, and to the DC-link mid-point, respectively, thereby discharging the input filter capacitor.
H02J 9/06 - Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over
H02M 3/158 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load
H02M 1/14 - Arrangements for reducing ripples from dc input or output
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UNITARY DISTRIBUTION PLATE AND CONFIGURABLE DIAPHRAGM
A unitary distribution plate of a Gas chromatograph (GC) module having a plurality of valve bores disposed on a bottom surface of the unitary distribution plate and a least one sensor cell and at least one column port machined into the top surface of the unitary distribution plate. The valve bores and sensor cells are connected by fluid pathways within a thickness of the distribution plate. The pathways include a combination of planar, longitudinal, diagonal, and radial fluid pathways relative to the top surface of the distribution plate. The fluid channels are formed by diffusion bonding or more generally laminating multiple plates into the unitary distribution plate.
A method of operating a charging station of an electric vehicle and a charging station. The charging station including multiple of charging points for charging electrical vehicles and an energy storage system, the charging station being connected to an electrical network for providing power to the multiple of charging points and the energy storage system is adapted to be charged from the electrical network and adapted to provide power to the multiple of charging points. The method includes receiving information of a vehicle required to be charged in a charging point, providing a signal from the charging point to the energy storage system indicating the approaching charging, receiving the signal from the charging point in an energy storage system, ramping down charging of the energy storage system if the energy storage system is being charged, and providing power from the energy storage system to the multiple of charging points if the charging power from the multiple of charging points exceeds the power limit of the electrical network, and charging the vehicle.
An uninterruptible power supply, UPS, arrangement for subsea applications, including a container arranged and configured for subsea operation, and the following main modules arranged inside the container: at least one battery module of a predetermined battery capacity; at least one UPS module governing the battery module, the UPS module having a predetermined UPS capacity; at least one control module configured for interfacing and managing the battery module and the UPS module. The UPS arrangement is arranged and configured to vary its overall capacity based on at least the number of battery and UPS modules, wherein the at least one battery module and the at least one UPS module are internally arranged such that the heat losses from the UPS module are used to heat the battery module.
H02J 9/06 - Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over
B63J 3/04 - Driving of auxiliaries from power plant other than propulsion power plant
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an uninterruptible power supply. The uninterruptible power supply comprises a switch, a power management module, an inverter and a controller. The switch is arranged between a load and a power source, the power source configured to supply power to the load. The power management module comprises a main energy storage and configured to reduce a ripple experienced by the main energy storage. The inverter is arranged between and coupled to the power management module and the load. The controller is coupled to the power management module, the inverter and the switch, the controller configured to control the inverter to regulate output voltage magnitude and frequency by regulating the power exchange between the inverter and the power source. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the overcharging of the energy storage during sudden load rejections or utility phase jumps can be avoided.
H02J 9/06 - Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over
H02J 1/02 - Arrangements for reducing harmonics or ripples
A system and method are described for post-processing a 3D printed component. For example, support structures for the 3D printed component may be removed during post-processing. In the system and method, a first image of a component is stored in memory. A second image of a 3D printed component corresponding to the component is also captured. One or more cutting paths between the 3D printed component and the support structures is then determined based on the first image and the second image. The 3D printed component may then be autonomously separated from the support structures by cutting through the cutting path.
B22F 10/40 - Structures for supporting workpieces or articles during manufacture and removed afterwards
B22F 10/60 - Treatment of workpieces or articles after build-up
G06V 10/26 - Segmentation of patterns in the image field; Cutting or merging of image elements to establish the pattern region, e.g. clustering-based techniques; Detection of occlusion
A system and method are described for post-processing a 3D printed component. For example, support structures for the 3D printed component may be removed during post-processing. In the system and method, a marker is placed on the 3D printed component or on a support structure attached to the 3D printed component. The marker may be printed while the 3D printed component and the support structures are printed by a 3D printer. After printing, the marker may then be sensed to determine one or more cutting paths between the 3D printed component and the support structures. The 3D printed component may then be autonomously separated from the support structures by cutting through the cutting path.
A method of integrating modules into a hybrid modular plant comprising a discrete manufacturing part and a continuous manufacturing part includes integrating the discrete part into the continuous part, comprising constructing at least one module definition file mapping one or more discrete-part units of the discrete part to a continuous-part module and importing the module definition file into an orchestration layer of the continuous part. Alternatively, the method comprises integrating the continuous part into the discrete part, comprising constructing one or more interfaces representing each continuous-part module as one or more respective discrete-part units.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
40.
Use of Gradient-Index Lenses for Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy
A cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy (CEAS) system is provided that utilizes collimators the incorporate gradient index (GRIN) lenses in lieu of conventional spherical or aspheric refractive lenses. The use of smaller diameter GRIN lenses facilitates a reduced initial beam size entering the sample cavity, which reduces self-interference noise and increases a signal to noise ratio of the measurements. Further, a reduced size and mass of the GRIN lens can reduce a size of the mounting hardware utilized to mount the optical components, which enables more laser beams to be coupled to a single gas cell compared to a similar gas cell integrated with conventional refractive collimators. A larger number of lasers enables more gas peaks to be measured substantially simultaneously using the CEAS system.
G01N 21/39 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using tunable lasers
G01N 21/3504 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light for analysing gases, e.g. multi-gas analysis
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Systems and Methods for Controlling a Switching Device for an Electric Motor with Selective Flux Stator
A system comprising a synchronous three-phase electric motor and a controller is provided. The synchronous three-phase electric motor comprises a rotor, a stator, a plurality of coils, and a plurality of switching devices. The plurality of coils formed from conductive windings each wound around one or more of a plurality of stator teeth of the stator. The plurality of coils comprises a plurality of permanent coils and a plurality of bypass coils. The plurality of switching devices configured to selectively switch between a tapped position and a primary position. The controller is configured to provide a first switching command to the plurality of switching devices to switch from the primary position to the tapped position based on a transition signal. The transition signal is based on comparing an electrical characteristic associated with one or more input currents to the plurality of switching devices with a threshold value.
A liquid-tight fitting includes a connector, a seal, and a fastener member. The connector has a first and a second end, a shoulder located between the first and second ends, and a segment that extends from the shoulder to the first end. The segment has an outer surface. The seal has an inner surface in contact with the outer surface of the segment, an outer edge, and first and second seal ends joining the inner surface and the outer edge. The seal surrounds a portion of the segment such that the first seal end abuts against the shoulder. The fastener member is moveably secured to the first end of the connector, and has an end that engages the second seal end to cause the seal to compress between the shoulder and the fastener member. The seal member is adapted to deform toward the segment when compressed.
H01R 13/52 - Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases
F16L 33/18 - Arrangements for connecting hoses to rigid members; Rigid hose-connectors, i.e. single members engaging both hoses characterised by the use of additional sealing means
F16L 19/065 - Joints in which sealing surfaces are pressed together by means of a member, e.g. a swivel nut, screwed on, or into, one of the joint parts in which radial clamping is obtained by wedging action on non-deformed pipe ends the wedging action being effected by means of a ring
H02G 3/06 - Joints for connecting lengths of protective tubing to each other or to casings, e.g. to distribution box; Ensuring electrical continuity in the joint
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Access Control Enforcement Architectures for Dynamic Manufacturing Systems
A computer system including: one or more resource servers with resources, to which access is controlled in accordance with an access-control policy specified in a computer-readable access-control language, and a centralized authorization server, which is common to the resource servers and implements a second-type policy decision point. The computer system further includes a first-type policy decision point, which is implemented by the authorization server and configured to decide on dynamic policy privileges, and one or more second-type policy decision points, which are implemented by respective ones of the resource servers and configured to decide on static policy privileges.
A first gateway device for connecting an OPC UA client to a data-driven controller and/or control system includes a first interface implementing an OPC UA server and is configured to receive, from the OPC UA client, at least one call to invoke an OPC UA method on an OPC UA object, and a second interface that sends a request to write at least one value to at least one control variable of the data-driven controller and/or control system, and first translation logic therebetween. A second gateway device connects a data-driven controller and/or control system to a controlled device or subsystem of an industrial plant and includes a third interface that receives a value of a control variable, and a fourth interface that sends a call to invoke an OPC UA method on an OPC UA object, and second translation logic therebetween.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
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Method for Providing a Service-Based Control Application for an Industrial Plant
A computer-implemented method for providing a service-based control application for an industrial plant includes automatically segmenting an initial control code for the industrial plant into a plurality of code blocks and automatically creating a plurality of services, each service implementing the functionality of one or more of the plurality of code blocks. The automatically creating of the plurality of services is carried out considering a similarity of a criticality assigned to each of the plurality of code blocks, such that code blocks having more similar criticality are more likely to be implemented within the same service.
It is provided an actuated machine having a main frame, a machine shaft mounted on the main frame by means of a bearing module, a gearless torque motor coupled to the machine shaft for driving a rotation of the machine shaft, a torque arm coupled to the gearless torque motor, and a catching structure. The gearless torque motor is coupled to the machine shaft 200 such that the gearless torque motor is capable of following a translational movement of the machine shaft. The torque arm is coupled to the gearless torque motor for inhibiting a rotational motion of the gearless torque motor, relative to the main frame, about a central axis of the gearless torque motor. The catching structure is arranged underneath the gearless torque motor for catching and holding the gearless torque motor in case of a failure causing the gearless torque motor's weight to be no longer carried by the machine shaft.
H02K 7/00 - Arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with dynamo-electric machines, e.g. structural association with mechanical driving motors or auxiliary dynamo-electric machines
H02K 7/14 - Structural association with mechanical loads, e.g. with hand-held machine tools or fans
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Method And Arrangement For Crack Detection At An Edge In A Metallic Material
The invention relates to a method of determining a crack at an edge of a metallic material, the edge having a curvature with a radius. The method including:
feeding and controlling a current to a transmitter coil for generating a magnetic field in the metallic material,
detecting the magnetic field by means of a receiver coil, which detected magnetic field thereby generates a signal) in the receiver coil,
determining first, second and third signal values of the signal at a first time, a second time and a third time, respectively,
determining a possible presence of a crack and its crack depth based on the first, second and third signal values by means of determining a characteristic relation between the signal values.
G01N 27/82 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating magnetic variables for investigating the presence of flaws
A system for measuring a fill level of a tank is provided. The system includes a sensor disposed in the tank and configured to generate echo data. The system further includes a computing device including a memory configured to store a plurality of historical echo lists and a processor coupled in communication with the sensor. The processor is configured to generate an echo curve based on echo data received from the sensor, generate an echo list by identifying, from the generated echo curve, a plurality of echoes, generate a plurality of echo tracks by comparing the generated echo list to the plurality of historical echo lists, identify a top level echo track from the plurality of echo tracks, the top level echo track having shifted by a threshold distance, and record a current fill level based on the identified top level echo track.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sealing structure for a robot joint. The sealing structure comprise a first sealing member adapted to be connected to a first part of the robot joint and a second sealing member adapted to be arranged between the first sealing member and a second part of the robot joint and in contact with the first sealing member. The first part is rotatable with respect to the second part. A material of the first sealing member is harder than the material of the second sealing member. With such a sealing structure, the reducer is closely sealed from the ambient environment. In this way, the leakage of the reducer can be prevented for an extended period even in harsh conditions and thereby the service life of the robot joint can be prolonged.
F16J 15/3252 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings provided with casings or supports with rigid casings or supports
B25J 19/00 - Accessories fitted to manipulators, e.g. for monitoring, for viewing; Safety devices combined with or specially adapted for use in connection with manipulators
The present disclosure relates to a punching cell for punching holes in workpieces, the cell comprising an industrial robot comprising a base, a wrist and at least four robot axes between the base and the wrist; a tooling comprising a frame to be detachably attached/mounted to the wrist axis of the industrial robot, an ultrasonic puncher tool mounted on the frame, a die mounted on the frame and aligned with the puncher, and a servomotor configured to drive the puncher tool towards the die; the cell further comprising a support fixture to position the workpiece to be punched, and a control unit to control the operation of the industrial robot to punch a hole in the workpiece.
A system and method for providing a configuration for data extraction from an automation system includes a signal selection agent configured to: receive a user selection of at least one module of the automation system; generate, for display to the user, a user interface identifying one or more selectable signals associated with the selected module and displaying one or more guidance elements comprising data mined from data sources pertaining to the automation system for guiding the user in the selection of relevant signals; receive a user selection of one or more of the selectable signals; and automatically generate the configuration for data extraction on the basis of the selected signals.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
A method for visualizing a rule of an industrial process includes providing a topology model of the industrial process, wherein the industrial process comprises at least one sensor and at least one actuator; attributing the topology model with a rule comprising a triple < cause, traversal, effect >, wherein the cause comprises a range of values from the at least one sensor, the effect comprises an action performed by the at least one actuator, and the traversal comprises a relation between the cause and the effect; marking the cause, the traversal and/or the effect; and visualizing the elements of the rule in the topology model.
G05B 19/4155 - Numerical control (NC), i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by programme execution, i.e. part programme or machine function execution, e.g. selection of a programme
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Estimating At Least One Leakage Inductance of a Multi-Phase Electrical Machine
A method for estimating at least one leakage inductance of a 3n-phase electrical machine includes performing a first machine investigation scheme and a second machine investigation scheme, the first scheme including ordering a machine drive stage to control one of the 3-phase windings, obtaining a first set of measured currents from the 3-phase winding and processing the first set of measured currents to obtain primary characteristics of an electrical quantity of the electrical machine, the second scheme including ordering the machine drive stage to control all the 3-phase windings using a VSD control model, the controlling involving only controlling a first fundamental subspace of the VSD control model, obtaining a second set of measured currents from all 3-phase windings and processing the second set of measured currents to obtain a leakage inductance estimate and secondary characteristics of the electrical quantity, for which leakage inductance estimate the primary and secondary characteristics match.
A method for controlling a virtual assistant for an industrial plant includes receiving by an input interface an information request, wherein the information request comprises at least one request for receiving information about at least part of the industrial plant; determining by a control unit a model specification using the received information request; determining by a model manager a machine learning model using the model specification; and providing by the control unit a response to the information request using the determined machine learning model.
A method for evaluating an energy efficiency of a second energy consumption scenario of a site includes obtaining a first energy consumption scenario, which comprises a first time-series of energy consumption data of at least one device, and a quality measure of the first energy consumption scenario; obtaining the second energy consumption scenario, which comprises a second time-series of energy consumption data, wherein the second energy consumption scenario has a same or a shorter duration than the first energy consumption scenario; comparing the second time-series of energy consumption data to the first time-series of energy consumption data; and if or when the second time-series of energy consumption data is similar to the first time-series of energy consumption data, outputting the quality measure of the first energy consumption scenario.
Methods for determining a line fault of a power system. The methods include obtaining sampled values of voltages and currents of phases of a power line in the power system, determining a phase compensation voltage of a first phase and an interphase compensation voltage of an interphase loop between a second phase and a third phase, and detecting the line fault in the first phase and/or the interphase loop by comparing the phase compensation voltage and the interphase compensation voltage.
G01R 31/08 - Locating faults in cables, transmission lines, or networks
G01R 25/00 - Arrangements for measuring phase angle between a voltage and a current or between voltages or currents
H02H 7/22 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements specially adapted for specific types of electric machines or apparatus or for sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, and effecting automatic switching in the event of an undesired change from norm for switching devices
A female electrical connector for use in a separable connector assembly is provided. The female electrical connector includes an elongate insulative body and a female contact disposed within the body. The female electrical connector also includes a tubular support sleeve extending between a first end and a second end. The first end of the tubular support sleeve is connected to the female contact. The tubular support sleeve defines a cavity at the second end. The female electrical connector further includes an insulating coupling connected to the second end of the tubular support sleeve. The insulating coupling includes an insulating sleeve that is moveable between a retracted position, where the insulating sleeve is retracted within the cavity of the tubular support sleeve, and an extended position, where the insulating sleeve extends outward from the cavity and away from the second end of the tubular support sleeve.
A network switch suitable to form part of an ingress-protected enclosure, the network switch including: an inward-facing cover having at least one inward-facing port for connecting a networked device; an outward-facing cover having multiple outward-facing ports for connecting networked devices; and processing circuitry configured to establish network connections among the inward-facing and outward-facing ports.
A harmonic reducer includes a shaft having a first through hole extending from a first end to a second end of the shaft; a wave generator arranged on the shaft and being rotatable along with the shaft; a flexible spline arranged around the wave generator; a circular spline arranged around the flexible spline; a first flange coupled to the shaft via a first bearing and coupled to the flexible spline; and a second flange coupled to the shaft via a second bearing and coupled to the circular spline. One of the flanges is arranged near to the first end of the shaft. A cavity is provided between the one of the flanges and the first end of the shaft, such that it is in fluid communication with an external environment via the first through hole.
F16H 19/08 - Gearings comprising essentially only toothed gears or friction members and not capable of conveying indefinitely-continuing rotary motion for interconverting rotary motion and oscillating motion
F16H 57/04 - Features relating to lubrication or cooling
B25J 9/10 - Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements
A safety interlock recommendation system includes at least one process data source, an edge device, wherein the process data source is configured for providing IOS device stream data to the edge device; wherein the edge device comprises an operational technology edge application unit, OT edge application unit, and a stream analysis unit; wherein the OT edge application unit is configured for providing operation technology stream data, OT stream data; wherein the stream analysis unit comprises an online machine learning model, being configured for determining online analysis data using the provided process stream data and the provided OT stream data; wherein the OT edge application unit is configured for determining a short-term recommendation using the online analysis data.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
G06F 11/07 - Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
A medium voltage load break switch includes a main contact and a knife. The knife is rotatable about a pivot point to connect to and be in contact with the main contact and to rotate about the pivot point to disconnect from and be spaced from the main contact. The load break switch also comprises a vacuum interrupter that has a fixed contact and a moveable contact. A lever rotates about a rotation point and a shaft of the moveable contact is aligned along an axis of the vacuum interrupter, and the shaft of the moveable contact is linked to the lever.
A system includes a wet extrusion process machine configured to receive, mix, and convey a plurality of ingredients to an extrusion die, the plurality of ingredients include a protein powder, an oil, and water. The system includes an electronic process control system (EPCS) configured to control the wet extrusion machine using a plurality of process settings effective to produce an extrusion die mixture which is forced into, passes through, and is output from the extrusion die. The system further includes a supervisory machine intelligence control system (SMICS) operatively coupled with at least one of a direct fibrosity measurement (DFM) subsystem configured to directly measure one or more physical fibrosity parameters of the extrusion die mixture, and an indirect fibrosity measurement (IFM) subsystem configured to measure one or more extrusion process parameters associated with the extrusion die mixture. The SMICS is configured to modify one or more of the plurality process settings in response to at least one of the one or more physical fibrosity parameters, and the one or more extrusion process parameters, effective to modify the extrusion die mixture.
A method for predicting power converter health is provided. The method comprises receiving a plurality of parameter measurements associated with a power converter system comprising a power converter. The plurality of parameter measurements comprises a first set of system measurements and a second set of failure precursor measurements. The method further comprises inputting the first set of system measurements into a first machine learning algorithm to generate expected failure precursor measurement information and inputting the expected failure precursor measurement information and the second set of failure precursor measurements into a second machine learning algorithm to generate component failure prediction information. The method also comprises performing one or more actions based on the generated component failure prediction information.
An electric connection assembly for a control cabinet, the electric connection assembly including a base body having an opening structure; an electric connector for connection to a plurality of external electric cables, the connector being connected to the base body and aligned with the opening structure; and a support structure including a rail for supporting a plurality of electric connection terminals, the support structure being connected to the base body opposite to the connector. A control cabinet for an industrial robot including an electric connection assembly is also provided. A robot system including an industrial robot, a control cabinet and a plurality of external electric cables connected to the industrial robot and to the connector is also provided.
A merging unit including one or more input interfaces for receiving a plurality of input signals wherein one or more voltages and/or one or more currents measured by a plurality of measurement devices, digital processing means and one or more output interfaces for outputting an output signal. The digital processing means are configured to high-pass filter, using one or more digital filters, at least one of the plurality of input signals for lowering a time constant associated with the at least one of the one or more input signals to match a target time constant or for raising a high-pass cut-off frequency associated with the at least one of the one or more input signals to match a target high-pass cut-off frequency and to merge, following the high-pass filtering, the plurality of input signals into the output signal having a pre-defined output format.
A system for monitoring a switchgear includes an infrared camera; a processing unit; and an output unit. The infrared camera acquires a first infrared image having a first number of pixels, and the processing unit determines a pixel in the first infrared image with a maximum temperature. The processing unit utilizes a second number less than the first number to determine a temperature interval for the first infrared image equal to a difference between the maximum temperature in the first infrared image and a threshold temperature in the first infrared image. The processing unit is configured to determine that a hot spot exists in the switchgear using the temperature interval for the first infrared image.
G01J 5/00 - Radiation pyrometry, e.g. infrared or optical thermometry
G09G 5/377 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of individual graphic patterns using a bit-mapped memory - Details of the operation on graphic patterns for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns
A robot controller is configured to control operation of at least one industrial robot. The robot controller includes: a processor; a memory configured to store a current system configuration of the robot controller, and an editing interface configured to enable modification of the current system configuration. It further includes a stored fingerprint corresponding to the system configuration according to original manufacturer settings; and a fingerprinting interface configured to facilitate computation of a fingerprint based on the current system configuration. The stored and computed fingerprints may be compared to determine whether any modification has occurred.
An explainer system includes a system-monitor machine learning model trained to predict states of a monitored system, a perturbator applying predetermined perturbations to original sample data collected from the monitored system to produce perturbed sample data. The system is configured to input the perturbed sample data to the prediction system. The explainer comprises a tester that receives model output from the prediction system, the model output comprising original model output produced by the system-monitor machine learning model based on the original sample data and deviated model output produced by the system-monitor machine learning model based on the perturbed sample data, the deviated model output comprising deviations from the original model output, the deviations resulting from the applied perturbations. An extractor receives data defining the perturbations and the resulting deviations and extracts therefrom important features for explaining the model output.
G05B 13/02 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric
G05B 13/04 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric involving the use of models or simulators
A double winding electric machine assembly including a double winding electric machine having a first stator winding and a second stator winding; a first converter including a first modulator and a first power unit whose output is electrically connected to the first stator winding; a second converter including a second modulator and a second power unit whose output is electrically connected to the second stator winding. The assembly includes a current determining system adapted to determine at least one instantaneous phase current in the output of the first power unit; and a synchronizing system adapted to analyse ripple in the at least one instantaneous phase current, and to synchronize the first modulator with the second modulator by adjusting a phase shift between the first modulator and the second modulator until a minimum peak-to-peak current is obtained.
H02P 21/05 - Arrangements or methods for the control of electric machines by vector control, e.g. by control of field orientation specially adapted for damping motor oscillations, e.g. for reducing hunting
H02P 21/22 - Current control, e.g. using a current control loop
H02P 25/22 - Multiple windings; Windings for more than three phases
H02P 27/12 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage using variable-frequency supply voltage, e.g. inverter or converter supply voltage using dc to ac converters or inverters with pulse width modulation pulsing by guiding the flux vector, current vector or voltage vector on a circle or a closed curve, e.g. for direct torque control
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Removing Undesirable Inferences from a Machine Learning Model
A method and system for removing undesirable inferences from a machine learning model include a search component configured to receive a rejected explanation of model output provided by the machine learning model, identify data samples to unlearn by selecting training samples from training data that were used to train the machine learning model, the selected training samples being associated with explanations that are similar to the rejected explanation according to a calculated similarity measure, and pass the data samples to unlearn to a machine unlearning unit.
A method of controlling a robot manipulator on the basis of a program containing a plurality of movement instructions. In the method, identification information related to a robot installation is obtained, and it is determined, on the basis of the identification information, whether any of the movement instructions relates to a location of the robot manipulator which is non-verified with respect to the robot installation, wherein a location is a pose, a path and/or a modulated path. If this is true, the method applies a policy which restricts execution of the program.
A method of monitoring an electrical machine, wherein the method includes: a) obtaining temperature measurement values of the temperature at a plurality of locations of the electrical machine, b) obtaining estimated temperatures at the plurality of locations given by a thermal model of the electrical machine, the thermal model including initial weight parameter values, c) minimizing a difference between the temperature measurement values and the estimated temperatures by finding optimal weight parameter values, d) storing the initial weight parameter values to thereby obtain a storage of used weight parameter values, and updating the optimal weight parameter values as new initial weight parameter values, and repeating steps a)-d) over and over during operation of the electrical machine.
A method of controlling an industrial actuator, the method including receiving a manual input in the form of a displacement of an input element; in response to the manual input being a displacement of the input element from the neutral position in a first input direction, controlling the industrial actuator to move in a forward direction along a movement path and with a speed corresponding to a magnitude or a speed of the displacement from a neutral position; and in response to the manual input being a displacement of the input element from the neutral position in a second input direction, controlling the industrial actuator to move in a backward direction along the movement path and with a speed corresponding to a magnitude or a speed of the displacement from the neutral position.
An inkjet-type vehicle painting machine capable of keeping temperature elevation of a nozzle head to a certain temperature or less. The painting robot comprises a power supply means for supplying power to drive a piezoelectric substrate of a nozzle head, and a robot arm for moving the nozzle head. The nozzle head is provided in an explosion-proof housing equipped with an explosion-proof construction. A heat dissipation means that dissipates heat generated from the nozzle head within the explosion-proof housing is attached to the nozzle head. A temperature measurement means for measuring the temperature of the heat dissipation means is attached to the heat dissipation means.
B25J 13/08 - Controls for manipulators by means of sensing devices, e.g. viewing or touching devices
B05B 13/04 - Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work the spray heads being moved during operation
B25J 11/00 - Manipulators not otherwise provided for
B25J 19/00 - Accessories fitted to manipulators, e.g. for monitoring, for viewing; Safety devices combined with or specially adapted for use in connection with manipulators
B05B 12/08 - Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material discharged, of ambient medium or of target
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to parallel 3-level inverter without midpoint connection. The parallel 3-level inverter includes a plurality of parallel converters coupled in parallel between a common DC bus and a common AC output, wherein each of the plurality of parallel converters comprises a midpoint and the midpoints of the plurality of parallel converters are disconnected from each other.
H02M 7/493 - Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode the static converters being arranged for operation in parallel
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LIQUID COOLED MOTORS USING HYDRAULIC EXPANSION TUBES WITH CORRUGATED CONTACT
The present disclosure relates to electrical machines, such as liquid-cooled motors. The liquid-cooled motors can include a stator with cooling tube channels (e.g., corrugated channels) having tubes inserted and expanded. Lamination holes for each lamination in the lamination stack of the stator can have varying diameter along the axial direction to achieve a corrugated internal feature. The tubes for cooling liquid can be fitted in the lamination holes of the stator. In some embodiments, hydraulic expansion expands and plastically deforms the tubes to the contour of the corrugated internal feature of the corrugated channel. In some embodiments, the tube can also be inserted in the corrugated channel and a stator head plate, thereby helping create a compact stator by removing the need for tube connections to connect the corrugated channels.
H02K 9/197 - Arrangements for cooling or ventilating for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil in which the rotor or stator space is fluid-tight, e.g. to provide for different cooling media for rotor and stator
H02K 1/20 - Stationary parts of the magnetic circuit with channels or ducts for flow of cooling medium
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Method Of Controlling Industrial Robot, Control System And Robot System
A method of controlling an industrial robot, the method including visualizing a nominal path of the industrial robot, the nominal path being associated with a nominal trajectory of the industrial robot; visualizing indications of values of at least one parameter of the industrial robot as when executing the nominal trajectory, for evaluating a risk potential of a physical contact between the industrial robot and a human; receiving a user input related to the nominal trajectory; modifying the nominal trajectory based on the user input to provide a modified trajectory; and executing the modified trajectory by the industrial robot. A control system and an industrial robot are also provided.
A cooling system for a medium voltage switchgear includes a conductor, a fluid conduit, and an insulator, wherein, the conductor extends in a longitudinal axis, wherein, the conductor is configured to carry electrical current in the longitudinal axis direction, wherein a first part of the fluid conduit is located around an outer surface of the conductor and extends around the longitudinal axis, wherein, a second part of the fluid conduit is connected to the first part of the fluid conduit and extends substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, wherein the insulator is located around the conductor at the position of the fluid conduit and covers the first part of the fluid conduit, and wherein the cooling system is configured such that a fluid can flow into the second part of the fluid conduit and from the second part of the fluid conduit into the first part of the fluid conduit.
A spare robot controller for replacing any one of a plurality of initial robot controllers configured to control operation of respective industrial robots includes a key storage storing a plurality of shared keys and a secure storage. The spare robot controller is configured to decrypt, using one of the shared keys, an encrypted backup copy of the initial robot controller to be replaced, and to store resulting data in the secure storage. In embodiments, the is configured to extract data from the secure storage during operation and to encrypt the extracted data, using a selected one of the shared keys, for storage as a backup copy in a backup storage available to all of the initial robot controllers.
G06F 11/14 - Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operation, e.g. by using different operation sequences leading to the same result
A method of removing a crack in a metallic material during a metal making process. The method including: determining the presence of a crack and its crack depth during the metal making process by a crack detecting unit utilizing inductive measurement, sending a crack detection signal and crack depth to a crack removal unit arranged on known distance from the crack detecting unit, the crack removal unit including an ejector configured to eject a carving means, and to vary the intensity of the ejected carving means, removing the detected crack by activating the ejector based on the crack detection signal with an intensity of the ejected carving means based at least on the crack depth.
The enclosure mounting system is for hanging enclosures and includes a wall rail and a hanging rail. The enclosure mounting system can include an enclosure and a pair of rotary footings. The wall rail has a wave form pattern profile extending from a first end to a second end and is configured to mount to a surface. The hanging rail is configured to hang onto the mounted wall rail. The wall rail can include an at least one end segment that receives an end of a second wall rail. The at least one end segment receives a central segment of the second wall rail and the corresponding wave form pattern profile promotes self-aligning. The second wall rail is further aligned to the first wall rail by mounting the at least one end segment, with an end of the central segment of the second wall rail, to the surface.
A gasketless ganging system includes an enclosure, including a first side, a second side; a first opening, and a second opening; a first ganging member disposed on the first side, including a third opening, a first channel, and a pair of first protrusions; and a second ganging member disposed on the second side, including a fourth opening, a second channel, and a pair of second protrusions. In some embodiments, the enclosure is a first enclosure and a second enclosure, wherein the first side of the first or second enclosure abuts the second side of the other of the first or second enclosure, to adjoin enclosures, wherein the pair of first protrusions abuts the pair of second protrusions to position the second channel within the first channel without contacting the first channel.
A method of monitoring a contact force between electrical contacts in a mechanical contactor. The method includes receiving, from a force sensor, a signal including information about a base force sensed by the force sensor between a stationary core and a base; determining a magnitude of the contact force based on the received information; and outputting information based on the determined magnitude to an operator.
An arc quenching device for a three-phase electrical switchgear. The device includes a first busbar, a second busbar and a third busbar, each of a respective phase of the three-phase switchgear. The device also includes at least one piston of an electrically conductive material and having a tapered shape, tapering towards its front end. The device also includes only one pyrotechnical actuator arranged to, when the pyrotechnical actuator is fired, axially move each of the at least one piston until all of the first, second and third busbars are short-circuited to each other via the at least one piston.
The present disclosure relates to a motor. The motor can include a stator defining an interior space, a rotor disposed in the interior space of the stator. The rotor can include a body defining a structure and a plurality of magnets disposed in the plurality of cavities. In some embodiments, the structure defines a plurality of cavities in the body of the rotor, the plurality of cavities includes at least a first cavity and a second cavity, the first cavity is spaced radially outward from the second cavity, and a thickness of the first cavity is larger than a thickness of the second cavity. In some embodiments, at least some of the cavities of the plurality of cavities have a magnet from the plurality of magnets disposed therein.
An arc quenching device for a three-phase electrical switchgear. The device includes a first busbar, a second busbar and a third busbar, each of a respective phase of the three-phase switchgear. The device also includes a first piston and a second piston, each of an electrically conductive material. The device also includes at least one pyrotechnical actuator arranged with the first and second pistons to axially move each of the first and second pistons if the at least one pyrotechnical actuator is fired. The first and second pistons are arranged in relation to the first, second and third busbars such that said axial movement brings the first piston into contact with both the first busbar and the second busbar, and the second piston into contact with both the first busbar and the third busbar.
In one aspect, a solid-state switching apparatus is provided that includes a pair of anti-parallel thyristors, a quasi-resonant turn-off circuit, a sensor, and a control circuit. The turn-off circuit is coupled in parallel with the pair of anti-parallel thyristors and includes a first selectively conductive path and a second selectively conductive path. The sensor is configured to sense a thyristor current conducted by at least one of the pair of anti-parallel thyristors. The control circuit is configured to receive the sensed thyristor current from the sensor and determine a magnitude of the sensed thyristor current and a polarity of the sensed thyristor current. The control circuit is further configured to activate, in response to determining that the magnitude is greater than a threshold value, one of the first selectively conductive path and the second selectively conductive path based on the polarity to commutate and interrupt the thyristor current.
H03K 17/13 - Modifications for switching at zero crossing
H03K 17/60 - Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and -breaking characterised by the use of specified components by the use, as active elements, of semiconductor devices the devices being bipolar transistors
H03K 17/04 - Modifications for accelerating switching
H03K 17/06 - Modifications for ensuring a fully conducting state
89.
WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR A POWER UTILITY AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD
A wireless data transmission system for transmitting measurement data of a power utility is adapted such that the measurement data is transmitted in a first operating mode and wireless transmission of the measurement data is paused in a second operating mode. The wireless data transmission system operates in the first or second operating mode as a function of temperature.
H02J 13/00 - Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
90.
GEARBOX HOUSING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a gearbox housing. The gearbox housing has a housing body and an annular gear. The housing body comprises an annular support and a lateral portion provided at a side face of the annular support. The lateral portion has a hole formed thereon for an input shaft to pass through. The annular gear is provided inside of the housing body along a radial direction and adapted to couple to the annular support, wherein a plurality of teeth are circumferentially provided at an inner side of the annular gear. A gear wheel with an output shaft is adapted to couple to the plurality of teeth.
A fault detector detects grounded-neutral faults. The fault detector is configured to: receive a first signal from a first induction circuit, the first induction circuit configured to detect a current imbalance between a line conductor and a neutral conductor; determine a first frequency and a first phase of a noise signal component of the first signal; output a noise cancellation signal to a primary side of the first induction circuit, the noise cancellation signal having the first frequency of the noise signal component and an opposite phase than the first phase of the noise signal component; and generate a trip signal based on determining that an impedance of the neutral conductor to ground is at or below a threshold level based upon the first signal received during the injection of the noise cancelation signal.
H02H 3/16 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to fault current to earth, frame or mass
92.
GATE DRIVER CIRCUITS WITH INDEPENDENTLY TUNABLE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
A gate driver circuit is provided that includes a turn-on path, a turn-off path, and a fast discharge path. The turn-on path is couplable between a gate of a solid-state switch and a voltage turn-on signal (VGON) from a gate driver, where the turn-on path defines a turn-on time for the solid-state switch. The turn-off path is couplable between the gate and a voltage turn-off signal (VGOFF) from the gate driver, where the turn-off path defines a turn-off time for the solid-state switch. The fast discharge path is selectively couplable in parallel with the turn-off path during a portion of a gate-to-source voltage (VGS) transition for the solid-state switch, where the turn-off path in parallel with the fast discharge path defines a turn-off delay for the solid-state switch and each of the turn-on time, the turn-off time, and the turn-off delay are independently configurable.
H03K 17/687 - Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and -breaking characterised by the use of specified components by the use, as active elements, of semiconductor devices the devices being field-effect transistors
H02H 7/22 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements specially adapted for specific types of electric machines or apparatus or for sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, and effecting automatic switching in the event of an undesired change from norm for switching devices
H02H 3/087 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to excess current for dc applications
93.
Systems and methods of accelerating transfer in a static transfer switch
A method of operating a static transfer switch is provided. The method includes monitoring a voltage waveform for each phase of first and second power sources, and calculating flux for each phase of the power sources. The method also includes determining (i) a first flux difference between the respective flux of the first phases of the first and second power sources, (ii) a second flux difference between the respective flux of the second phases of the first and second power sources, and (iii) a third flux difference between the respective flux of the third phases of the first and second power sources. The method further includes turning off a third solid-state switch to disconnect the third phase of the first power source from a load, in response to the controller determining that the third flux difference is greater the first and second flux differences.
H02J 9/06 - Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
94.
Orchestrating Network Usage Under the Threat of Unexpected Bandwidth Shortages
A method for orchestrating use of a communications network for conveying a plurality of data streams transmitted by a plurality of applications includes attributing levels of importance to individual or groups of data streams, determining based at least in part on the levels of importance and on network capacity requirements of the data streams an ordered list of data streams to be curtailed or stopped in case of a shortage of bandwidth in the communications network, providing the list to a management entity that monitors available bandwidth, compares available bandwidth to a combined bandwidth requirement and, in response to determining that the available bandwidth is, or is imminent to become, less than the combined bandwidth requirement, curtails or stops data streams in the order given by the list so as to bring the combined bandwidth requirement back to or below the available bandwidth.
An electrical insulation mixture for forming a layer on a conductor surface is provided. The mixture includes an UV curable thermoset resin and a filler. The filler includes UV transparent platelets made of a platelet material. UV transparency is given for light in a wavelength range between 300 and 420 nm. Furthermore, a method for electrically insulating a metallic conductor is provided. The method includes obtaining the electrical insulation mixture, forming a jacketing on a surface of the metallic conductor using the mixture thus obtained, and exposing the mixture to ultraviolet radiation to cure the mixture, thus forming, from the jacketing, an electrical insulation layer on the surface of the metallic conductor. A metallic conductor with an electrical insulation layer can be obtained by using the electrical insulation mixture.
H01B 3/04 - Insulators or insulating bodies characterised by the insulating materials; Selection of materials for their insulating or dielectric properties mainly consisting of inorganic substances mica
H01B 3/40 - Insulators or insulating bodies characterised by the insulating materials; Selection of materials for their insulating or dielectric properties mainly consisting of organic substances waxes epoxy resins
C08K 7/00 - Use of ingredients characterised by shape
A power distribution connector is configured to connect an electrical cable to at least three electrical interfaces. The connector includes a housing with first and second sections. The first section includes a first electrical interface disposed at a first end of the first section and a second electrical interface disposed at a second end opposite the first end. The second section forms a T-shaped intersection with the first section between the first and second electrical interfaces. The second section includes a distal end opposite the T-shaped intersection, the distal end being configured to receive the electrical cable; and a third electrical interface oriented parallel to the first section, disposed adjacent to the second electrical interface, and extending a distance from an axis of the second section that is less than or equal to a distance from the axis of the second section that the second electrical interface extends.
H02B 1/20 - Bus-bar or other wiring layouts, e.g. in cubicles, in switchyards
H01R 25/00 - Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
H01R 13/53 - Bases or cases for heavy duty; Bases or cases with means for preventing corona or arcing
97.
Voltage Rate-of-Change Control for Wide-Bandgap-Based Inverter Circuits for Driving Electric Motors
An insulated gate field effect transistor (IGFET) based converter circuit is described that includes a direct current input comprising a high voltage input and a low voltage input, an IGFET gate input, and an equivalent phase leg comprising a plurality of parallel-connected cells. The parallel-connected cells each include: a first wide bandgap IGFET having a first drain electrode connected to the high voltage input, a first gate electrode connected to a first gate control input, and a first source electrode; a second wide bandgap IGFET having a second drain electrode connected to the first source electrode, a second gate electrode connected to a second gate control input, and a second source electrode connected to the low voltage input; and a step-inducing inductor coupled to: the first source electrode of the first wide bandgap IGFET, and an output node. The step-inducing inductor is connected to the output node.
H02M 7/5387 - Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters in a bridge configuration
H02P 27/06 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage using variable-frequency supply voltage, e.g. inverter or converter supply voltage using dc to ac converters or inverters
98.
JOINT ARRANGEMENT, ELECTRIC MOTOR AND INDUSTRIAL ACTUATOR
A joint arrangement including a drive member rotatable about a rotation axis, the drive member including a drive member press fit surface and a drive member shape lock structure; an attachment portion having an attachment thread; and a driven member including a driven member press fit surface, a driven member shape lock structure and a through hole; wherein the joint arrangement is configured such that the driven member can be rigidly connected to the drive member by means of a press fit between the drive member press fit surface and the driven member press fit surface by threadingly engaging the attachment thread with an attachment member passing through the through hole; and wherein the joint arrangement is configured such that a shape lock is provided between the drive member shape lock structure and the driven member shape lock structure when the driven member is connected to the drive member.
F16D 1/08 - Couplings for rigidly connecting two coaxial shafts or other movable machine elements for attachment of a member on a shaft or on a shaft-end with hub and longitudinal key
F16D 1/076 - Couplings for rigidly connecting two coaxial shafts or other movable machine elements for attachment of a member on a shaft or on a shaft-end by clamping together two faces perpendicular to the axis of rotation, e.g. with bolted flanges
Described herein is a system and a method for authenticating distributed votes for a distributed system. The distributed system includes a plurality of nodes and at least one leader node. The method includes: sending out, by the leader node, a prepare message including a proposal; generating, by each of at least some of the plurality of nodes, a set of hash values; generating, by each of the at least some of the plurality of nodes, a reply message to the leader node including the set of hash values; signing, by each of the at least some of the plurality of nodes, the reply message with a digital signature; sending, by each of the at least some of the plurality of nodes, the reply message with the digital signature; and validating, by the leader node, the signatures of the reply messages and saving the sets of hash values.
H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
100.
Method for Generating a Series of Content Areas for Presentation at a Display Screen
A system and method for generating a series of content areas for presentation at a display screen that are related to an overall machine-related-status of a machine-system, including: providing a status at an input of a first processing unit; accessing a first database-system storing a plurality of series of content areas including a respective position of each of the content areas for presentation at a display screen assigned to the respective overall machine-related-status; determining the series of content areas related to the actual overall machine-related-status for selecting the series of content areas assigned to the actual overall machine-related-status, and generating the selected series of content areas, including a respective position of each of the content areas for presentation the series of content areas related to the actual provided machine-system status at the respective position at the display screen.
G06F 3/0482 - Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
G06F 3/04886 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
G06F 9/451 - Execution arrangements for user interfaces
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