SAFETY NETWORK FOR DEVICES IN INTERMITTENT USE

    公开(公告)号:US20240231301A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18557923

    申请日:2021-05-04

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: G05B19/0428 G05B2219/14012

    Abstract: A safety network for supporting one or more devices in intermittent use, the safety network being susceptible of verification and/or validation as a safety loop and including a safety controller configured to



    assess the integrity of the safety network, and
    monitor safety sensors and cause safety actuators to respond to any detected safety events in accordance with safety rules.




    The safety network implements safety representatives, each configured to



    maintain a virtual representation of an associated device in intermittent use, including at least one virtual safety sensor and/or virtual safety actuator,
    make the virtual representation available for integrity assessment and monitoring by the safety controller, and
    perform wireless data synchronization between the virtual representation and the associated device.




    The virtual representation further includes an activation indicator, which determines a safety rule for the safety controller's monitoring and/or for the safety representative's data synchronization.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING POINT FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECE

    公开(公告)号:US20240217048A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18554707

    申请日:2021-04-22

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: B23Q15/14

    Abstract: Methods and devices of determining a point for processing a workpiece. The methods include acquiring a plurality of model contour points representing a contour of a model associated with the workpiece and a model point representing a position for processing the model, acquiring a plurality of workpiece contour points representing a contour of the workpiece, and determining, based on the plurality of model contour points and the plurality of workpiece contour points, a workpiece point that corresponds to the model point for processing the workpiece.

    Method of Updating a Thermal Model of an Electric Motor

    公开(公告)号:US20240213905A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18566765

    申请日:2022-06-02

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: H02P29/64 H02P6/34 H02P29/62

    Abstract: A method of updating a thermal model describing the thermal behaviour of an electric motor having a stator provided with stator windings, the method including: a) injecting a current into the stator windings to heat the stator windings, b) obtaining temperature measurements over time from each of a plurality of temperature sensors distributed in the electric motor while step a) is being performed and the stator windings are heating up, or after step a) has been terminated or the current has been decreased, and the electric motor is cooling down, and c) updating parameter values of the thermal model based on the temperature measurements.

    COATING MACHINE
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    发明公开
    COATING MACHINE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240198374A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-20

    申请号:US18513221

    申请日:2023-11-17

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: B05B15/555 B05B13/0431 B05B13/0452 B08B3/12

    Abstract: [Problem] To quickly and thoroughly flush out residual coating material remaining in a coating head.
    [Solution] The coating machine of the present invention is a coating machine comprising an inkjet type coating head having an ejection surface on which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting coating material are provided, the coating machine comprising: a robot arm comprising a plurality of arm members at least including an arm member that holds the coating head; an arm control unit that controls the position and attitude of the coating head by driving the robot arm; a supply passage for supplying coating material to the coating head; a cleaning liquid supply unit which supplies cleaning liquid to the coating head via the supply passage; and a cleaning control unit which controls the cleaning liquid supply unit, wherein the arm control unit controls the driving of the robot arm during cleaning of the coating head so as to change the attitude of the coating head from a specified attitude to a tilted attitude in which the ejection surface is tilted relative to the horizontal plane, and the cleaning control unit drives the cleaning liquid supply unit to supply cleaning liquid to the supply passage in a state where the attitude of the cleaning head has been changed.

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