公开(公告)号：US06615091B1

公开(公告)日：2003-09-02

申请号：US09583222

申请日：2000-05-30

申请人： Bill Birchenough ,  Mike Naegele ,  Paul Sonye ,  Suresh Viswanathan ,  Patrick Weber ,  Kathy Wedig ,  John P. Bowen ,  John Paximadis ,  Andy Podgurski ,  Andrew G. Pomykal

发明人： Bill Birchenough ,  Mike Naegele ,  Paul Sonye ,  Suresh Viswanathan ,  Patrick Weber ,  Kathy Wedig ,  John P. Bowen ,  John Paximadis ,  Andy Podgurski ,  Andrew G. Pomykal

IPC分类号： G06F1900

CPC分类号： G05B15/02 ,  B65G37/02 ,  B65G47/5122 ,  B65G2203/025

摘要： A flexible control system and method of controlling a processing operation. The control system and method may be employed to control a high speed manufacturing system for processing articles of manufacture requiring processes to be performed on the articles at a pre-selected processing rate includes a trunk for simultaneously conveying a plurality of the articles of manufacture at the pre-selected processing rate in a first mode of motion from the beginning of the manufacturing system to the end of the system. At least one branch processing station is positioned intermediate the beginning and the end of the trunk wherein the branch processing station during its operation performs at least one process on articles of manufacture conveyed on the branch processing station and where the articles are conveyed in a second mode of motion. At least one transfer device is positioned intermediate the trunk and the branch processing station to continuously extract articles of manufacture from the trunk and transition the movement of the extracted articles of manufacture from the first mode of motion to the second mode of motion for transfer to the branch processing station. The transfer device also extracts each of the processed articles of manufacture from the branch processing station and transitions the movement of the articles from the second mode of motion to the first mode of motion for transfer to the trunk.

摘要翻译： 一种灵活的控制系统和控制处理操作的方法。 可以采用控制系统和方法来控制用于处理制品的高速制造系统，其要求以预先选择的处理速率对物品执行的处理，包括用于同时传送多个制品在 从制造系统开始到系统结束的第一运动模式中的预选处理速率。 至少一个分支处理站位于干线的开始和结束之间，其中分支处理站在其操作期间对在分支处理站上传送的制品进行至少一个处理，并且以第二模式传送物品 的运动。 至少一个传送设备位于中继线和分支处理站之间，以连续地从主干提取制品，并将提取的制品的运动从第一运动模式转移到第二运动模式，以转移到 分支处理站。 传送设备还从分支处理站中提取每个处理过的制品，并且将物品从第二运动模式移动到第一移动模式以转移到主干。