Method for controlling a service unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11339506-B2
Application number	US-202016866838-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2020
Priority date	May 7, 2019
Publication date	May 24, 2022
Grant date	May 24, 2022

Abstract

A service unit is provided as well as a method for controlling a service unit performing various service activities at one workstation on a textile machine having several workstations, in which case the service activities and movement orders to be carried out by the service unit are prioritized by a controller unit. In order to provide a method for controlling a service unit performing various service activities and movement orders as well as a service unit with a controller device for carrying out movement orders and service orders, which enable adjustment and maintenance work to be carried out quickly on the service unit, there is provision for avoidance maneuvers and parking orders to be carried out with the highest priority and manually set service activities and movement orders to be carried out with high priority.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a service unit performing various service activities at one workstation on a textile machine having several workstations, in which case the service activities and movement orders to be carried out by the service unit are prioritized by a controller unit,
characterised in that
an avoidance maneuvers and a parking orders are carried out with a higher priority than a manually set service order and a movement order.

2. The method according to claim 1 , characterised in that the service order is inserting an empty sleeve.

3. The method according to claim 1 , characterised in that the service order is laying a thread on the empty tube.

4. The method according to claim 1 , characterised in that the service order is carrying out a dust removal run.

5. The method according to claim 1 , characterised in that automatically generated orders are only carried out after the manually set orders have been completed.

6. A service unit with a controller device for carrying out movement orders and service orders at the workstations of a textile machine,
characterised in that
the controller device prioritizes the service activities and movement orders to be carried out by the service unit in such a way that an avoidance maneuvers and a parking orders are carried out with a higher priority than a manually set service order and a movement order.

7. The service unit according to claim 6 , characterised in that the manual service order is for inserting an empty tube and/or for laying a thread on the empty tube.

8. The service unit according to claim 6 , characterised in that the service order is for carrying out a dust removal run.

9. The service unit according to claim 1 , characterised in that automatically generated orders are only carried out after the manually set orders have been completed.

Assignees

• Saurer Spinning Solutions Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Sprecher Jonathan
• Schiffers Dirk

Classifications

• D01H15/013 Primary

  Carriages travelling along the machines · CPC title

• D01H13/14 Primary

  Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop motions {; Monitoring the entanglement of slivers in drafting arrangements} · CPC title

• G05B19/041

  Function-oriented details · CPC title

• B65H54/02

  Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers · CPC title

• B65H63/00

  Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop-motions (safety devices in general F16P; indicating devices in general G08B ){; Quality control of the package} · CPC title