Rail system and method for operating a rail system having a rail-guided mobile part and having a central control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11535287-B2
Application number	US-201816648486-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2018
Priority date	Sep 18, 2017
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

In a rail system and method for operating a rail system having a rail-guided mobile part and having a central control system, the mobile part includes a device for acquiring the position of the mobile part, the mobile part has a first drive, in particular a traction drive, the mobile part has a current acquisition device, the mobile part has a processor for evaluating the current-value profile acquired between a first position and a second position, the processor as a device for evaluating the current-value profile is configured such that the processor determines as an evaluation value tuples which include at least an item of position information and a value determined from the current-value profile, the processor is connected with the aid of a data transmission channel to the central control system for the transmission of the value tuples, the central control system is adapted to monitor the value tuples and monitors the respective value determined from the individual current profile for an exceeding of a permissible measure of a deviation from a predefined value, in particular a setpoint value.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rail system, comprising:
a rail-guided mobile part including:
a position-acquisition device adapted to acquire a position of the mobile part;
a current-acquisition device;
a first drive;
a processor adapted to evaluate a current-value profile acquired between a first position and a second position by determination of value tuples as an evaluation, the value tuples including at least an item of position information and a value determined from the current-value profile; and

a central control system connected to the processor by a data transmission channel adapted to transmit the value tuples, the central control system adapted to monitor the value tuples and to monitor a respective value determined from an individual current profile for an exceeding of a permissible measure of a deviation from a predefined value and/or a setpoint value, the central control system being adapted to display an error state and/or a warning if the measure has been exceeded.

2. The rail system according to claim 1 , wherein the first drive includes a traction drive.

3. The rail system according to claim 1 , wherein the current-acquisition device is adapted to acquire current drawn by the first drive, to acquire current drawn by the first drive and a second drives, and/or current drawn by all electrical consumers of the mobile part.

4. The rail system according to claim 1 , wherein an average value of the current-value profile is calculated as the value determined from the current-value profile, a maximum value, and/or a minimum value of the current-value profile.

5. The rail system according to claim 1 , wherein the value tuple includes a minimum value and/or a maximum value of the current-value profile, the central control system adapted to monitor a particular minimum value determined from a respective current profile for an exceeding of a permissible measure of a deviation from a second predefined value and/or setpoint value, and/or the central control system is adapted to monitor a particular maximum value determined from a respective current profile for an exceeding of a permissible measure of a deviation from a third predefined value and/or setpoint value.

6. The rail system according to claim 1 , wherein the value tuple includes a value that is related to a weight of a load picked up by the mobile part and/or a value that is determined from an acquired current profile of a second drive of the mobile part adapted to pick up a load, the central control system being adapted to monitor a value determined from a further current profile for an exceeding of a permissible measure of a deviation from a predefined value and/or a setpoint value.

7. The rail system according to claim 1 , wherein the central control system is adapted to transmit position setpoint values to the mobile part via a data transmission channel, to which the mobile part is controlled with the aid of the first drive.

8. The rail system according to claim 1 , wherein the value tuple includes the acquired current-value profile, and the central control system is adapted to monitor whether the current-value profile lies within a predefined band.

9. A method for operating a rail system that includes a rail-guided mobile part and a central control system, the mobile part including a first drive, comprising:
detecting a position of the mobile part;
acquiring a current drawn by the first drive or a current drawn by the entire mobile part;
evaluating a current-value profile acquired between a first position and a second position in a processor of the mobile part, including determining value tuples that include at least one item of position information and a value determined from the current-value profile;
transmitting the value tuples from the mobile part to the central control system;
monitoring, by the central control system, a value determined from an individual current profile for an exceeding of a permissible measure of a deviation from a predefined value and/or a setpoint value; and
displaying and/or reporting, by the central control system, an error state and/or a warning if the measure is exceeded.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first drive includes a traction drive.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein an average value, a maximum value, and/or a minimum value of the current-value profile is calculated as the value determined from the current-value profile.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the value tuple includes a minimum value and/or a maximum value of the current-value profile, the central control system monitors an individual minimum value determined from a respective current profile for an exceeding of a permissible measure of a deviation from a second predefined value and/or setpoint value, and/or the central control system monitors an individual maximum value determined from a respective current profile for an exceeding of a permissible measure of a deviation from a third predefined value and/or setpoint value.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the value tuple includes a value that is related to a weight of a load picked up by the mobile part and/or a value determined from an acquired current profile of a second drive of the mobile part adapted to pick up a load, the central control system monitoring a value determined from a further current profile for an exceeding of a permissible measure of a deviation from a predefined value and/or setpoint value.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the central control system sends position setpoint values to the mobile part via a data transmission channel, to which the mobile part is controlled with the aid of the first drive.

15. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the value tuple includes the acquired current-value profile, and the central control system monitors whether the current-value profile lies within a predefined band.

Assignees

• Sew Eurodrive Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Escuriola Ettingshausen Manuel
• Grothe Björn
• Schmidt Daniel
• Meyer Stephan

Classifications

• B61L15/0081

  On-board diagnosis or maintenance · CPC title

• B61L25/025

  Absolute localisation, e.g. providing geodetic coordinates · CPC title

• B61L27/50 Primary

  Trackside diagnosis or maintenance, e.g. software upgrades · CPC title

• B61L27/40

  Handling position reports or trackside vehicle data · CPC title

• B61L27/57

  for vehicles or trains, e.g. trackside supervision of train conditions · CPC title