Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090309051 | ELECTROPNEUMATIC VALVE - The invention relates to an electropneumatic valve for driving a pneumatic actuator drive to activate fittings in automation systems. The valve has at least one electropneumatic transducer and a pneumatic booster, which has at least one 3/3 way valve with a blocking center position for optionally connecting a connecting duct, which can be connected to the actuator drive, to at least one of an air inflow duct and an air outflow duct. The electropneumatic transducer can be configured to activate the duct(s) in accordance with an electrical actuation signal. The pneumatic booster can include at least one sensor for sensing the position of the 3/3 way valve with a locking center position, and outputting a signal indicating the sensed position as feedback to the electrical actuation signal. | 12-17-2009 |
20090309052 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING AN ELECTROPNEUMATIC VALVE - The disclosure relates to a method and device for operating an electropneumatic valve for driving a pneumatic actuator drive to activate fittings in automation systems. The valve has at least one electropneumatic transducer and a pneumatic booster. The pneumatic booster has at least one 3/3 way valve with a blocking center position for optionally connecting an air inflow duct or an air outflow duct to a connecting duct, which connects to the actuator drive. The ducts are activated as a function of an electrical actuation signal by the electropneumatic transducer. At least one position of the 3/3 way valve with a blocking center position is measured and a correction value of a variable of the actuation signal is determined based on the measured value and the electrical actuation signal. | 12-17-2009 |
20100006790 | SIGNALING OF THE ACTIVE SAFETY POSITION OF ELECTROPNEUMATIC POSITION REGULATORS - An electropneumatic position regulator for controlling a pressure-medium-operated actuating drive to which compressed air can be applied via a working connection of the actuating drive. Compressed air is made available to the position regulator via a feed pressure connection, and the pressure regulator includes an electronic control unit configured to assume a safety position in the event of a fault. When the electronic control unit assumes a safety position, a downstream signal output unit, which acts as a driver stage, generates at least one binary fault signal which is indicated in an externally perceptible manner (e.g., visually and/or audibly) by at least one signaling device fitted externally to a housing of the position regulator. | 01-14-2010 |
20100007247 | FIELD DEVICE OF A PROCESS AUTOMATION INSTALLATION HAVING A DEVICE FOR LOCALLY OBTAINING ELECTRICAL ENERGY - A field device of a process automation installation is provided. The filed device includes an electrical connection configured to be connected to a superordinate control unit, a fluidic pressure connection configured to supply an operating pressure as an auxiliary energy, and a means for local feeding with electrical energy integrated into the field device. The means for local feeding with electrical energy includes a fluidic operating voltage production unit, which includes a piezo-element arrangement having at least part of the operating pressure is applied thereto to produce the electrical energy for the local feed. | 01-14-2010 |
20100037762 | VALVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE ACTIVATION OF AN ACTUATING DRIVE ACTED UPON WITH PRESSURE MEDIUM BY A POSITION CONTROLLER - A valve device and method for the activation of an actuating drive, which can be acted upon with a pressure medium by a position controller. The position controller can be acted upon by a working connection of the actuating drive with a pressure medium which can be delivered to the position controller via a feed pressure connection. The valve device includes means for blocking the actuating drive in the event of a failure of the feed pressure. The blocking means includes a pilot-controlled shut-off valve which is arranged in the region of the working connection of the position controller, and a pilot control valve arrangement connected to the feed pressure connection of the position controller to control pressure of the feed pressure connection and cause the pilot-controlled shut-off valve to assume a shut-off position when the feed pressure falls below a defined first limit value. | 02-18-2010 |
20100037957 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE ACTIVATION OF AN ELECTROPNEUMATIC VALVE OF A PRESSURE MEDIUM-ACTUATED POSITION CONTROLLER - A device for activating an electropneumatic valve of a pressure medium-operated position controller, in which the valve is activated by a manipulated variable. To achieve a blocking fail-safe behavior in case of a failure of a pressure medium, the device includes means for detecting the current position of a booster stage downstream of the valve and assigning the manipulated variable based on the detected position, and means for measuring a first variable to be influenced by the position controller. The device includes an evaluation unit configured to determine an expected directional reaction of the first variable to the assigned manipulated variable, compare the expected reaction with the measured reaction, determine a pressure medium failure as a fault situation if the expected reaction does not coincide with the measured reaction, and assign, as a new manipulated variable for the valve, an emergency signal generating a blocking fail-safe behavior of the valve. | 02-18-2010 |
20100237856 | ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTACTLESSLY MEASURING A POSITION USING A MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE ARRANGEMENT - The disclosure relates to an arrangement for contactlessly measuring a position using a magnetoresistive sensor, the displacement-proportional transfer characteristic of which has a plurality of ranges which are suitable for a position measurement and associated characteristic curve sections of which have both positive and negative gradients. The arrangement can be included in a position regulator which has control electronics which, with the aid of a microcontroller, receive one or more input signals and output actuating signals for controlling the actuating drive. A method is also disclosed for operating the arrangement. For example, to uniquely associate the direction of movement of the displacement pick-off shaft with the effective direction of the drive, at least one range sensor for detecting the characteristic curve range of the magnetoresistive measuring system, which is in the form of a magnetoresistor potentiometer, in which the position is measured, is proposed. The range sensor can be connected to the control electronics. The activity of each range sensor can be assigned a sign for the gradient of the characteristic curve section of the measuring system in which the position is measured, which sign can be used to infer the effective direction of the actuating drive. | 09-23-2010 |
20110025353 | METHOD FOR INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF DISPLACEMENT/POSITION MEASURING SYSTEMS ON THE BASIS OF POTENTIOMETERS WITH A SLIDER TAP - The disclosure relates to a method for increasing the availability of displacement/position measuring systems on the basis of potentiometers with a slider tap in a closed control loop, the controller of which is formed by a microcontroller which is supplied with the position of the slider via an analog/digital converter. The position of a defective slider position of the potentiometer is determined within the active process task by evaluating an available control loop variable, and the reference variable of the control loop is overloaded in a defined manner such that the defective slider position is passed over during the displacement/position measurement and an intact slider position is reached. | 02-03-2011 |
20110035173 | METHOD FOR INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF DISPLACEMENT/POSITION MEASURING SYSTEMS ON THE BASIS OF POTENTIOMETERS WITH A SLIDER TAP - The disclosure relates to a method for increasing the availability of displacement/position measuring systems on the basis of potentiometers with a slider tap in a closed control loop, the controller of which is formed by a microcontroller which is supplied with the position of the slider via an analog/digital converter. At least part of the sensor range of the potentiometer is scanned on request by presetting a sequence of manipulated variables and an available control loop variable which represents the position value at a high sampling rate outside process tasks is recorded, to determine the exact position of a defective slider position of the potentiometer by evaluating the variable. The reference variable of the control loop is overloaded in a defined manner within the process task such that the defective slider position is passed over during the displacement/position measurement and an intact slider position is reached. | 02-10-2011 |
20110121817 | METHOD FOR INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF DISPLACEMENT/POSITION MEASURING SYSTEMS ON THE BASIS OF POTENTIOMETERS WITH A SLIDER TAP (III) - A method for increasing the availability of displacement/position measuring systems using a potentiometer with a slider tap in a closed control loop. The controller of the potentiometer is formed by a microcontroller which is supplied with the position of the slider via an analog/digital converter. The operating range is shifted within the sensor range in a direction of one of two limits of the operating range at least by a distance between the other of two limits of the operating range and a defective slider position by temporarily interrupting an operative connection between the displacement pick-off on the actuator and the potentiometer shaft. | 05-26-2011 |
20120096302 | FIELD DEVICE HAVING A REAL TIME CLOCK - A field device includes a real time clock, and at least one communication interface for at least unidirectionally, receiving and transmitting data. The real time clock is detachably connected to the at least one receiving communication interface of the field device, and includes a power supply. | 04-19-2012 |