| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 100043000 | AUTOMATIC OR MATERIAL TRIGGERED CONTROL | 39 |
| 20080202358 | Pressing and Heating System for Pressing of a Multilayer Press Assembly - A pressing and heating system for pressing of a multilayer press assembly in which the multilayer press assembly may have a plurality of multilayer sets of material, for fabrication of printed circuit boards or the like, which are mutually separated by at least one separating plate. The system contains at least one tool that is to be inserted in an insertion opening of a stacked press. The tool being of a form that is electrically heatable, for the purpose of which heating at least one electrically powered heating element is provided, and the system further contains a control unit for controlling the heating element. With the aim of improving such a system, at least one thermocouple element is provided. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090038487 | High-pressure press - A high-pressure press includes a pressure vessel surrounded by a force-absorbing press frame. The high-pressure press also includes a detection structure for detecting changes in length of at least one column comprised in the press frame, the changes in length depending on the pressure inside the pressure vessel. The detection structure includes a limit switch, which is adapted to detect if the change in length of the column has reached a threshold value and, in that case, interrupt a pressing operation in progress and reduce the pressure inside the pressure vessel. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090277345 | PRESS MACHINE INCLUDING BOTTOM DEAD CENTER POSITION CORRECTION CONTROL SECTION - A press machine includes a bottom dead center position correction control section, a speed state determination section that determines the actual press speed, a control cycle count setting section, and a mode selection control section that selects a single-cycle control mode when the actual press speed is in a changing state, and selects a set multi-cycle control mode when the actual press speed is in a stable state. The bottom dead center position correction control section performs position correction control corresponding to each press cycle in the single-cycle control mode, and performs position correction control corresponding to each control multi-cycle count set by the control cycle count setting section in the set multi-cycle control mode. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100192786 | COMPACTING MACHINE - A compacting machine ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110126723 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPACTING MATERIALS IN OPEN TOP TRANSPORT CONVEYANCE - A compacting system compacts particulate matter in open-top railroad gondola cars rolling on rails. The compacting system comprises a compacting station adjacent the rails and a scanning system that scans the gondola cars as they move along the rails toward the compacting station. The scanning system transmits data of the gondola car to an electronic control system. The compacting station has at least one compaction member, e.g., a plate structure or a roller, configured to contact an upper surface of the particulate matter in the gondola cars. The electronic control system controls the compacting station so that the compaction member engages with and applies force to the upper surface of the particulate matter in the gondola car so as to compress the particulate matter in the gondola. A method for compacting particulate matter in a gondola car is also shown. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110247506 | HAND-HELD PRESSING APPARATUS - A hydraulic pressing unit includes a hydraulic pump, supply and hydraulic chambers, moving and stationary parts, a restoring spring, and a return valve provided within or attached to a housing. The moving part is displaced from a starting position into a pressing position as a result of filling the hydraulic chamber with a hydraulic medium from the supply chamber by using the hydraulic pump. The return valve is automatically displaced into an open position as a result of a hydraulic pressure corresponding to the pressing position, and the restoring spring moves the moving part. A piston acts on the flow of the hydraulic medium and lowers the pressure such that the return valve is displaced into the closed position. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120186466 | Baler with a Friction Sensor - A sensor in the baling chamber and/or the intake duct is operable for producing an electrical output signal indicative of the frictional properties of the crop. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120192731 | Round Baler With Electrically Driven Roller - A round baler is provided. The round baler having a frame and a baling chamber radially surrounded by bale forming means with one or more driven rollers. An electric motor for driving the roller is disposed in the interior of the roller. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120240797 | SQUARE BALER COMPRISING A CONTROL SYSTEM - A square baler having a control system including at least one density sensor for measuring the relative density of crop slices within the intake duct and/or the intake region of the baling chamber. A correlation function is determined by correlating the measured relative density of slices in the intake duct and/or the intake region of the baling chamber with the cumulative weight of these slices after they have been compressed and bound to form a completed bale. The control system predicts a weight of the slice in the intake duct and/or the intake region of the baling chamber derived from the measured relative density values of this slice and the computed correlation function. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120272839 | TANDEM PRESS LINE - A tandem press line switches from a synchronized high-speed press control to a synchronized low-speed press control when a high-speed, line master control signal is switched to a low-speed line master control signal. For a press having a slide position which has been determined to be within a press region, the synchronized low-speed press control can be switched to a non-synchronized high-speed press control that is based on a non-synchronized high-speed individual press control signal that is not synchronized with the low-speed line master control signal at least during a period in which the slide position is within the press region, and the non-synchronized high-speed press control can be switched to the synchronized low-speed press control on condition that a press resynchronization point has been reached. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130118364 | ELECTRIC SERVO PRESS MACHINE - An electric servo press machine is configured to convert a rotation of an electric servomotor into a reciprocating linear motion of a slide to perform press working on a workpiece. The machine includes a clutch mechanism interposed in a power transmission path between the servomotor and the slide, and a brake mechanism for applying a brake onto the slide under a disconnected state in which the servomotor and the power transmission path are decoupled from each other by the clutch mechanism. The machine brings the clutch mechanism into the disconnected state and applies the brake onto the slide upon an immediate stop request, and recovers from immediate stop under a state in which a phase shift between the servomotor and the power transmission path ranging from the clutch mechanism in the disconnected state to the slide is eliminated under a connected state of the clutch mechanism. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130319263 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE MOISTURE OF HAY IN THE PRE-COMPRESSION CHAMBER OF A RECTANGULAR BALER - A system and method for measuring the moisture of a harvested crop, such as hay, in the pre-compression chamber of a harvesting apparatus, such as a large square hay baler. Measurement at this time provides a highly accurate and reliable moisture reading. The apparatus disclosed includes two or more sensors disposed at separate positions in the pre-compression chamber. The sensors sense electrical conductivity or RF wave transmission through the hay in the pre-compression chamber. | 12-05-2013 |
| 100045000 | of material addition, deposition, or discharging | 7 |
| 20110011284 | FEEDER WITH ACTIVE FLOW MODULATOR AND METHOD - An apparatus is provided for compressing a loose solid feedstock. The apparatus includes a two stage compressor. The first compression stage is a screw compressor. The second compressor stage is a reciprocating compressor. The reciprocating compressor operates co-axially with, and receives its feed from, the screw compressor. The compressor establishes feedstock plug in a discharge pipe. A choke cone maintains pressure in the plug. The choke cone is actively controlled in response to operation of the compressor. The discharge from the compressor has a cooling jacket, and includes an expanding taper. The reciprocating compressor, the screw compressor, and the choke cone are all adjustable in real time to control the compression of the feedstock according to a pre-programmed schedule that need not have equal compression and retraction strokes. The operation of the screw compressor may be advanced or eased off depending on the motion of the reciprocating compressor. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110056393 | Waste Compaction and Lift Gate Mechanism - A waste bin with an automated waste compaction mechanism and a automated gate lifting mechanism for convenience usage. The present invention makes use of sensors and switches to allow the compaction and gate mechanism to operate automatically. The unique combination of components also ensures the reliability of the mechanism. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110094396 | HANDLING COMPRESSIBLE MATERIALS - An apparatus for handling compressible materials is disclosed. The apparatus includes compressing means adapted to compress a first charge of compressible material into a first compressed charge in a compression area, a holding area which is substantially the same size as the first compressed charge, and push means adapted to push the first compressed charge from the compression area into the holding area. The compression means is also adapted to compress a second charge of compressible material in the compression area to form a second compressed charge. The push means is also adapted to push the second compressed charge from the compression area into the holding area, such that it will eject the first compressed charge from the holding area into a bag configured to receive the first compressed charge. A related method and attachment for handling compressible materials are also disclosed. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20120000377 | SQUARE BALER - The square baler comprises a pick-up a pre-compression chamber, a baling chamber, a loading mechanism for transferring each slice of crop from the pre-compression chamber into the baling chamber and a plunger. The baler further can include at least one non-contact sensor that is provided in at least one of the walls of the pre-compression chamber and/or of the input zone of the baling chamber to produce an output signal indicative of the density of the crop. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120103207 | Control Logic For Applying Preservative To Agricultural Bales - A method and apparatus are provided for applying preservative to agricultural crops during baling. More particularly, a baler has a preservative application system and a crop moisture sensor array. The crop moisture sensor array is in communication with the preservative application system so that the application of preservative to the crop can be controlled in response to a moisture content sensed by the crop moisture sensor array that exceeds both a moisture content threshold value and a threshold value relating to the percentage of crop material having a moisture content above the moisture content threshold value. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20140041536 | Agricultural Square Baler - An agricultural baler comprising a controller, sensor and an actuator connected such that in a first position of a bale chute upon sensing of the movement of a completed bale ready to be lowered by the sensor a signal indicative of said movement is fed to the controller by the sensor upon which the controller controls an actuator such that the bale chute is pivoted to the second position which is sufficiently inclined to the horizontal such that the trailing end is sufficiently lowered to prevent a completed bale from toppling or being damaged, wherein the controller is configured to control the actuator such that the bale chute is pivoted from the first position to the second position after receiving the signal indicative of movement from the sensor. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140165857 | CONTROL LOGIC FOR APPLYING PRESERVATIVE TO AGRICULTURAL BALES - A method and apparatus are provided for applying preservative to agricultural crops during baling. More particularly, a baler has a preservative application system and a crop moisture sensor array. The crop moisture sensor array is in communication with the preservative application system so that the application of preservative to the crop can be controlled in response to a moisture content sensed by the crop moisture sensor array that exceeds both a moisture content threshold value and a threshold value relating to the percentage of crop material having a moisture content above the moisture content threshold value. | 06-19-2014 |
| 100046000 | Of parallelism of platens | 2 |
| 20100192787 | PRESS ANGLE CONTROL DEVICE, PRESS MACHINE FACILITY, AND PRESS ANGLE CONTROL METHOD - There are provided a device and a method capable of reducing a press angle control error caused by a press load variation and of preventing a press load variation of one press machine from acting on the other press machine. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20150314548 | Baling press - The invention relates to a baling press having a horizontal construction, for compaction of loose material, comprising a pressing channel having a fill-in opening, a pressing plate that can be displaced in the pressing channel, having a pressing surface that stands in contact with the material to be compacted, multiple hydraulic cylinders coupled with electro-hydraulic drive assemblies, for generating a pressing force, for advancing the pressing plate for the purpose of introducing the pressing force into the filled-in material, as well as for returning the pressing plate to a starting position, and a control and regulation system configured for monitoring the spatial orientation of the pressing surface and keeping it constant during the advancing movement of the pressing plate. | 11-05-2015 |
| 100047000 | Of roll separation or speed | 1 |
| 20080210105 | CALENDER - The invention concerns a calender which comprises a vertical stack of interlinked rollers driven individually by regulated electric motors. The regulation process acts on the distribution of the delivered power to the individual rollers such that the forces acting on the rollers in the horizontal direction and measured in the roller bearings are minimized, so enabling slimmer rollers to be used. | 09-04-2008 |
| 100048000 | Of actuating means | 17 |
| 20080307982 | SLIDE POSITION SENSOR AND PRESS MACHINE - A slide position sensor includes: a link supporting member projecting from the slide toward the upright, a dual axis link member whose first end is rotatably supported and hung by the link supporting member, a plate rotatably supported and hung by a second end of the dual axis link member, a rack that is provided to the plate and extends in the hanging direction, a pinion that meshes with the rack and an encoder system that senses the rotation of the pinion. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100024668 | OVERLOAD PROTECTION, DRIVE TRAIN COMPRISING SUCH AN OVERLOAD PROTECTION, DEVICE COMPRISING A LIFTING TOOL, AND METHOD FOR APPLYING WORKING FORCES - In order to further develop overload protection devices for machine tools, the invention relates to an overload protection comprising a force input element and a force output element which are rigidly and non-positively interconnected by means of a positive connection and can be moved relative to one another when an overload protection is actuated. The overload protection devices are characterized by an emergency running gear; by means of which the force input element and the force output element are interconnected so as to be guided towards each other in a controlled manner when the overload protection is actuated. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100095856 | PARTIAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A PNEUMATIC WASTE COMPRESSOR - In a pneumatic compressor for the compression of waste, for example waste paper comprising a cylinder ( | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100242748 | PRESS MACHINE - A press machine includes a cushion shaft, a press shaft, a motor, and a motor control device. The cushion shaft is connected to a lower die. The press shaft is connected to an upper die and configured to press a workpiece between the upper die and the lower die in cooperation with the cushion shaft. The motor is configured to drive the upper die. The motor control device is configured to control the motor and includes a disturbance observer and an intrusion detector. The disturbance observer is configured to calculate an estimated disturbance value with respect to the motor based on a torque command and a motor velocity of the motor. The intrusion detector is configured to detect, based on the estimated disturbance value, a state of a foreign object between the press shaft and the cushion shaft. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110232513 | Method In A Production System For Limiting Peak Power - A production system has at least one mechanical press driven at least in part by a flywheel powered by a first motor. The system further includes a second motor which is a servo motor. The power of the first motor powering the flywheel is arranged controlled by a control unit dependent on a function of the power of at least one second motor, the servo motor. In this way, the peak power of at least the first and the second motor may be limited. A method for operating the system and a computer program are also contemplated. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120073456 | SOLAR-POWERED WASTE COMPACTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A solar-powered waste compactor comprises a waste container for housing waste, a compactor ram actuated by a hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly for compacting the waste in the waste container, and a hydraulic power unit operably associated with the hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly for powering the compactor ram. The hydraulic power unit comprises a motor/pump assembly including a pump unit, a single-phase electric motor driving the pump unit and a flow control valve operating the motor/pump assembly at first or second flow rate depending on an operating pressure. The hydraulic power unit further comprises a battery unit, a solar panel to charge the battery unit, a DC-to-AC inverter, a single-phase AC power inlet connectable to a source of a single-phase electrical power grid, and a reversing contactor providing the electric current only from the inverter or the power inlet at any given time. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120090482 | PRESS LOAD CONTROLLING APPARATUS FOR MECHANICAL PRESS - In a mechanical press, the pressure (cylinder force) of a hydraulic pressure chamber of a cylinder-piston mechanism provided in a slide of the mechanical press can be variably controlled with a high responsiveness by a hydraulic pump/motor driven by an electric servomotor, in response to a cylinder force command corresponding to the press load command. Accordingly, even if a die height value is set to a value small enough to cause an overload, the press load can be restricted before the occurrence of the overload, and this can save the trouble of strictly adjusting the die height value. Further, pressure-application time in the vicinity of a bottom dead center can be lengthened, and a breakthrough phenomenon can be suppressed from occurring at the end of pressure application. Still further, because the overload does not occur, pressure oil is not relieved, so that the interruption of a press operation is avoided. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20140245907 | DRIVE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A PRESS MACHINE - A drive apparatus includes a movable member, at least one linear electrical actuator for generating a first force, and at least one linear hydraulic actuator for generating a second force. The at least one linear electrical actuator and the at least one linear hydraulic actuator are arranged such that the first force and the second force act in parallel on the movable member in order to result in a combined force. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20160107835 | DUSTBIN COMPRESSING ITEMS BORNE IN INTERNAL SPACE - The invention provides a garbage can capable of compressing items contained in an internal space thereof. The garbage can comprises a can housing, wherein axially symmetrical openings are formed in a side wall at the upper end of the can housing; door sheets in fit sizes are arranged in the openings; the upper ends of the door sheets are articulated with the can housing; a compression device is arranged on the top surface in the can housing; a control end of the compression device is connected with an output end of a controller; an input end of the controller is connected with output ends of door opening sensing devices; the door opening sensing devices are arranged on the door sheets; and the controller compresses the items contained in the can housing to release the space according to door opening times detected by the door opening sensing devices. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160130082 | REFUSE COLLECTION APPARATUS - A refuse collection apparatus is disclosed. A refuse collection apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention a main body unit into which a refuse is inserted, a refuse compression unit installed in the main body unit and configured to compress the refuse inserted into the main body unit and a movement range detection unit located inside of the main body unit and configured to detect a movement range of the refuse compression unit. | 05-12-2016 |
| 100050000 | By pressure applied to material | 7 |
| 20090013882 | Solar-powered waste compactor, method of powering a waste compactor, and hydraulic unit therefor - A hydraulic power device usable to power a compactor ram of a waste compactor is provided. The hydraulic power device includes a pump assembly having first and second pumps for providing pressurized hydraulic fluid to at least one hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly associated with the compactor ram. A battery is provided for storing energy and for providing energy to the pump assembly. A solar panel converts solar energy and charges the battery. A pump control unit simultaneously operates the pumps when an operating pressure of the pump assembly is less than a predetermined threshold and operates only the first pump when the operating pressure of the pump assembly is greater than the predetermined threshold. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20110139019 | HORIZONTAL HOTPRESS SYSTEM - Two press cylinders are disposed at an equal interval at left and right having the opening-closing cylinder therebetween, so as to have the approximately same distance from the conveying reference plane as the opening-closing cylinder. The opening-closing cylinder comprises an opening-closing linear encoder, which detects a decreased amount of the entire thickness of the object-to-be-processed as a displacement of the ram, when the object-to-be-processed is hot-pressed. The respective press cylinders comprise pressure sensors for press cylinders detecting pressing pressures of the pressing plates as cylinder inner pressures. A horizontal hotpress system is provided, which can easily improve yield ratio of the boards after hot-pressing by measuring thickness size of the object-to-be-processed while hot-pressed, according to an operation distance of the opening-closing cylinder, comprising an opening-closing cylinder for opening and closing the press plates, other than a plurality of the press cylinders for pressing the press plates. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120186467 | Engineered Tall Grass Biomass Baler - A biomass baler having a baling chamber adapted to receive tall grass biomass material and a compression system adapted to compact the tall grass biomass material into a parallelepiped bale in the chamber, wherein the baling chamber has a front wall consisting essentially of a reciprocating compression platen corresponding in dimensions to the width W and height H of the bale, opposing upper and lower walls corresponding in dimensions to the length L and either of the W and H of the bale, and opposing sidewalls corresponding in dimensions to the L and the other of the W and H of the bale, and wherein the compression system is adjustable by conventional controls to apply at least one operator-selectable compression platen pressure of between 22 psi and 30 psi to the tall grass biomass material in the chamber. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120272840 | MACHINE PRESS - In a machine press having a lower and an upper tool carrier, a hydraulic drive acting on the upper tool carrier comprises at least one closed hydraulic drive system that can be switched between rapid motion and press motion, the drive system having at least one hydraulic cylinder piston unit. The hydraulic liquid of the at least one hydraulic drive system is stored in a pressure accumulator fanning the storage container, supplying the entire associated hydraulic drive system permanently with at least a base pressure above the ambient pressure. There is no hydraulic connection whatsoever between the working chamber on the piston rod side and the working chamber on the piston side of at least one hydraulic cylinder piston unit. The upper tool carrier is pre-stressed into the upper final position thereof by means of a spring unit. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20140123863 | PRESSING APPARATUS - The embodiment of present invention discloses a pressing apparatus comprising: a static pressing plate; a movable pressing plate opposing the static pressing plate and comprising a plurality of movable press-blocks; a pressure sensor provided in each respective movable press-blocks; a plurality of drive units provided corresponding to the plurality of movable press-blocks, each drive unit being connected with one movable press-block for driving the corresponding movable press-block; a control unit electrically connected with each drive unit and each pressure sensor, the control unit being configured to compare the detected pressure value from each pressure sensor with a predefined pressure value, and adjust the pressure value between the corresponding movable press-block and the static pressing plate by means of the corresponding drive unit based on the comparison result. | 05-08-2014 |
| 100051000 | With dwell time control | 1 |
| 20140331872 | Dewatering Method for Correcting Water Content of Green Veneer for Plywood and Apparatus for Dewatering the Green Veneer - A large number of green veneers for plywood respectively having high water contents and formed in a rectangular shape are vertically laminated to obtain a veneer laminate having a quadrangular prismatic shape. The veneer laminate is located between upper and lower platen members so that two opposite side faces of the veneer laminate vertically form cut face gathering planes. The upper and lower platen members are moved toward each other to apply a pressing force to the veneer laminate. The pressing force applied to the veneer laminate is released or weakened while the water drawn through the cut face gathering planes by the pressing force is dripping downward along the cut face gathering planes of the veneer laminate vertically formed. | 11-13-2014 |
| 100052000 | Reversing | 1 |
| 20090145311 | POWER OPERATED CONTAINER CRUSHING DEVICE - A power operated container crushing device, the device comprising: an upper housing; a lower housing integral with said upper housing; and a crushing mechanism comprising a motor attached to and retained in said upper housing, wherein said motor includes a motor gear for rotational engagement with a drive gear; a drive axle with said drive gear fixably attached at one end for rotation thereof and means to attach said drive axle to a threaded sleeve at the other; an elongated threaded sleeve fixably attached to said drive axle for rotation thereof; a threaded shaft for threadably engaging said threaded sleeve; and a crushing plate fixably attached to said threaded shaft; wherein when said motor rotates said motor gear in one direction, said crushing plate moves in a downward direction, and when said motor rotates in the opposite direction, said crushing plate moves in an upward direction. | 06-11-2009 |
