公开(公告)号：EP0234840A3

公开(公告)日：1988-11-09

申请号：EP87301349

申请日：1987-02-17

Applicant: ADOLPH COORS COMPANY

Inventor： THOMPSON, ROGER ALLEN ,  GOLD, PHILLIP WAYNE

IPC: B23Q41/00 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/51

CPC classification number: B65G47/5113 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G2203/042

Abstract: A continuous processing system for performing production operations on a plurality of unit products using at least two discrete processing machines including:
an upstream processing machine (12);
a downstream processing machine (22);
an accumulator (32) for transferring unit products (11) between the upstream machine and downstream machine and for accumulating unit products in tightly packed continuously touching relationship (62) in a variable length area starting at a position (36) adjacent the downstream machine and extending toward (34) the upstream machine, the number of unit products in the tightly packed continuously touching relationship defining a continuous-fill-accumulation; account-in center (52) for sensing each unit product entering the accumulator; account-out center (54) for sensing each unit product exiting from the accumulator; a computer software accumulator model (200) for operating on data derived from the sensor signal and from physical characteristics of the accumulator for continuously predicting the continuous-fill-accumulation; and machine speed control apparatus (40) for continuously bearably controlling the speed of the upstream machine and/or the downstream machine based on the predicted continuous-fill-accumulation.

Abstract translation: 一种用于使用至少两个离散处理机器对多个单元产品执行生产操作的连续处理系统，包括：上游处理机; 下游加工机; 用于在上游机器和下游机器之间传送单元产品的蓄能器，并且在与下游机器相邻的位置开始并向上游机器延伸的可变长度区域中积聚紧密包装的连续接触关系的单元产品，单元产品的数量 在紧密包装的连续关系中定义了连续填充积累; 用于感测进入蓄电池的每个单元产品的计数传感器; 用于感测从蓄电池排出的每个单元产品的计数传感器; 用于对从传感器信号导出的数据和来自蓄电池的物理特性的数据进行操作的计算机软件累加器模型，用于连续预测连续填充累积; 以及机器速度控制装置，用于基于预测的连续填充积累连续地可变地控制上游机器和/或下游机器的速度。