HYGIENIC ASSEMBLY AND HYGIENIC ROBOT
    103.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240238994A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-18

    申请号:US18559546

    申请日:2021-06-17

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: B25J19/0075

    Abstract: A hygienic assembly and a hygienic robot. The hygienic assembly includes a housing adapted to be connected to a reduction box of a joint of the robot, an opening, and a flange having a first end for connecting to an output member of the reduction box and a second end for connecting to an end effector. The assembly also includes a seal member which includes an outer ring fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the opening and a seal lip slidably contacting an outer circumferential surface of the flange.

    Methods And Means For Failure Handling In Process Control Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20240235418A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18047935

    申请日:2022-10-19

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: H02M7/48 H02M1/0074

    Abstract: A method in a system is provided for handling failures in a process control system comprising a plurality of compute nodes. The process control system comprises at least two instances of virtualized distributed control nodes, VDCNs, deployed in a respective compute node of a cluster of at least two compute nodes, wherein a first VDCN is a primary VDCN controlling an automated process and at least a second VDCN is a backup VDCN. The method comprises detecting that the number of instances of the VDCNs is less than a set number and assigning the role of primary VDCN to the second VDCN. A device, computer program, computer program product and system are also disclosed.

    CONVERTIBLE TRANSFER SWITCH
    105.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240235210A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18047842

    申请日:2022-10-19

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: H02J3/388 H02J3/0012 H02J3/007 H02J3/44

    Abstract: A system and a method for connecting electrical load(s) to a first power source and a second power source including a switching device and a controller. The switching device includes a first semiconductor device pair and a second semiconductor device pair. The controller configured to receive a first set of electronic signals corresponding to a condition of the first power source and the second power source, isolate the first power source or the second power source from the one or more loads by transmitting a first set of control signals to the switching device, receive a second set of electronic signals corresponding to the condition of the first power source and the second power source, and connect the first power source or the second power source to the one or more loads by transmitting a second set of control signals to the switching device.

    SAFETY NETWORK FOR DEVICES IN INTERMITTENT USE
    106.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240231301A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18557923

    申请日:2021-05-04

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: G05B19/0428 G05B2219/14012

    Abstract: A safety network for supporting one or more devices in intermittent use, the safety network being susceptible of verification and/or validation as a safety loop and including a safety controller configured to



    assess the integrity of the safety network, and
    monitor safety sensors and cause safety actuators to respond to any detected safety events in accordance with safety rules.




    The safety network implements safety representatives, each configured to



    maintain a virtual representation of an associated device in intermittent use, including at least one virtual safety sensor and/or virtual safety actuator,
    make the virtual representation available for integrity assessment and monitoring by the safety controller, and
    perform wireless data synchronization between the virtual representation and the associated device.




    The virtual representation further includes an activation indicator, which determines a safety rule for the safety controller's monitoring and/or for the safety representative's data synchronization.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING POINT FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECE

    公开(公告)号:US20240217048A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18554707

    申请日:2021-04-22

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: B23Q15/14

    Abstract: Methods and devices of determining a point for processing a workpiece. The methods include acquiring a plurality of model contour points representing a contour of a model associated with the workpiece and a model point representing a position for processing the model, acquiring a plurality of workpiece contour points representing a contour of the workpiece, and determining, based on the plurality of model contour points and the plurality of workpiece contour points, a workpiece point that corresponds to the model point for processing the workpiece.

    Method of Updating a Thermal Model of an Electric Motor

    公开(公告)号:US20240213905A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18566765

    申请日:2022-06-02

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: H02P29/64 H02P6/34 H02P29/62

    Abstract: A method of updating a thermal model describing the thermal behaviour of an electric motor having a stator provided with stator windings, the method including: a) injecting a current into the stator windings to heat the stator windings, b) obtaining temperature measurements over time from each of a plurality of temperature sensors distributed in the electric motor while step a) is being performed and the stator windings are heating up, or after step a) has been terminated or the current has been decreased, and the electric motor is cooling down, and c) updating parameter values of the thermal model based on the temperature measurements.

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