Assignment of sensors to machine parts

A sensor assignment device, comprising:

• a movement instruction generator configured to generate and submit a movement instruction to a distinct one of a plurality of actuators to move a distinct one of a plurality of machine parts;
• a sensor data receiver configured to receive sensor data based on movements of machine parts of three ceiling-mounted machines, acquired by a subset of a plurality of sensors, with each machine having a pushrod as a machine part;
• a degree of correlation determiner configured to determine sensor-specific degrees of correlation between the detected sensor data and the movement instruction;
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• a sensor assigner which, when obtaining a reliable map of affiliations between sensors and machine parts, assigns those sensors to the distinct one of the plurality of machine parts whose sensor-specific degrees of correlation exceed a predetermined threshold, and which, when obtaining an insufficiently reliable map of affiliations between sensors and machine parts, causes the sensor assignment device to repeat the steps of generating and submitting a movement instruction, receiving sensor data, and determining sensor-specific degrees of correlation;
• said sensor assignment device moving the machine parts using the distinct one of the plurality of actuators based on the sensor data.