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US 10,754,330 B2Granted
Industrial machine system and a method of controlling an industrial machine
AssigneeTomologic AB
InventorMagnus Norberg Ohlsson
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Abstract
The invention relates to an industrial machine system comprising a machine (1) comprising an actuator system (2) for performing an industrial operation, and a remote computing system (6) comprising a machine controller (9). The machine controller is remote connected to the machine, and is configured to remote control the actuator system of the machine. The invention further relates to a method of controlling an industrial machine.
Claims13
An industrial machine system, comprising:
- a machine comprising an actuator system for performing an industrial operation, the actuator system comprising at least one actuator configured to control a relative movement of a work piece and an operating device, and
- a remote computing system comprising a machine controller,
- wherein the machine controller is separate from the machine and remotely connected to the machine via an internet connection, and wherein the machine controller is configured to remote control, over the internet, the at least one actuator of the actuator system of the machine via an actuator controller comprised in the machine, wherein the actuator controller controls the at least one actuator and is configured to receive instructions from the remote machine controller and execute said instructions block by block in a closed loop system within the machine, independent of the machine controller and without requiring internet delay compensation, wherein the machine controller is not part of said closed loop system of the actuator controller, and wherein, once a complete set of work instructions or a defined sub-set thereof have been received and verified, the complete set of work instructions or defined sub-set thereof may be executed without further instructions from the machine controller.
A method of controlling an industrial machine comprising:
- providing a machine, comprising an actuator system for performing an industrial operation, which actuator system comprises an actuator controller that controls at least one actuator configured to control a relative movement of a work piece and an operating device,
- establishing an internet communication link between the actuator system and a remote computing system comprising a machine controller separate from the machine, and
- remote controlling the at least one actuator of the actuator system of the machine by sending instructions from the machine controller to the actuator controller in the machine over the internet communication link, wherein the at least one actuator executes said instructions block by block in a closed loop system within the machine, independent of the machine controller and without requiring internet delay compensation, wherein the machine controller is not part of the closed loop system, and wherein, once a complete set of work instructions or a defined sub-set thereof have been received and verified, the complete set of work instructions or the defined sub-set thereof may be executed without further instructions from the machine controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.