# US 11,305,504 B2 · Method for calibrating electric press

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- Number: US 11,305,504 B2
- Document ID: US11305504B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/695,189
- Filed: 2019-11-26
- Published: 2020-03-26
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2016-03-09
- Assignees: Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Tadahiro Noguchi; Jun Nishizawa; Tadashi Matsushita; Kenichiro Hiruma
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11305504B2

## CPC

- B30B 1/186: {Control arrangements}
- B30B 15/0094: {Press load monitoring means (B30B15/281 takes precedence)}
- B30B 15/14: Control arrangements for mechanically-driven presses
- B30B: PRESSES IN GENERAL (producing ultra-high pressure or ultra-high pressure and high temperature to effect modifications of a substance, e.g. for making artificial diamonds B01J3/00 ){(compressing means for refuse receptacles B65F1/1405)}

## Abstract

Disclosed herein are an electric press and a method for calibrating the electric press, which can implement a rapid calibration operation. An electric press (10) includes a ram location information storage unit (63) and a load control unit (64). The ram location information storage unit (63) stores ram location information, corresponding to actual load values and representing locations to which a ram is moved, in advance. The load control unit (64) applies an actual load, corresponding to at least one location which belongs to the locations represented by the ram location information and to which the ram is moved, to a compression target by moving the ram to the location. Accordingly, the load value output by the detection unit is calibrated based on the actual load value applied to the compression target.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for calibrating an electric press, the electric press including a detection unit configured to detect a load value applied to a compression target and electrically driving a ram based on the load value, the method comprising:
storing ram location information, corresponding to actual load values and representing locations to which the ram is moved, in advance;
applying an actual load, corresponding to at least one location which belongs to the locations represented by the ram location information and to which the ram is moved, to the compression target by moving the ram to the location; and
calibrating the load value, output by the detection unit, based on the actual load value applied to the compression target.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein:
the detection unit includes a load cell and an instrumentation amplifier, and detects the load value through a process of amplifying an output value of the load cell by the instrumentation amplifier; and
the calibrating includes changing gain and offset values of the instrumentation amplifier.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein:
the detection unit includes a load cell, an instrumentation amplifier, and a load value generation unit having a conversion table representing correlations between amplified values of the instrumentation amplifier and load values, and detects the load value through a conversion process of converting an amplified value, output by the instrumentation amplifier, into the load value; and
the calibration includes changing the values or correlations of the conversion table.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, wherein during the calibration or during machining of the compression target, a correlation between the amplified value and the load value absent in the conversion table is generated by interpolation based on the correlations between the amplified values and the load values present in the conversion table.