Hydraulic crimp pressure feedback methods
AssigneeContiTech USA, Inc.
InventorsScott Thompson, Cameron Banga, Joseph Vicente Intagliata
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Abstract
A crimping system for crimping fittings on hoses is disclosed and include an interface and a crimper machine. The crimper machine is configured to analyze collected information based on identified hose and fitting properties; perform a crimping operation based on the collected information and the identified hose and fitting properties; measure crimping characteristics for the crimping operation; generate an alert based on the measured crimping characteristics and the collected information; and provide the alert to the interface.
Claims12
A crimping system for crimping fittings on hoses, the system comprising:
- an interface having an audio device and a video display;
- one or more sensors including a strain gauge and the strain gauge configured to measure an applied crimping force for a crimping operation of a hose to a fitting;
- a crimper machine having a processor configured to analyze collected information based on identified hose and fitting properties;
- perform the crimping operation based on the collected information and the identified hose and fitting properties;
- measure crimping characteristics for the crimping operation;
- generate an alert based on the measured crimping characteristics and the collected information;
- and provide the alert to the interface;
- the processor of the crimper machine further configured to detect an inaccurate crimp from measurements of the one or more sensors and the measured crimping characteristics due to spring back from the hose and the fitting;
- a storage configured to maintain the collected information and update the collected information based on the measured crimping characteristics;
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- the measured crimping characteristics comprising force applied, applied force measurements, and crimping duration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.