Cycle counter mechanism for use in an autoclave oven
AssigneeTusas-Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii AS
InventorTurker Dolek
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Abstract
A cycle counter mechanism is provided for monitoring the service life of layup molds, such as a mold used for the manufacturing of parts in an autoclave oven. A body that is suitable for use in the autoclave oven is located on the mold. At least one rod is located on the body which elongates and contracts due to heat. At least one gear is located on the body so as to rotate about its own axis and which extends when the heat in the autoclave oven increases to trigger the gear. A gear is triggered by the rod to rotate about its own axis. A counter is triggered with the rotational movement of the gear and provides information about the number of uses of the mold depending on the rotational movement.
Claims10
A cycle counter mechanism (1) comprising:
- at least one mold (K) used for production of parts in an autoclave oven (O),
- a body (2) suitable for use in the autoclave oven (O) and located on the mold (K),
- a plurality of rods (3) located on the body (2), each of which elongates and contracts, due to heat,
- a plurality of gears (4) located on the body (2) that each rotate about an associated axis and when the heat increases in the autoclave oven (O), each of the plurality of rods (3) extends and triggers an associated one of the plurality of gears (4) to rotate about the axis associated with that gear,
- a counter (5) which is triggered with a rotational movement of the at least one of the plurality of gears (4) and provides information about a number of uses of the mold (K) depending on the rotational movement, and
- wherein each of the plurality of rods (3) triggers each associated gear of the plurality of gears (4) at a different time while the mold (K) is heated within the autoclave oven (O).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.