Methods, devices, and systems for seal strip zone module strip position determination
AssigneeStowe Woodward Licensco, LLC
InventorJacob Speckman
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Abstract
An electronic device for determining a location of a seal strip device in a strip of a papermaking machine includes a seal strip location identification component associated with the seal strip device, a current monitoring circuit configured to measure a current through the seal strip location identification component that is associated with the seal strip device, and a location circuit configured to transmit information related to the current through the seal strip location identification component, and configured to receive an address related to the location of the seal strip device. Related methods and systems are also described.
Claims19
An electronic device for determining a location of a seal strip device in a strip of a papermaking machine, the electronic device comprising:
- a seal strip location identification component associated with the seal strip device;
- a current monitoring circuit configured to measure a current through the seal strip location identification component that is associated with the seal strip device;
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- a location circuit configured to transmit information related to the current through the seal strip location identification component, and configured to receive an address related to the location of the seal strip device,
- wherein the seal strip location identification component comprises an active microcontroller comprising an input configured to receive state information indicating the address related to the seal strip device and an output that is toggled to control addressing of another active microcontroller.
A method for determining a location of a seal strip device in a strip of a papermaking machine, the method comprising:
- determining a current through a seal strip location identification component associated with the seal strip device;
- reporting the current through the seal strip location identification component to a system coordinator device;
- receiving, from the system coordinator device, an address related to the location of the seal strip device;
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- determining the location of the seal strip device based on the address that was received from the system coordinator device.
A seal strip location determination circuit for determining a location of a first seal strip device of a plurality of seal strip devices in a strip of a papermaking machine, the seal strip location determination circuit comprising:
- a seal strip identification circuit associated with the first seal strip device of the plurality of seal strip devices;
- a current monitoring circuit configured to determine a current through the seal strip identification circuit that is associated with the first seal strip device of the plurality of seal strip devices;
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- a location circuit configured to transmit information related to the current through the seal strip identification circuit, and configured to receive an address related to the location of the first seal strip device of the plurality of seal strip devices,
- wherein at power-up, the first seal strip device of the plurality of seal strip devices is assigned a first address and then triggers a second seal strip device of the plurality of seal strip devices to obtain a second address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.