Method and Device for Performing Diagnostics of an Actuator, and Actuator Comprising One Such Device
AssigneeSchneider Electric Industries SAS
InventorMustapha Chelloug
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Abstract
A diagnostic method of an actuator comprising a coil and a control device of power supply of the coil, comprising the following steps: Control of a power supply of the actuator by means of a diagnostic device, Control of a power supply of the coil by means of the control device, Monitoring, at the level of the diagnostic device, of an electric characteristic of an electric signal, in particular of the electric signal supplying the actuator, and Deduction of a diagnostic of the actuator using the result of the monitoring step. The device and the actuator implement the method.
Claims15
A diagnostic method of an actuator comprising a coil and a control device of power supply of the coil, comprising the following steps:
- Control of a power supply of the actuator by means of a diagnostic device,
- Control of a power supply of the coil by means of the control device,
- Monitoring, at the level of the diagnostic device, of an electric characteristic of an electric signal, in particular of the electric signal supplying the actuator, and
- Deduction of a diagnostic of the actuator using the result of the monitoring step.
The diagnostic method according to the previous claim, characterized in that the step of control of a power supply of the actuator comprises activation of power supply control means of the actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.