Bodymaker airstrip airflow monitoring and optimization system and method
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsSayon Chandrakanthan, Andrew Christopher Hyde, John James Silver, Dan S. Prystawsky, Stephen Dane Christensen
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Abstract
A can bodymaker includes a ram including a punch and an air conduit, wherein the ram is structured to reciprocate, and an air strip system structured to receive pressurized air and to selectively provide the pressurized air to the punch via the air conduit to strip a can body off of the punch. The air strip system includes an air strip valve disposed on a reciprocating component of the can bodymaker, wherein the air strip valve is structured to selectively open to provide pressurized air to the punch and to close to stop providing pressurized air to the punch.
Claims20
A can bodymaker comprising:
- a ram including a punch and an air conduit, wherein the ram is structured to reciprocate;
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- an air strip system structured to receive pressurized air and to selectively provide the pressurized air to the punch via the air conduit to strip a can body off of the punch,
- wherein the air strip system includes an air strip valve disposed on a reciprocating component of the can bodymaker, wherein the air strip valve is structured to selectively open to provide pressurized air to the punch and to close to stop providing pressurized air to the punch.
A can bodymaker comprising:
- a ram including a punch and an air conduit, wherein the ram is structured to reciprocate;
- and
- an air strip system structured to receive pressurized air and to selectively provide the pressurized air to the air conduit to strip a can body off of the punch,
- wherein the air strip system includes an air strip valve disposed on a static component of the can bodymaker proximate the ram, wherein the air strip valve is structured to selectively open to provide pressurized air to the punch and to close to stop providing pressurized air to the punch.
A can bodymaker comprising:
- a ram including a punch and an air conduit, wherein the ram is structured to reciprocate;
- an air strip system structured to receive pressurized air and to selectively provide the pressurized air to the air conduit to strip a can body off of the punch, wherein the air strip system includes air strip valve is structured to selectively open to provide pressurized air to the punch and to close to stop providing pressurized air to the punch;
- an air strip system structured to receive pressurized air and to use the pressurized air to strip a can body off of the punch;
- a pressure monitor structured to sense air usage of the air strip system;
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- a control system structured to monitor and analyze the sensed air usage of the air strip system and to control the air strip system or can bodymaker based on the sensed air usage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.