Weaving-machine control with display of the site and nature of thread breaks
AssigneePicanol N.V.
InventorBernard Decock
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Abstract
A control system for adjusting and/or checking the operational parameters of a weaving machine includes a control unit with a monitor, the control unit including an image memory for storing images of the site and/or type of thread breaks. The images are displayable on the monitor when a thread break occurs, and are associated by the control unit with selection keys which, when actuated, allow data concerning the site and/or the kind of thread break that occurred to be fed into the control unit.
Claims9
In a control system for a weaving machine which includes a control unit with a monitor, the improvement wherein the control unit comprises memory means for storing real images or pictures of possible sites, types, or sites and types, of thread breaks, and means for displaying the images on the monitor upon the occurrence of a thread break, the control system further comprising means including a plurality of selection keys for allowing entry into the control unit of data concerning a thread break that has occurred.
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