Treatment machine, in particular for textiles, comprising a removable vat and a fixed terminal installation
AssigneeS.A. Etablissements C. Burel Corporation
InventorSylvain Volpi
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Abstract
A removable treatment vat is connectable via a quick-release coupler to a fixed installation including a control unit together with a fluid monitor and a fluid driver for driving treatment fluid(s), said fluid driver being suitable for causing the fluid(s) to circulate under given conditions of flow rate, pressure, and temperature, from a fluid inlet to the coupler to the vat. The fluid driver includes a fluid circuit and a circulation pump; the control unit includes an electronic control circuit suitable for running the treatment process as a function of data coming from the above-mentioned fluid monitor and data specific to the vat, and possibly also data specific to the treatment proper.
Claims20
A machine for treating material under the action of treatment fluid(s) in which a removable treatment vat is connectable via quick-coupling means to a fixed installation including at least fluid drive means for making said fluid(s) circulate under given conditions of flow rate, pressure, and temperature, from a fluid inlet to the quick coupling means, monitoring means for monitoring the flow rate, pressure and temperature of said treatment fluid(s), and control means for running said drive means as a function at least of data coming from said monitoring means.
A machine for treating material under the action of treatment fluid(s), comprising:
- at least one vat;
- a fluid driver including a pump and a fluid flow circuit;
- at least one quick-release coupler adapted to releasably interconnect the at least one vat and the fluid flow circuit to permit the fluid flow circuit to communicate with the vat;
- a fluid monitor, coupled to the fluid driver, arranged to monitor at least one of flow-rate, pressure and temperature of the fluid(s) and to produce information indicative thereof;
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- a control unit, coupled to the fluid monitor and the fluid driver, arranged to control the fluid driver responsive to the information from the fluid monitor, thereby controlling the at least one of the flow rate, pressure and temperature of the fluid(s).
A fluid circulator for use with a treatment machine that treats materials under the action of treatment fluid(s), comprising:
- a fluid driver including a pump and a fluid flow circuit;
- at least one quick-release coupler adapted to releasably interconnect the fluid flow circuit and at least one vat to permit the fluid flow circuit to communicate with the at least one vat;
- a fluid monitor, coupled to the fluid driver, arranged to monitor at least one of flow-rate, pressure and temperature of the fluid(s) and to produce information indicative thereof;
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- a control unit, coupled to the fluid monitor and the fluid driver, arranged to control the fluid driver responsive to the information from the fluid monitor, thereby controlling the at least one of the flow rate, pressure and temperature of the fluid(s).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.