Device and method for coating a rotating body with elastomeric wear layer
AssigneeDecapo Ltd
InventorsJan Wulker, Willie Reppel
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Abstract
A control apparatus and method for a coating device utilize a measurement system to determine whether a body supplied to the coating device is acceptable for coating and/or to establish template data in preparation for a coating operation. The measurement system also obtains measurements of a body while the body is being coated, and these measurements are used to control the coating operation.
Claims18
In combination with a coating device adapted to coat a rotating body with a wear layer and having a system for producing a strand of elastomeric material and applying the strand on the body so as to form the wear layer, a control apparatus comprising:
- a measurement system;
- a template system that establishes template data using said measurement system in preparation for a coating operation of said coating device to coat a body;
- and
- a control system that controls said coating operation to coat said body based on said template data and measurements of said body obtained using said measurement system while said body is being coated.
In combination with a coating device adapted to coat a rotating body with a wear layer and having a system for producing a strand of elastomeric material and applying the strand on the body so as to form the wear layer, a control apparatus comprising:
- a measurement system that employs a camera;
- and
- a control system that determines whether a body supplied to said coating device is acceptable for coating based on a measurement of said body obtained by said measurement system;
- said control system operating, depending on the determination result, to provide an indication that said body is unacceptable and to control operation of said coating device to coat said body based on measurements of said body obtained by said measurement system while said body is being coated.
A control method for a coating device adapted to coat a rotating body with a wear layer and having a system for producing a strand of elastomeric material and applying the strand on the body so as to form the wear layer, said control method comprising:
- using a measurement system to establish template data preparatory to a coating operation of said coating device to coat a body;
- and
- controlling said coating operation to coat said body based on said template data and measurements of said body obtained using said measurement system while said body is being coated.
A control method for a coating device adapted to coat a rotating body with a wear layer and having a system for producing a strand of elastomeric material and applying the strand on the body so as to form the wear layer, said control method comprising:
- measuring a body supplied to the coating device with a measurement system that employs a camera;
- determining whether said body is acceptable for coating based on a result of said measuring;
- and
- depending on the result of said determining, providing an indication that said body is unacceptable, or controlling operation of said coating device to coat said body based on measurements of said body obtained by said measurement system while said body is being coated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.