Pneumatic machine control unit for an I.S. machine
AssigneeEmhart Glass S.A.
InventorsSteven J. Pinkerton, Jamo Kammonen, Myles Kneeland Dean, Per Sattlin, Arne Stenholm
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Abstract
A pneumatic machine control unit for an I.S. machine having at least one machine section for processing a gob of molten glass into a selected bottle. The section is supplied by a plurality of pneumatic lines at different pressures. A pneumatic supply input line supplies a manifold which is connected to a plurality of output lines. An electronically settable pressure regulating device is situated in each output line and a control is provided for setting the electronically settable pressure regulating devices either in response to operator inputs or from retrieved pressures from a database.
Claims4
A pneumatic machine control unit for an I.S. machine having at least one machine section for processing a gob of molten glass into a selected bottle, the section being supplied by a plurality of pneumatic lines at different pressures said control unit comprising;
- a pneumatic supply input line,
- a manifold connected to said pneumatic supply input line including a plurality of output lines,
- an electronically settable pressure regulating device in each of said output lines, and
- a control for the electronically settable pressure regulating devices including means for setting the pressure of each of the plurality of pressure regulating devices, and
- a database for storing settings for said plurality of pressure regulating devices,
- said control further including means for setting each of said pressure regulating devices with settings stored in said database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.