Change part with identification element
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsMarkus Zölfl, Timo Pronold, Stefan Raith
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Abstract
A change part, which is used for a machine employed in the filling or bottle manufacturing industry and which includes an identification element, where the identification element comprises a piezoelectric transmitter, which, when the change part is mounted and/or demounted, is able to be activated by the forces acting thereon and to transmit an identification signal, and to a suitable method for identifying a change part mounted in a machine.
Claims14
A change part for use in a machine employed in the filling or bottle manufacturing industry comprising:
- an identification element, which comprises a piezoelectric transmitter having a piezoelectric element, whereby, when the change part is mounted to or demounted from the machine, the piezoelectric element is deformed providing energy to the piezoelectric transmitter to enable a wireless transmission of an identification signal comprising, one of a change part class-specific signal and a globally unique identifier.
A method of identifying, by use of an identification element, a change part for a machine employed in the filling or bottle manufacturing industry, comprising the steps of:
- activating a piezoelectric transmitter comprising a piezoelectric element, when the change part is mounted to or demounted from the machine a deformation of the piezoelectric element provides energy to the piezoelectric transmitter;
- and transmitting a wireless signal from the piezoelectric transmitter wherein:
- the signal comprises an identification signal, and
- the identification signal comprises one of a change part class-specific signal and a globally unique identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.