Actuating drive and method for servicing and/or commissioning an actuating drive
AssigneeSIPOS Aktorik GmbH
InventorUlrich Raithel
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Abstract
In an actuating drive (1), an electronic controller (2) and a data bus interface (5) are configured in such a way that, as an alternative to supply via a power supply connection (4), the electronic controller (2) can be supplied via a data bus interface (5) if the power supply connection (4) is voltage-free.
Claims9
An electric actuating drive (1), by means of which valves in processing plants are operable in at least one of an automatized or remotely controlled manner comprising an electronic controller (2) configured to process or change at least one of:
- parameters, state variables;
- or parameters and state variables of the actuating drive (1), wherein parameters are at least one of:
- end positions of the valve, adjustment travel, adjustment speeds, torques at the end positions, variables of a switched state or a switching behavior of the connected valve, the electronic controller (2) is supplied with electrical energy during operation via a power supply connection (4) of the actuating drive (1), a data bus interface (5) is connected to the electronic controller (2), and the electronic controller (2) is additionally supplied with electrical energy via the data bus interface (5) and wherein at least one of:
- the electronic controller (2) is supplied via a data bus interface (8) of a further actuating drive (14) having its own electronic controller (15):
- or a data bus interface (8) is supplied with electrical energy by a portable computer (7);
- or the electronic controller (2) is removed from the actuating drive (1) before at least one servicing step and wherein the servicing step comprises at least one of reading out or describing a parameter value or a state variable of the actuating drive (1), and at least one of installing software or carrying out an activation process of an activator of the actuating drive (1), in each case via the data bus interface (5).
A method for at least one of servicing or commissioning an actuating drive (1), by means of which valves in processing plants are operable in at least one of an automatized or remotely controlled manner, comprising supplying an electronic controller (2) of the actuating drive (1), with electrical energy, in a normal operating mode via a power supply connection (4) of the actuating drive (1), at least one of processing or changing parameters, state variables or parameters and state variables of the actuating drive (1), wherein parameters are at least one of:
- end positions of the valve, adjustment travel, adjustment speeds, torques at the end positions, variables of a switched state or a switching behavior of the connected valve, in the electronic controller (2), triggering at least one servicing step by a data bus interface (5), and supplying the electronic controller (2) with electrical energy via the data bus interface (5) at least during execution of the at least one servicing step, and wherein at least one of:
- the electronic controller (2) is supplied via a data bus interface (8) of a further actuating drive (14) having its own electronic controller (15) or a data bus interface (8) is supplied with electrical energy by a portable computer (7) or the electronic controller (2) is removed from the actuating drive (1) before at least one servicing step and wherein the servicing step comprises at least one of reading out or describing a parameter value or a state variable of the actuating drive (1), and at least one of installing software or carrying out an activation process of an activator of the actuating drive (1), in each case via the data bus interface (5).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.