DEVICE WITH INTERGRATED POSITION SENSOR
First Claim
1. An actuator for a movably situated device, in particular for a device for joining stacked adherends, in particular a pair of welding tongs, whereina measuring means (2) is enclosed by the actuator (10), it being possible to change at least one output signal of the measuring means depending on the spacial position, in particular within at least a plane (3) of the actuator (10).
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an actuator 10 for a movably situated device, in particular a device for joining stacked adherends 7, in particular a pair of welding tongs.
The object of the present invention is to realize a position-dependent control of a device, the position of which may be changed, while minimizing the additional effort or outlay required.
The present invention solves this problem by integrating a measuring means 2 for detecting at least one position-dependent measured quantity in the actuator, it also being possible to derive the position of actuator 10 from the measured quantity. The measuring means is enclosed in actuator 10.
This has the advantage that additional interference edges on the device on which the actuator is located may be avoided, and the position-dependent signal may be transmitted to higher-order controller 4 easily along with other signals that are transmitted by the actuator anyway.
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17 Claims
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1. An actuator for a movably situated device, in particular for a device for joining stacked adherends, in particular a pair of welding tongs, wherein
a measuring means (2) is enclosed by the actuator (10), it being possible to change at least one output signal of the measuring means depending on the spacial position, in particular within at least a plane (3) of the actuator (10).
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13. A method for operating a drive device comprising an actuator (10), and comprising operating means (4) for supplying the actuator with operating data that are required to operate the actuator (10), the operating means (4) being designed such that the operating data are determined with consideration for at least one of the measured quantities that is detectable via the measuring means (2), using the following method steps:
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a) Detect the data of the measuring means (2) using the operating means (4); b) Determine the operating data required to operate the actuator (10), with consideration for the data on the measuring means (2) that were detected using the operating means (4); b) Operate the actuator (10) using the operating means (4), with consideration for the operating data that were detected using the operating means (4). - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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