HOT-GLUE APPLICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND MONITORING THE HOT-GLUE APPLICATION SYSTEM

• US 20090285983A1
• Filed: 08/07/2007
• Published: 11/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baumer HHS GmbH (Baumer Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Baumer HHS GmbH (Baumer Holding AG)
• Inventors: Baldauf, Dieter, Schneider, Swen
• Granted Patent: US 9,840,643 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 427/207.100
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 11/1002 Means for controlling supply, i.e. flow or pressure, of liquid or other fluent material to the applying apparatus, e.g. valves
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 11/1007 responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material B05C11/1005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 11/1042 provided with means for heating or cooling the liquid or other fluent material in the supplying means upstream of the applying apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 5/001 incorporating means for heating or cooling the liquid or other fluent material B05C11/1042 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 5/02 the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure, e.g. from an outlet device in contact or almost in contact, with the work
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 5/0245 for applying liquid or other fluent material to a moving work of indefinite length, e.g. to a moving web B05C5/0241, B05C5/0254, B05C5/027, B05C5/0283 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 5/00 Adhesive processes in general; Adhesive processes not provided for elsewhere, e.g. relating to primers

Abstract

In the hot-glue application system with a melter and components connected thereto, such as one or more heatable feeder pipes and one or more heatable application valves, the components contain a machine-readable and preferably also machine writable data storage medium.

Claims

1. A hot glue application system with a melter and components connected to it, such as one or more heatable feed hoses and one or more heatable application valves, wherein the components contain a machine-readable and preferably a machine-writable data storage medium as well.

2. A hot glue application system in accordance with claim 1, in which the machine-readable and/or machine-writable data storage media comprise a microprocessor system.

3. A hot glue application system in accordance with claim 1, in which the machine-readable and/or machine-writable data storage media comprise one or more semiconductor memories.

4. A hot glue application system in accordance with claim 1, in which the machine-readable and/or machine-writable data storage media comprise a magnetically readable and/or writable memory device or coding carrier.

5. A hot glue application system in accordance with claim 1, in which the machine-readable and/or machine-writable data storage media comprise an optically readable and/or writable memory device or coding carrier with, for example, a bar code, 2D code, or 3D code.

6. A hot glue application system in accordance with claim 1, in which the control unit used for the automatic control and monitoring of the heating circuits of the melter and the connected components has a device for communication with the data storage media in the components.

7. A hot glue application system in accordance with claim 6, in which the communication between the communication device of the control unit and the data storage media in the connected components is carried out by hardwired connection via the connection plugs of the melter or wirelessly by electromagnetic, magnetic, acoustic, or optical means.

8. A hot glue application system in accordance with claim 6, in which the communication device has a connection, which can exchange data with higher-order control units by field bus or with external monitoring units via the Internet.

9. A method for automatically controlling and monitoring a hot glue application system with a melter, which contains a control unit, and heatable feed hoses and heatable application valves connected to it, each of which contains machine-readable and/or machine-writable data storage media, wherein the control unit communicates by a hardwired connection or wirelessly with the data storage media in the connected consumers during the initialization and/or cyclically and when changes are made in the system configuration.

10. A method in accordance with claim 9, in which the control unit receives data from the connected consumers and uses the data to optimize the automatic control and monitoring of their heating circuits.

11. A method in accordance with claim 9, in which the control unit transmits data to the data storage media in the connected consumers, which data are used to optimize their diagnosis and maintenance.

12. A method in accordance with claim 9, in which the control unit exchanges data with higher-order control units by field bus or with external monitoring units via the Internet, which data are used to optimize the monitoring of the hot glue application system and to allow remote diagnosis in the event of an error or defect.