MATERIAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A method of determining one or more operational parameters of a washing system having a wash tank to which water and material are added, the method comprising:
- establishing a communication link between a sensor and a controller, the sensor positioned in the wash tank and configured to transmit a signal indicative of a material concentration, the controller configured to receive the signal;
adding material to water in the wash tank;
monitoring the material concentration while material is being added, and stopping the material addition upon the material concentration reaching a predetermined material concentration; and
determining, by the controller, an operational parameter indicative of the amount of material that has been added to reach the predetermined material concentration.
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Abstract
A method of determining an operational parameter of a washing system having a wash tank to which water and material are added. In some embodiments, the method includes establishing a communication link between a sensor and a controller. The sensor is positioned in the wash tank and transmits a signal indicative of a material concentration. The controller receives the signal. Additionally, the method includes adding material to water in the wash tank, monitoring the material concentration while material is being added, and stopping the material addition upon the material concentration reaching a predetermined material concentration. The controller then determines an operational parameter indicative of the amount of material that is needed to reach the predetermined material concentration.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of determining one or more operational parameters of a washing system having a wash tank to which water and material are added, the method comprising:
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establishing a communication link between a sensor and a controller, the sensor positioned in the wash tank and configured to transmit a signal indicative of a material concentration, the controller configured to receive the signal; adding material to water in the wash tank; monitoring the material concentration while material is being added, and stopping the material addition upon the material concentration reaching a predetermined material concentration; and determining, by the controller, an operational parameter indicative of the amount of material that has been added to reach the predetermined material concentration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for determining one or more operational parameters of a washing system having a wash tank to which water and material are added, the system comprising:
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a sensor configured to be positioned in the wash tank and to generate a first signal indicative of a material concentration; and a dispensing device configured to deliver material to the wash tank in one or more doses of a metered volume, the dispensing device having a controller configured to receive the first signal from the sensor and determine the material concentration of the wash tank, to actuate the delivery of one or more doses of material by the dispensing device to maintain the material concentration of the wash tank at approximately a predetermined level, each of the one or more delivered doses increasing the material concentration of the wash tank, and to determine a correlation between the change in material concentration and the number of doses that was delivered by the dispensing system. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of determining one or more operational parameters of a washing system having a wash tank to which water and material are added, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a controller, from a sensor, a signal indicative of a material concentration in the wash tank; supplying the wash tank with one or more doses of material by actuating a material delivery device having a chamber of a predetermined size that is filled with material prior to supplying the material to the wash tank, each actuation of the material delivery device supplying a single dose of material to the wash tank, the material being delivered until a desired material concentration is achieved in the wash tank; determining, by the controller, an amount of material that was delivered to achieve the desired material concentration in the wash tank by counting the number of actuations of the material delivery device required to achieve the desired material concentration in the wash tank; and recording, by the controller, the determined number of actuations. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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