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Material conveying system simulation and monitoring apparatus

  • US 4,512,747 A
  • Filed: 01/13/1982
  • Issued: 04/23/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/13/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for emulating the operation of a material conveying system, which includes discrete material handling and sensing components, said apparatus including:

  • digital simulator means for storing, in a non-volatile manner, data representing discrete components of a material conveying system;

    means for interfacing said apparatus to an independent control device which operates and controls a material conveying system;

    means under operator control for interactively operating said digital simulator means for causing said control device to respond as if a material conveying system was conveying material when said material conveying system is not conveying material, and said interactive operation including starting, stopping and incremental stepping modes; and

    means for graphically displaying the simulated operation of a material conveying system by periodically depicting the position of material moving within a material conveying system and the condition of the discrete components.

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