Method for eliminating malfunctions, in particular in spinning machines
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1. An alarm system for eliminating malfunctions in textile machines, comprising:
- a control unit configured with each said textile machine, said control unit comprising evaluating means for continuously classifying types of malfunctions occurring at said textile machine, assigning a priority to the malfunctions, designating a specific type of operator necessary to correct the malfunctions, and generating a corresponding malfunction signal containing information on the classification, priority, and type operator related to the malfunctions;
a central process control computer in communication with each said control unit, said process control computer receiving said malfunction signals from all of said textile machines, said central process control computer comprising program means for categorizing, and prioritizing all received said malfunction signals from said control units and selecting particular operators based on priority of malfunctions needed to correct the malfunctions, said central process control computer controlling elimination of the malfunctions by priority;
an alarm call transmitter system operably configured with and controlled by said process control computer, said transmitter system comprising means for individually summoning to the appropriate malfunctioning textile machines one or more specific operators selected by said central process control computer, said summoning means identifying to the operators the respective malfunctions occurring at said textile machines, said transmitter system including receivers carried by the operators for receiving alarm signals from said alarm call transmitter system.
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Abstract
A method and system is provided for eliminating malfunctions in textile machines, in particular spinning machines. Malfunction signals are transmitted from the machine to a process control computer that controls the elimination of the malfunctions. The process control computer activates an alarm call transmitter that calls a desired specialist for removing the malfunction in a certain machine.
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1. An alarm system for eliminating malfunctions in textile machines, comprising:
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a control unit configured with each said textile machine, said control unit comprising evaluating means for continuously classifying types of malfunctions occurring at said textile machine, assigning a priority to the malfunctions, designating a specific type of operator necessary to correct the malfunctions, and generating a corresponding malfunction signal containing information on the classification, priority, and type operator related to the malfunctions; a central process control computer in communication with each said control unit, said process control computer receiving said malfunction signals from all of said textile machines, said central process control computer comprising program means for categorizing, and prioritizing all received said malfunction signals from said control units and selecting particular operators based on priority of malfunctions needed to correct the malfunctions, said central process control computer controlling elimination of the malfunctions by priority; an alarm call transmitter system operably configured with and controlled by said process control computer, said transmitter system comprising means for individually summoning to the appropriate malfunctioning textile machines one or more specific operators selected by said central process control computer, said summoning means identifying to the operators the respective malfunctions occurring at said textile machines, said transmitter system including receivers carried by the operators for receiving alarm signals from said alarm call transmitter system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A process for eliminating malfunctions in a plurality of textile machines, comprising the steps of:
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detecting, categorizing, and prioritizing the malfunctions generated at each of the textile machines through a machine control unit associated with each machine; generating corresponding malfunction signals with each of the machine control units, the malfunction signals containing information on at least the category and priority of malfunctions occurring at the respective machines; sending the malfunction signals from all of the machine control units to a central process control computer and categorizing and prioritizing the malfunction signals with the process control computer; with the central process computer, assigning particular operators necessary to correct the prioritized malfunctions from a stored library of information on operators, the central process computer determining from the library the availability of individual type operators; selectively alerting the operators selected by the central process computer through an alarm call transmitter system associated with the process control computer, the system including individual receivers carried by the receiving a message from the alarm call transmitter system directing the operators to the malfunctioning machine they have been selected to repair and indicating the type of malfunction. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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