Article processing system
First Claim
1. An article processing system, comprising:
- a plurality of units, each unit having a revolving body driven by a servomotor and a brake for stopping the revolving body; and
control means for controlling the servomotor of each unit to synchronize all the units with each other, the control means storing a stopping time for stopping the revolving body of each unit by the brake of each unit,wherein when an abnormality occurs in any unit, the control means stops, by the brake of the unit having the abnormality, the revolving body of the unit where the abnormality has occurred, and simultaneously controls the servomotors of the other units where the abnormality has not occurred, to stop the revolving body of each unit almost simultaneously with the stopping of the unit where the abnormality has occurred.
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Abstract
A filling system with a supply conveyor, an infeed screw, a supply star wheel for a rinser, a rinser, a discharge star wheel for a rinser, an intermediate star wheel, a supply star wheel for a filler, a filler, a delivery star wheel for a filler/capper, a capper, a discharge star wheel for a capper, and a discharge conveyor is provided. Each component has a revolving body such as a star wheel. In case an abnormality occurs in any component, a control unit activates a brake for that component, which stops the star wheel of the component forcibly, while controlling servomotors for all of the other components, thereby stopping the star wheel of all of the other components where the abnormality does not occur. Even in the event of the abnormality in any component, each component is stopped nearly simultaneously, so that the filling system can prevent damage to all of the components.
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1. An article processing system, comprising:
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a plurality of units, each unit having a revolving body driven by a servomotor and a brake for stopping the revolving body; and control means for controlling the servomotor of each unit to synchronize all the units with each other, the control means storing a stopping time for stopping the revolving body of each unit by the brake of each unit, wherein when an abnormality occurs in any unit, the control means stops, by the brake of the unit having the abnormality, the revolving body of the unit where the abnormality has occurred, and simultaneously controls the servomotors of the other units where the abnormality has not occurred, to stop the revolving body of each unit almost simultaneously with the stopping of the unit where the abnormality has occurred. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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