EP1775032B1 - Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces - Google Patents

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EP1775032B1
EP1775032B1 EP06015733A EP06015733A EP1775032B1 EP 1775032 B1 EP1775032 B1 EP 1775032B1 EP 06015733 A EP06015733 A EP 06015733A EP 06015733 A EP06015733 A EP 06015733A EP 1775032 B1 EP1775032 B1 EP 1775032B1
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Jörg Hoffmann
Werner Trentmann
Christian Düker
Bernhard Sievering
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B3/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam

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  • the invention relates to a surface cleaning device with a cleaning chamber, which is designed for receiving by means of a cleaning medium to be cleaned and mt at least one tank from which the cleaning medium via a feeder into the cleaning chamber and introduced into the cleaning medium by means of a discharge device after the Cleaning process is traceable, and wherein an analysis device is provided for measuring the contamination of the cleaning medium.
  • a cleaning medium such as a washing liquid
  • the cleaning medium is passed through filter systems after washing, if necessary, it fouled over time and must be replaced.
  • the replacement of the cleaning medium of the surface cleaning device regularly involves high costs, so that it is desirable to replace the cleaning medium only when the cleanliness of the surface can not be guaranteed for subsequent industrial goods to be cleaned.
  • the exchange of the cleaning medium is initiated here, for example, by visual inspection of the cleaning medium or the purified industrial goods, which is a cumbersome and lame method. In particular, a too late or too early replacement of the cleaning medium with an environmental impact, high costs and an increased disposal costs for the cleaning medium is connected.
  • a cleaning device according to the preamble of claim 1 is known in which the cleaning liquid is guided in a fluid circuit having a first sensor and a second sensor.
  • the first sensor of the cleaning chamber upstream of the cleaning liquid in the flow direction and the second sensor downstream of the cleaning chamber.
  • the sensors determine the number of absorption of light in a representative wavelength range of the light intensity of a transmitted light of a light source, which eluminates the cleaning liquid.
  • a surface cleaning apparatus comprising a tank, a feeder, an exhaust device and an analysis device for measuring the contamination of the cleaning medium is known.
  • the DE 197 45 428 A1 describes a method for washing utensils, so a dishwasher.
  • a turbidity sensor is used, which is not described in detail in this document. It is generally noted that this is to be a turbidity sensor capable of analog-to-digital conversion, which sensor may be provided with a light source and a plurality of photosensitive components disposed in the vicinity of a conduit to direct the light intensity directly across to measure the lead from the light source and at an angle.
  • a device in which a degree of contamination periodically checked. For this purpose, a part of the amount of water is removed and passed through a turbidity sensor, which performs a selective irradiation with its LED.
  • the analysis device a monitoring of the contamination of the cleaning medium is carried out during operation.
  • the staff provided for operating the surface cleaning device receives representative information about the cleanliness of the cleaning medium through the analysis device and can make the replacement of the cleaning medium in good time depending on the purity requirements for the surface of the industrial goods.
  • a camera as an area sensor, for example a CMOS sensor
  • CMOS sensor a large number of measuring points or measuring information is recorded per measurement over the entire area.
  • brightness values can be recorded, which, averaged, can give an average gray value.
  • the averaging can be carried out by the measuring unit and by an evaluation device.
  • measurement information to be processed such as Color and brightness distributions and the like. Due to the areal design and the multiplicity of measurement points and measurement information of the area sensor, a value is determined over a large area of the cleaning medium, which averages the area over many impurities such as streaks or clouds in the cleaning medium and therefore a good value for the contamination of the medium supplies.
  • This value is converted into a value for the contamination on the basis of calibration data in a storage unit of the evaluation device and can then be specified and stored on a display, for example.
  • a measure of the contamination or contamination of the cleaning medium can be calculated from the average gray value of all pixels by incorporating Lambert 'Beer's law of incident and transmitted intensity. The required parameters are entered beforehand or specified via the calibration.
  • the analysis device can be connected via a bypass to the cleaning circuit of the surface cleaning device.
  • a cleaning medium in this case preferably washing solutions or other fluids are used, so that the surface cleaning device comprises a plurality of tubes or other conduit means to which the analysis device is flanged in a simple manner.
  • the actual circulation of the cleaning medium is not affected by the additional connection of the analyzer, since only small amounts of the cleaning medium to measure its pollution are needed.
  • the analysis device can be so completely integrated into the circuit that, for example, the entire cleaning medium can be checked on its way into the cleaning chamber.
  • the cleaning medium is usually introduced from the tank of the surface cleaning device via a feed device into the cleaning chamber.
  • the feed device has a rotatable spray frame provided with spray nozzles, which rotates about a loading basket which can be inserted into the cleaning chamber with the industrial product to be cleaned.
  • the nozzles may be fixedly mounted on the frame or recessed into the walls of the cleaning chamber while the loading basket is disposed on a turntable.
  • the cleaning medium which is contaminated during the cleaning by the inclusion of, for example, oils or fats, is returned exclusively via the discharge device and possibly provided cleaning systems back into the tank.
  • the discharge device for example, be provided between the cleaning chamber and tank plate phase separator for cleaning the contaminated cleaning medium.
  • collecting areas for the gravitational deposition of dirt particles present in the cleaning medium can be provided in the cleaning chamber or in the tank.
  • the analyzer may advantageously continue to be connected either to the discharge device or directly to the tank.
  • the analysis device for measuring the turbidity of the cleaning medium.
  • Such a measurement of optically visible contaminants is already sufficient for a variety of industrial applications. Only in the case of very high purity requirements, for example the contamination of the cleaning medium with the lowest, non-visible concentrations of oil, does it require, in addition or as an alternative to a pure brightness measurement, for example, a spectral analysis of the cleaning medium.
  • the analysis device is then according to form according to the invention.
  • Fig. 1 shows a housing located in a housing 1 cleaning chamber 2, whose walls are formed in the schematic representation of the housing wall.
  • the cleaning chamber 2 is provided with a non-illustrated, closable opening through which the industrial product to be cleaned can be placed on a turntable 3.
  • the spray nozzles arranged in the spray frame 4 automatically start to spray the cleaning medium 5 onto the industrial product to be cleaned, while the turntable 3 rotates with the industrial product.
  • the cleaning medium 5 is conveyed out of the tank 6 in the direction of the cleaning chamber 2.
  • a branch is provided, via which a measuring device 11 of an analysis device 10 is supplied with a part of the cleaning medium 5.
  • the inflow of the cleaning medium 5 can be regulated for example by means of a control valve. From this measuring device 11, the cleaning medium 5 used for turbidity measurement is returned to the tank 6.
  • the contaminated cleaning medium 5 accumulates at the bottom of the cleaning chamber 2 and is guided by the slope of the bottom to a filter unit 7, which forms the transition to the tank 6.
  • the filter unit 7 in this case forms the discharge device.
  • the tank 6 itself in turn has a collecting area 8 in which contaminants not filtered out can be deposited. This collection area is to be emptied from time to time.
  • the measuring device 11 is actuated via a signal line 12 on the one hand, on the other hand via this signal or data line 12 and the transmission of the measured values to an evaluation device 13 instead.
  • This evaluation device 13 may be, for example, a computer provided with a corresponding software. A continuous measurement of the cleaning medium 5.
  • the measuring device 11 and the evaluation device 13 may be arranged in a single housing, but this may also be two different devices, which are connected to each other only via the signal line 12.
  • the cleaning medium 5 is passed through the measuring device and flows here, for example through a glass tube 14, which forms a flow area 15.
  • a light source 16 a white light source, for example, a commercial light bulb is used, whose light is directed by means of a diaphragm device 18 in the direction of the flow area 15.
  • the area sensor 19 for example a CMOS sensor, records brightness values per measurement over its entire area and therefore a multiplicity of measurement points, which averaged produce an average gray value.
  • the averaging can be carried out here by the measuring unit 17 or by the evaluation device 13.
  • a value is determined over a large area of the cleaning medium 5, which already averages over many impurities such as streaks or clouds in the cleaning medium 5 and therefore provides a good value for the contamination of the medium 5.
  • This value is converted into a value for the contamination on the basis of calibration data contained in a memory unit of the evaluation device and then specified and stored on a display, for example.
  • a measure of the concentration (contamination or contamination) of the cleaning medium 5 can, for example, from the average gray value of all pixels below Incorporation of the Lambert-Beer's Law can be calculated from radiated and transmitted intensity. The required parameters are entered beforehand or specified via the calibration. Although the Lambert-Beer law is normally only applicable to monochromatic radiation and dilute solutions, it has been found that such an evaluation can be used to detect at least optically visible contaminants present in a large number of applications.
  • the surface cleaning device according to the invention equipped with the analysis device 10 can therefore indicate the contamination of the cleaning medium 5 in a simple and cost-effective manner. The cleaning medium 5 can thus be replaced at the right time.
  • a camera equipped with a commercially available CMOS sensor performs several dozen measurements per second, resulting in continuous monitoring of the cleaning medium.
  • the surface cleaning device stops its operation to replace the cleaning medium 5.
  • the replacement of the cleaning medium 5 can in this case also be fully automatic, so that no further operating personnel for the replacement of the cleaning medium is necessary.

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  1. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces comportant une chambre de nettoyage (2) recevant des objets à nettoyer avec un agent de nettoyage (5) ainsi qu'au moins un réservoir (6) fournissant l'agent de nettoyage (5) par une installation d'alimentation à la chambre de nettoyage (2), et dans laquelle l'agent de nettoyage (5) est renvoyé après l'opération de nettoyage par l'intermédiaire d'une installation d'évacuation, et
    un dispositif d'analyse (10) pour mesurer la contamination de l'agent de nettoyage (5),
    le dispositif d'analyse (10) comportant un dispositif de mesure (11) et un dispositif d'exploitation (13) relié à celui-ci,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif de mesure (11) est réalisé comme capteur de surface (19) d'une caméra pour recevoir simultanément plusieurs informations de mesure différentes telles que la contamination de l'agent de nettoyage, la couleur, la luminosité, la répartition des couleurs et la répartition des luminosités, le produit de nettoyage fluorescent, si bien que ce capteur de surface (19) est réalisé comme capteur recevant un grand nombre de pixels.
  2. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif d'analyse (10) est relié au circuit de nettoyage par une dérivation.
  3. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif d'analyse (10) est raccordé à l'installation d'alimentation.
  4. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif d'analyse (10) est raccordé à l'installation d'évacuation.
  5. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4,
    caractérisé par
    une vanne de régulation du débit de l'agent de nettoyage (5) à travers le dispositif d'analyse (10).
  6. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif d'exploitation (13) comporte une unité de calcul pour commander le dispositif de mesure (11).
  7. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif de mesure (11) comporte une zone de passage (15) traversée par l'agent de nettoyage (5) pour être mesuré.
  8. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces selon la revendication 7,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la zone de passage (15) est installée au moins en partie entre une source lumineuse (16) et une unité de réception constituant l'unité de mesure (17) du dispositif de mesure (11).
  9. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces selon la revendication 8,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la source lumineuse (16) est une source de lumière blanche.
  10. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif d'exploitation (13) est réalisé à l'aide d'au moins une valeur de calibrage enregistrée par programme ou en circuit pour calculer en continu le degré de pollution de l'agent de nettoyage (5) à partir des valeurs de mesure.
  11. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces selon l'une des revendications 1 à 10,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif d'analyse (10) assure une analyse spectrale pour mesurer la pollution de l'agent de nettoyage (5).
  12. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif d'analyse (10) est réalisé pour l'exploitation d'image ainsi que pour l'exploitation de répartition de couleur et/ou de luminosité.
  13. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces selon l'une des revendications 1 à 12,
    caractérisé par
    un dispositif d'analyse (10) pour exploiter l'agent de nettoyage fluorescent.
  14. Dispositif de nettoyage de surfaces selon la revendication 13,
    caractérisé par
    un dispositif pour exciter l'agent de nettoyage fluorescent.
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