EP1998100B1 - Automatisierungssystem - Google Patents

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EP1998100B1
EP1998100B1 EP08103953A EP08103953A EP1998100B1 EP 1998100 B1 EP1998100 B1 EP 1998100B1 EP 08103953 A EP08103953 A EP 08103953A EP 08103953 A EP08103953 A EP 08103953A EP 1998100 B1 EP1998100 B1 EP 1998100B1
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Sahin Kurutepe
Emrah Isbilen
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C5/00—Methods or apparatus for filling containers with liquefied, solidified, or compressed gases under pressures
    • F17C5/002—Automated filling apparatus
    • F17C5/005—Automated filling apparatus for gas bottles, such as on a continuous belt or on a merry-go-round
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2221/00—Handled fluid, in particular type of fluid
    • F17C2221/03—Mixtures
    • F17C2221/032—Hydrocarbons
    • F17C2221/035—Propane butane, e.g. LPG, GPL
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2223/00—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel
    • F17C2223/01—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel characterised by the phase
    • F17C2223/0146—Two-phase
    • F17C2223/0153—Liquefied gas, e.g. LPG, GPL
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2223/00—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel
    • F17C2223/03—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel characterised by the pressure level
    • F17C2223/033—Small pressure, e.g. for liquefied gas
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2250/00—Accessories; Control means; Indicating, measuring or monitoring of parameters
    • F17C2250/03—Control means
    • F17C2250/032—Control means using computers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2250/00—Accessories; Control means; Indicating, measuring or monitoring of parameters
    • F17C2250/03—Control means
    • F17C2250/036—Control means using alarms
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2250/00—Accessories; Control means; Indicating, measuring or monitoring of parameters
    • F17C2250/03—Control means
    • F17C2250/038—Control means using cameras
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2260/00—Purposes of gas storage and gas handling
    • F17C2260/04—Reducing risks and environmental impact
    • F17C2260/042—Reducing risk of explosion
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2270/00—Applications
    • F17C2270/05—Applications for industrial use
    • F17C2270/059—Mass bottling, e.g. merry belts

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  • This invention relates to a system which reads the "Cylinder Information Card” on LPG cylinders, fills these cylinders automatically and removes the defective cylinders by pushing them from the conveyor line prior to filling.
  • tare information in the "Cylinder Information Card”, which is placed on the valves and located on the LPG cylinders, is entered to the electronic scale by the filling staff and the filling is started manually by the same staff.
  • JP5026398 a device which verifies the tare weight during filling in order to prevent the wrong tare information, which may be entered by filling staff and lead to too much or less filling, is described.
  • filling information is read from a barcode placed on the cylinder via a manual POS device and this information is stored.
  • the empty cylinder is weighed prior to filling and the required quantity of gas is filled under the control of a computer.
  • the flow meter on the tip of the filling hose transmits the quantity of the filled gas to the central control unit with a signal and this unit controls the opening and closure of the gas stop valves.
  • the tare of the empty cylinder is weighed and the necessary gas quantity is calculated under the control of a computer and after filling, the cylinder is reweighed and controlled, and if the required weight is not reached it is pushed out of the conveyor line.
  • the purpose of this invention is to produce an automation system which reads the tare information from a "Cylinder Information Card" using a camera system, operated without any staff under the control of a computer, transmits the cylinder's tare to the filling scale through electronic software and which performs the filling under the control of a computer.
  • Another purpose of this invention is to produce an automation system which enables the sensing of the cylinders without a "cylinder information card” or invalid cylinders by a computer via camera, and which pushes these cylinders from the conveyor line to the separation basket prior to filling.
  • the automation system (1) of the invention comprises basically: at least one specially illuminated (13) reading station (2), at least one camera (3) to read the "Cylinder Information Card", at least one separation piston (4) which pushes the cylinders not having a "Cylinder Information Card” or the invalid cylinders out of the conveyor line (11), sensors (5, 51, 52, 53, and 54) that control the system, at least one communication circuit to transmit the information received from the sensors (5, 51, 52, 53, and 54) to the computer, at least one system computer (7) which stores all the filling information, at least one software which enables the system to run without any errors and is installed in the system computer (7).
  • Cylinder information card is an information storage and transmission card comprising tare information and is fixed on the valve on the cylinder (16) or on any point on the outer surface of the cylinder.
  • information obtained as a result of reading is stored in the system computer (7).
  • the software classifies the cylinder (16) as defective, and pushes the defective cylinder to the cylinder separation basket (9) when it comes to the cylinder separation (9) part of the conveyor line (11) via the signal (17) sent to the cylinder separation piston.
  • sensor-3 After the cylinders (16) which are not found to be defective as a result of the "Cylinder Information Card” reading pass the cylinder separation basket (9), sensor-3 (52) sends a signal (17) to the system computer (7). With the signal (17) received, the system software senses that the cylinder (16) is put on the relevant scale (14) on the revolving carousel (10) using cylinder driving piston (15). Moreover; with the signals (17) received from sensor-4 (53) and sensor-5, the filling scale (14) number upon which the cylinder (16) is put is determined and the tare and filling information of the relevant cylinder (16) is sent to this filling scale (16) automatically by the software. With the signal (17) sent to the filling scale (16), filling starts for the relevant cylinder 16).
  • the automation system (2) working without any defect depends on the software installed in the system computer (7). Reading of the cylinder (16) tare information, detection of the cylinder (16) flow, separation of inappropriate cylinders (16) and cylinders with invalid cards from the line, detection of the carousel (10) filling scale (14) number, starting filling and all the coherence is controlled by this software. Moreover; all the relevant photos, tare and filling information is stored in the system computer (7) by this software.
  • voltage information is converted into RS-232 format.
  • the information sent by the software is converted into voltage and sent to solenoid valves thus enabling the flow of air to the pistons (4 and 15).

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  1. Ein Automatisierungssystem umfassend mindestens eine Lesestation (2), Sensoren (5, 51, 52, 53 und 54), , die den Durchfluss von Gaszylindern an verschiedenen Stellen des Systems durch Signale an den Systemcomputer weiterleiten und somit das System kontrollieren"mindestens einen Schaltkreis zur Datenübertragung (6), der die aus den Sensoren (5, 51, 52, 53 und 54) erhaltenen Signale (17) an den Systemcomputer (7) übermittelt, mindestens einen Systemcomputer (7), der die sämtliche Informationen bezüglich der Auffüllung speichert, sowie mindestens eine Software, die für die fehlerfreie Funktion des Systems am Systemcomputer (7) angeordnet ist und das System kontrolliert; und gekennzeichnet durch mindestens eine Kamera (3), die zur Erkennung des Leergewichts von Gaszylindern dient, das durch die Ablesung der "Zylinder Datenkarte" erhalten wird, und durch einen Trennkolben, der die Gaszylinder (16), die keine "Zylinder Datenkarte" haben oder die ungültigen Zylinder (16), bereits vor der Auffüllung aus dem Förderband (11) in den Trennmagazin aussortiert.
  2. Ein Automatisierungssystem (1) umfassend eine feuerbeständige Kamera, die in der Lesestation an einer beliebigen Stelle angeordnet wird, so dass sie die "Zylinder Daten Karte"erkennen kann, welche entweder auf das Zylinderventil (16) fixiert oder in der Lesestation (2) auf einem Zylinder an einer beliebigen Stelle sein kann.
  3. Ein Automatisierungssystem (1) umfassend eine Lesestation (2), die eine spezielle Beleuchtung (13) mit feuerfester Lampen sowie Lichtfilter hat, das die Lichtmenge regelt, die die Spiegelung auf der "Zylinder Daten Karte" verhindert..
  4. Ein Automatisierungssystem (1) nach einem der vorstehend angegebenen Ansprüchen, umfassend eine Lesestation (2) mit einem Mechanismus, der durch den Signal (17), der von dem Sensor 1 (5) erhalten wird, erkennt dass sich der Zylinder (16) unter der Kamera (3) befindet und der mittels einer Bremse (8) gewährleistet, den Zylinder (16), an einem Punkt zu halten, wo er von der Kamera (3) gesehen werden kann.
  5. Ein Automatisierungssystem (1) nach einem der vorstehend angegebenen Ansprüchen, wobei es mittels der Software erkennt, dass der Zylinder (16) fehlerhaft ist und zwar mit der Voraussetzung, dass der zur Lesestation beförderte Zylinder (16) mit dem Signal (17), das von dem Sensor-1 (5) erhalten wurde, keine "Zylinder Datenkarte" hat oder mit der Voraussetzung dass es eine ungültige Karte (16) besitzt..
  6. Ein Automatisierungssystem (1) nach einem der vorstehend angegebenen Ansprüchen, wobei die Information, dass der Zylinder (16) mit dem von dem Sensor-3 (7) erhaltenen Signal zum Umlaufförderer (10) gefahren ist und dass der Zylinder (16) auf dem rotierenden Umlaufförderer durch den Antriebskolben (15) des Umlaufförderers (10) zur nächsten Waage (14) geführt ist, durch die Software fesgestellt wird.
  7. Ein Automatisierungssystem (1) nach einem der vorstehend angegebenen Ansprüchen, umfassend eine Software, die im Systemcomputer (7) installiert ist und durch automatische Festellung der Anzahl der Auffüllwaagen (14), auf dem der Zylinder (16) angeordnet ist, Daten zum Leergewicht und für die Auffüllung des betreffenden Zylinders (16) zur Auffüllwaage liefert und dadurch Füllung automatisch durchführt.
  8. Ein Automatisierungssystem (1) nach einem der vorstehend angegebenen Ansprüchen, umfassend ein feuerfestes System Panel (12), welches die Ausrüstung hinsichtlich des Systems sowie ein LCD Display und eine Tastatur, wodurch gewährleistet ist, dass das Gerät von einer Bedienperson zu bedienen ist und zu ihrer Information dient und Solenoid Ventile" die bei der Kontrolle der Bewegungen des Kolben (4 und 15) verwendet werden sowie einen Druckschalter und Photozellen-Verstärker enthält..
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