EP4334044A1 - Installation de contrôle pour une pluralité d'objets à contrôler individualisables et unité de contrôle - Google Patents

Installation de contrôle pour une pluralité d'objets à contrôler individualisables et unité de contrôle

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EP4334044A1
EP4334044A1 EP22726077.5A EP22726077A EP4334044A1 EP 4334044 A1 EP4334044 A1 EP 4334044A1 EP 22726077 A EP22726077 A EP 22726077A EP 4334044 A1 EP4334044 A1 EP 4334044A1
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ejection
identifier
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data interface
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Hamid Reza Shojaei MAHLLATI
Christoph Kaiser
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Law Ndt Mess und Pruefsysteme GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches

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  • the present invention relates to a test system for a plurality of test objects that can be separated, with a feed device for the plurality of test objects, a conveyor device with a conveyor path for the plurality of test objects, a test station for inserting a test unit, an ejection device, a data transmission device and a first data interface, wherein the feed device is designed and arranged in such a way that the feed device can be used to feed the plurality of test objects to a feed position of the conveyor device when the test system is in operation, with the test station being arranged at a test position on the conveying path behind the feed position in a conveying direction, the test station is designed such that the test unit is interchangeably connected to the test station, and wherein the ejection device is arranged on the conveying path in the conveying direction behind the test position at an ejection position and is designed in such a way What is meant is that during the operation of the test system at least one of the plurality of test objects can be ejected from the conveying device by means of the
  • the present invention also relates to a test unit that can be inserted into a test station of a test system and has a test controller and a second data interface connected to the test controller, the second data interface being connectable to a first data interface of the test system for data exchange.
  • test systems for testing test objects that are produced in large numbers and can be separated are known from the prior art for a wide variety of application areas in industrial quality control. It is important to test a large number of test objects in the shortest possible time, ie as part of a 100% test.
  • the test objects which are originally in the form of bulk material, must first be separated and then arranged in such a way that each of the test objects can be tested individually and reproducibly. Therefore, test systems for test objects that can be separated are known from the prior art, which have a conveyor device in the form of a turntable.
  • the turntable has a plurality of slot-shaped receptacles along its outer circumference, in each of which a test object is guided. It has been shown that the test systems known from the state of the art with regard to their functionalities, but also, for example, with regard to their reliability are inflexible. It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a testing system with increased flexibility.
  • a test system according to independent claim 1 of the present application.
  • a test system of the type mentioned above also has an identifier that uniquely identifies the test position of the test station, the identifier being encoded in such a way that the identifier can be read by the test unit when the test unit is inserted into the test station.
  • the basic idea of the present invention is to provide the test units in the form of exchangeable modules.
  • the respective test unit can be inserted into the test system at the test station.
  • a test unit with a first functionality can be exchanged for a test unit with a second functionality.
  • the same testing system can then be used for different testing tasks.
  • the solution according to the invention also makes it possible to provide a plurality of test stations at a plurality of test positions in a test system. By exchanging one or more of the plurality of test units or by changing a sequence of the plurality of test units, it is then possible to implement freely designable test sequences in one and the same test system.
  • a test unit when a test unit is inserted into a test station of the test system, it reads the identifier that uniquely identifies the test position. This is preferably done automatically, with the readout process not having to be triggered separately by an operator. After the identifier has been read out, the test unit knows in which test station and thus at which test position of the existing test system it is located. This is the key to a number of possible configurations of a flexible testing facility.
  • the testing system comprises a plurality of test stations at a plurality of test positions on the conveying path behind the feed position in the conveying direction.
  • the test system has a plurality of identifiers, each of which uniquely identifies exactly one test position of a test station, each identifier being encoded in such a way that the respective identifier can be automatically read by the test unit when a test unit is inserted into the respective test station.
  • the testing system includes a plurality of feed devices at a plurality of feed positions. In this way, it is possible to supply different types or test objects to the same test track. In particular, in addition to the actual test objects from ongoing production at definable times, affected parts are supplied in order to subject the system to a tolerance measurement or test.
  • a plurality of feed devices also enables the realization of a plurality of test sections in the same test system with only one conveyor device.
  • the testing system comprises a plurality of ejection devices at a plurality of ejection positions.
  • a plurality of ejection devices makes it possible to sort the test objects on the basis of the test result when they are ejected from the test system.
  • the identifier is encoded in an identifier that is arranged at the test station and can be read by the test unit.
  • a possible example of such an identification device is an RFID chip, which can be read with an RFID reader of the test unit, or a QR code, which can be read with a QR code reader of the test unit.
  • the identification device is formed by a plug connector that is arranged at the test station.
  • the plug connector preferably has a plurality of contact pins or contact sockets, the arrangement of the contact pins or contact sockets that are present and/or connected to a connecting line encoding the identifier.
  • the connector has an array of n x m contact sockets, where n and m denote integers. However, only a characteristic pattern of these n ⁇ m sockets is provided with a connection line. By detecting which contact sockets are contacted, the test unit can identify which assignment pattern the contacts of the connector show and thus clearly identify the test station at which the test unit is accommodated.
  • One way of coding the identifier for the test position is to use elements of the first data interface to code the identifier.
  • the first data interface comprises a plug connector arranged at the test station, the plug connector the first data interface can be connected to a complementary connector of the test unit.
  • the data transmission device is a TCP/IP data network.
  • the first data interface includes a switch with a unique IP address or with a plurality of ports, each with a unique IP address.
  • such a switch is assigned to exactly one test station, so that its IP address forms the identifier of the test position of this test station.
  • each port of a switch with its own IP address is assigned to exactly one test station. It goes without saying that in an embodiment with a plurality of test stations, each test station is assigned exactly one switch or exactly one port of a switch with a unique IP address. If the test unit is connected to such a switch in such an embodiment, the test unit reads the IP address and thus obtains information about the test position of the test station into which it was inserted.
  • the identifier is thus encoded as the IP address of the first data interface.
  • the first data interface is a wireless interface, for example a WLAN or Bluetooth interface. Since in such an embodiment no plug connector may be provided at the respective test station, in such an embodiment the identifier is encoded, for example, in an RFID chip or a QR code at the test station.
  • a data transmission device within the meaning of the present application includes any system suitable for data transmission between the elements of the test system connected to the data transmission device, which makes it possible to exchange data or information between the elements connected to the data transmission device.
  • Examples of such a data transmission device are a BUS and an IP-based data network.
  • the data transmission device of the testing system according to the invention is connected at least to the ejection device and the first data interface, so that in this minimum configuration it is possible to transmit an ejection command from the test unit, which can be connected to the first data interface, to the ejection device.
  • the inspection system also has an ejection location and an identifier that uniquely identifies the ejection position.
  • the ejection station is designed in such a way that the ejection device is inserted into the ejection station in an exchangeable manner, with a first data interface being provided at the ejection station, which is connected to a second data interface of the ejection device, the data transmission device for information transmission being effective via the first data interface and the second Data interface is connected to the ejection device, wherein the identifier is encoded in such a way that the identifier can be read by the ejection device when the ejection device is inserted into the ejection location, and the ejection device has a reading device for reading out the identifier.
  • first and second data interfaces, the identifier and the read-out direction for the ejection station or the ejection device can be designed in the same way as was previously described for the test station and the test unit.
  • the test system includes a system controller connected to the data transmission device.
  • the system control is a computer.
  • such a system controller only takes on administrative tasks for operating the test system, but not the control of the test and the subsequent sorting of the test objects.
  • the system controller is designed in such a way that it does not generate any ejection commands that could be used to trigger ejection of a test object at the ejection device.
  • the system control takes over the control of the conveyor device, for example setting or regulating the speed at which the plurality of test objects are moved on the conveyor path.
  • system control is used to record and/or collect error messages from the individual devices of the test system and/or to signal such errors to an operator.
  • test unit that can be inserted into a test station of a test system, the test unit having a test controller and a second data interface connected to the test controller, the second data interface being connectable to a first data interface of the test system for data exchange
  • the test controller comprises a readout device, wherein the readout device is set up in such a way that, during operation of the test system, it reads out an identifier that uniquely identifies a test position of the test station of the test system, and the test controller is set up in such a way that the test controller when the test unit is inserted reads the identifier into the test station.
  • the test controller is set up in such a way that it reads out the identifier automatically, i.e. without a separate initiation of the read-out process by an operator.
  • the reading is automatically triggered when the test unit is inserted into the test station.
  • testing system such as has been described above in embodiments thereof
  • testing unit such as has been described above in embodiments thereof.
  • the testing system can include all of the features optionally described here, even if they are only shown in combination with the testing unit.
  • test unit can include all the features optionally described here, even if they are only shown in combination with the test system.
  • the readout device includes not only logical elements implemented as software, for example, but also hardware elements such as an RFID reader or a connector that complements the connector of the test system and is connected to the rest of the test controller via lines.
  • the test controller is a computer. It is crucial that the test control is a separate unit from the system control, which remains in the test unit when the test unit is removed from the test station.
  • the test controller is set up in such a way that during operation of the test system, the test controller uses the test position encoded in the identifier to calculate a duration that a test object requires from being detected by the test unit at the test position until it reaches the ejection position , and the test controller gives an ejection command for the ejection device during operation of the test system and sends it to the ejection device via the first and the second data interface and via the data transmission device, so that a test object detected by the test unit is ejected by the ejection device when it reaches it.
  • test control of the test unit makes it possible to carry out the entire test task from the detection of the respective test object to the ejection of the test object at the designated point of the test control, which is integrated into the test unit to run.
  • the system control itself insofar as it is required at all, then only takes on coordinating and administrative tasks.
  • the duration that a test object requires from being detected by the test unit at the test position until it reaches the ejection position is described in one embodiment as an integer multiple of a processing cycle of the test system.
  • a processing cycle is defined as the feed of the conveyor device by exactly one test object received in the conveyor device or by exactly one receptacle of the conveyor device for a test object.
  • a test unit inserted into a test station has information about where it is located in the respective test system based on the unique identifier of the test station. It makes a decision about the ejection position at which a tested test object is to be ejected and transmits the ejection command directly to the respective ejection device without the system control being necessary for this.
  • test unit with a specified number of test stations, a feed device and a specified number of ejection devices is set up. This basic configuration is stored for each test unit that is to be used with this test system. When inserting such a preconfigured test unit, the test unit then has knowledge of the test position of the respective test system at which test position it is inserted due to the readout of the identifier of the respective test station, and can undertake all test tasks independently.
  • the testing unit it is stored in advance in the testing unit that there are two ejection devices at two different ejection positions, one ejection device for defective test objects and one ejection device for test objects that have passed the test successfully.
  • the test control of the test unit ensures that the respective test object is ejected at the correct ejection position without involving a system control.
  • the system controller is set up in such a way that, when the device is in operation, it transmits at least one operating parameter of the test system to the test controller of the test unit. In this way, a preconfiguration of the test units can be omitted in one embodiment.
  • the transmitted operating parameter includes a description of the configuration of the testing facility. In one embodiment of the invention, the operating parameter includes one or more ejection positions.
  • the test unit can then independently derive all the information that it needs to control the ejection of the respective test objects.
  • an operating parameter transmitted from the test system to the test controller is used to calculate the duration that a test object requires from being detected by the test unit at the test position until it reaches the ejection position.
  • Another example of an operating parameter within the meaning of the present application is the conveying speed of the conveying device.
  • the test controller is designed in such a way that it stores a number of pre-configurations, so that a single test unit can be used flexibly in a number of test systems. An operator can then select a preconfiguration when inserting the test unit into the test system, or the preconfiguration is selected automatically.
  • the identifier additionally includes unique information about the respective test system and/or about the configuration of the test system and/or about the ejection positions of the test system.
  • the combination of a test system includes a number of test stations at which a number of test units are accommodated.
  • the test controls of the plurality of test units are designed in such a way that the test units can also exchange data with one another. In this way it is possible to increase the efficiency and the safety of the test system with a plurality of test units.
  • a first test unit in the conveying direction of the conveying device signals a second test unit in the conveying direction when the first test unit has detected a faulty test object, so that the second test unit no longer tests this part at all.
  • the first test unit signals the second test unit when it has detected a test object with an oversize. The second testing unit then pulls back a probe, for example, or takes some other measure to avoid damaging the second testing unit.
  • the test controller of the test unit is designed in such a way that it ejects a preselected number of test objects at a predefined ejection position so that they are subjected to a separate tolerance measurement.
  • the test control is designed in such a way that it also controls the feed device.
  • the test system includes two feed devices at two feed positions.
  • the test control is designed in such a way that the feed positions introduce reference parts into the test system at regular or random time intervals. After being recorded by the test unit, these reference parts are always ejected from the test system at the same ejection position so that they can be fed back into the system at a later point in time.
  • the test control of the test unit is designed in such a way that it ejects a preselected number of test objects at a predefined ejection position in order to subject these test objects ejected there to a random sample measurement.
  • the testing system includes a processing device at a processing position, the processing position preferably being arranged in front of the testing position in the conveying direction, the processing device serving to treat or process the object to be tested.
  • processing or processing can include, for example, joining two parts to form the actual test object, for example screwing a nut onto a screw.
  • Other examples of such a processing device are
  • an assembly device for example for pressing in or on or screwing or screwing additional components onto the test object, in particular with a simultaneous torque and position control and
  • the testing system is designed in such a way that it provides a clocked advance of the conveyor.
  • the conveying device advances intermittently, with the duration of the interruptions in the advance depending, for example, on how long a processing step lasts in a processing device or how much time is required to complete a test in a test unit.
  • the conveyor device comprises a plurality of receptacles, each of the receptacles from the plurality of receptacles being designed and arranged in such a way that exactly one test object from the plurality of test objects can be conveyed along the conveying path in the receptacle and that two Test objects from the plurality of test objects have a predetermined distance from the plurality of receptacles along the conveying path. In one embodiment of the invention, all distances between each two test objects are the same.
  • the conveyor device is designed in such a way that the plurality of receptacles is guided on a closed movement path, with the conveyor path taking up part of the movement path. In this way, the conveying device can work continuously, since the receptacles always return to their original location after one cycle.
  • the movement path of the plurality of receptacles has two straight sections, with at least one of the straight sections being part of the conveying path. In one embodiment of the invention, both straight sections are part of the conveying path. In one embodiment, the two straight sections of the movement path are arranged opposite one another.
  • the movement path is designed symmetrically, preferably mirror-symmetrically with respect to a plane perpendicular to the straight sections of the movement path and preferably rotationally symmetric with a two-fold rotational symmetry.
  • the conveying device is formed by a substantially circular turntable, with the receptacles for the individual test objects being realized by bores or recesses in the plate.
  • the plurality of receptacles for the individual test objects is designed in such a way that a cylindrical safety component can be accommodated in each case. Examples of such a cylindrical security component is a screw, a pin or a bolt.
  • each receptacle is designed in the form of a nest of magnets.
  • a permanent magnet preferably serves to hold the respective test object in the receptacle.
  • the receptacle is for holding or receiving a cylindrical security component having a head.
  • the receptacle has a support surface lying in one plane and an opening in the support surface, the opening having an opening on one side of the support surface, so that a single test object can be inserted through the opening into the opening.
  • a receptacle is designed in the form of a slit or an elongated hole, with the slit being open on one side of the support surface so that the test object can be inserted from there into the opening in the receptacle.
  • such an embodiment of a receptacle is suitable for receiving a cylindrical safety component with a head.
  • the cylindrical portion of the security component is inserted through the opening into the aperture in the support surface.
  • An underside of the head of the security component rests on the support surface of the receptacle.
  • a plurality of receptacles can be provided in a single carrier surface.
  • the distance between the individual recordings is fixed, the occupancy of the recordings can be varied.
  • the feed device can be controlled in such a way that only every xth receptacle is occupied by a test object. In this way, the test system can be adapted to different dimensions of test objects through its control.
  • each of the plurality of receptacles has a support surface lying in one plane and an opening in the support surface, the opening preferably having an opening on one side of the support surface, so that a test object from the plurality of test objects can pass through an opening can be inserted into the opening.
  • the support surface is movable from a first position into a second position.
  • the possibility of moving the carrier surface from a first position to a second position makes it possible, depending on the arrangement, to easily eject the test object from the receptacle or to enable the respective test object to be fed into the receptacle with less error-proneness.
  • the first position of the support surface is determined in that the support surface extends essentially horizontally. In this first position of the carrier surface, the test object is then held in a stable manner in the receptacle.
  • the carrier axis can be pivoted about a pivot axis from the first position into the second position, the pivot axis being parallel to a direction of movement of the receptacle along the conveying path.
  • the support surface is transparent, so that a test unit can completely detect the respective test object from only one side of the support surface.
  • the conveyor device comprises at least one guide rail and a plurality of carriages guided on the at least one guide rail, each of the plurality of carriages carrying at least one of the plurality of receptacles.
  • a single carriage has exactly one receptacle for exactly one test object
  • a carriage has a plurality of receptacles, each of which accommodates exactly one test object.
  • the design of the conveying device with a system of guide rails and a plurality of carriages guided on the guide rails makes it possible to easily vary the length of the conveying path.
  • the guide rail can be lengthened by adding further segments or shortened by removing segments, in which case the number of carriages that are accommodated on the guide rail is also varied.
  • the conveying device has a plurality of segments, with the straight section of the conveying path having an integral multiple of segments. With such an embodiment, the length of the straight section can be flexibly adapted to the test task; in particular, different numbers of test units can be accommodated on the straight section.
  • the plurality of recordings is guided on a closed movement path, the movement path having two straight sections and two curved sections, each of which provides a deflection of 180°.
  • a closed movement path the movement path having two straight sections and two curved sections, each of which provides a deflection of 180°.
  • the testing unit has a housing with a predetermined installation space, the housing being detachably connectable to the conveyor device, so that the testing unit can be exchanged for another testing unit.
  • the housing of the testing unit has a predetermined width, with the straight section of the conveying path being an integral multiple of the width, so that a plurality of testing units with the same width can be connected to the conveying device.
  • test system can be constructed in a modular manner, with one or more test units being able to be connected with their housings to the conveyor device, depending on the application, and with it being possible for the individual test units to be exchanged.
  • the test unit comprises at least one sensor, the sensor being arranged in such a way that it detects a property of the plurality of test objects at the test position.
  • the sensor is selected from a group consisting of an eddy current sensor, a probe, a conductivity sensor and a camera or a combination thereof.
  • the test unit is designed in such a way that it carries out a test of the test object that is selected from a group consisting of
  • a crack test for example a test for cracks that are caused by a pressing process over the entire contour of a screw on the plane of rotation
  • a microstructure test for example a test for defects in the material composition, the inclusion of foreign material or air pockets or a distinction between hardened and unhardened parts
  • ⁇ an internal and external contour test, in particular of the head of a cylindrical safety component, for example by mechanical testing for screwability and penetration depth or by evaluation using a camera system,
  • ⁇ a straightness check, for example checking the straightness of the shank of a cylindrical safety component using a measurement in three planes
  • an automated visual inspection with a camera for example on the head of a cylindrical safety component from above, on the head of a cylindrical safety component from below, in particular to check a sealing surface for contamination and impact points, on the head of a cylindrical safety component from the side, in particular for checking the dimensions of the head, or laterally on the shaft, in particular to check the dimensions of the shaft,
  • ⁇ a coating test for example testing an adhesive coating or a combination thereof.
  • Such measuring methods are suitable for quantitatively determining the quality of the properties of a test object, in particular a test object made of metal.
  • the test unit has a detection device connected to the test controller for detecting a marked position on each carriage of the conveyor device.
  • the marked position on the respective carriage is, for example, its start.
  • the detection device is a light barrier.
  • Such an embodiment makes it possible to determine or to calibrate the working cycle of the test system by means of the test control.
  • the work cycle which then forms the basis for the further control of the testing system, in particular the ejection commands, is independent of any mechanical play in the conveyor device. If the detection device detects, for example, the start of a carriage, it knows that the conveyor device has been advanced by a number of work cycles since the previously detected carriage, which is equal to the number of receptacles for the test objects on the carriage.
  • FIG. 1 is an isometric view, partially broken away, of a test facility according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the conveyor from the test facility of FIG.
  • Figure 3 is an enlarged, broken-away view of the conveyor assembly of Figure 2.
  • Figure 4 is an isometric view of a test rig according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 5 is an isometric view of a test rig according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic top plan view of one describing the test rig of FIG.
  • Figure 1 shows an isometric view of the entire testing facility. This figure is used again and again to describe the operation of the system.
  • the testing system 1 is used to test a plurality of screws as test objects within the meaning of the present application. Screws are delivered in bulk and fed to the test via a feeding device. In addition to the feed device (not shown in the figure), the test system 1 has a conveyor device 3, two ejection devices and two test units 4, 5.
  • the feeder 2 is driven by gravity, i.e. the individual screws slide due to their mass over a feed incline in the direction of the conveyor 3.
  • the screws are already lined up, but still in direct contact with each other, so that they are not yet are isolated.
  • the screws hang with their head or the surface on the underside of the screw head the feed incline.
  • the conveying device 3 always picks up exactly one screw from the feed device and conveys it along a conveying path at a distance from the preceding screw and from the following screw. The conveying route will be described in detail below.
  • the path which the screws take between the feed position 7, at which the feed device is arranged, and the ejection device is referred to as the conveying path.
  • the path along which the receptacles for the individual screws move overall in the conveyor device 3 is referred to as the movement path.
  • the conveyor device 3 comprises a rail element 8 and a plurality of carriages 9 guided on this rail element 8.
  • the movement path of the receptacles for the screws is essentially O-shaped with two straight sections 10, 11 lying opposite one another and two curved sections 12, 13, which deflect the movement path of the carriages by 180°.
  • the two test units 4, 5 are arranged on the straight section 10 of the path of movement and thus of the conveying path of the screws.
  • the arrangement of the test units 4, 5 along the straight section of the conveying path has two advantages, which are explained in more detail below.
  • Each of the two test units 4, 5 has a sensor 14, 15.
  • the sensor 14 of the first test unit 4 is a CCD camera for visual inspection of the individual screws.
  • the sensor 15 of the second testing unit 5 is an eddy current measuring head for detecting cracks in the individual screws. Since the two test units 4, 5 are arranged along the straight section 10 of the conveying path, the distance between the individual test specimens and the respective sensor 14, 15 does not change along the measuring section that lies on the straight section of the conveying path. Therefore, artefacts that occur due to a curved measurement path due to a changing distance between the test object and the sensor do not have to be deducted.
  • the conveyor device 3 is constructed in a modular manner from a plurality of segments which are connected to one another in a detachable and exchangeable manner.
  • the conveying device 3 shown consists of two head-side segments 16 which carry the curved sections of the rail element 8 .
  • the curved sections of the rail element 8 bring about a deflection of 180° in each case.
  • Two straight segments 17 are provided between these two head-side segments 16, each of which carries two straight rail sections lying opposite one another.
  • the straight segments 17 of the conveying device can be removed from or inserted into the testing system 1 in a few simple steps. In this way, the total length of the testing facility, here in particular the length of the straight sections of the conveying path can be adapted to the respective test task on site.
  • more or fewer test units 4, 5 can be accommodated on the straight conveying path and very different testing tasks can be completed.
  • test units can be accommodated on the opposite sides when a straight segment 17 is added.
  • One of the curved segments 16 also carries a drive motor 18 for the carriage 9 of the conveyor 1.
  • the individual carriages 9 are driven by a toothed belt guided over two toothed belt pulleys 19, 20. Each of the carriages 9 is hooked into the toothed belt.
  • Each of the carriages 9 is guided on the rail element 8 with the aid of rollers.
  • the rail element 8 extends between two of the four rollers.
  • each of the carriages 9 carries four receptacles 21 for exactly one screw.
  • Each of the receptacles 21 comprises an elongated hole as an opening in a carrier surface 22 in the sense of the present application.
  • all elongated holes are provided in the same carrier surface 22 .
  • Each of the elongated holes has an opening towards the edge of the support surface 22, so that the screws can be inserted with their cylindrical sections through this opening into the elongated hole. The undersides of the screw heads then rest on the support surface 22 .
  • Figures 4 and 5 illustrate the modularity of the test system 1 according to the invention.
  • the testing system 1 shown in both FIGS. 4 and 5 is one and the same system in two configurations.
  • the system in the configuration from FIG. 7 was expanded by an additional test unit 28 compared to the configuration shown in FIG.
  • the test system includes the two head-side segments 16 of the conveyor device and exactly two straight segments 17.
  • the reconfigured system from FIG. 7 has three straight segments 17 of the conveyor device, so that the further test unit 28 is accommodated on the third segment. Due to the modularity of the conveyor device 3, the test system can be adapted to very different test requirements.
  • Figure 6 shows, in a block diagram, a plan view of the testing facility as Figures 1-3. In addition to the mechanical components, the elements for controlling the testing system 1 are shown schematically in the block diagram.
  • the test system 1 comprises two test units 4, 5, which are arranged at a first test station 50 and a second test station 51 on the conveying path of the conveyor device 3.
  • the respective test positions 52, 53 are defined by the locations 50, 51 and the configuration of the test units 4, 5. The actual test takes place at these test positions, i. H. the detection of the test objects. Viewed in the conveying direction 54, the test positions are behind the feed position 7.
  • the testing system 1 has two ejection devices 55, 56, which are each arranged at an ejection position 57, 58.
  • the two test units 4, 5 each have a test controller 59 and a data interface 60 in the form of a plug connector.
  • This data interface 60 is referred to as the second data interface within the meaning of the present application.
  • the first data interfaces 61 are connected to other elements of the testing system via a bus line 62 .
  • a system controller 63 , the ejection devices 55 , 56 and the drive 18 of the conveyor device 3 are also connected to the bus 62 .
  • the system control 61 only takes over the error management and the administration of the system 1.
  • the system control 61 takes over the control of the drive motor 18, i.e. the specification of the conveying speed.
  • the system parameters such as the speed of the test objects along the test path and the occupancy of the receptacles of the conveyor device 3 are stored in advance in the test controller 59 of each test unit 4, 5.
  • the test controller 59 detects at which test station 50, 51 and thus at which test position 52, 53 it is arranged.
  • the embodiment shown uses an identifier for the respective test station 50, 51, which is encoded in the form of the connection assignment of the sockets of the plug connectors 61 of the first data interfaces.
  • the respective test control 59 calculates how long it takes for a test object tested by it to be conveyed from the test position 52, 53 to the ejection position 57 or 58, respectively. In this way, the respective test controller 59 has all the information that enables it not only to carry out the actual test, but also to implement the result of the test by ejecting the respective test object at the correct ejection position 57, 58.
  • parts that have successfully passed the test with the two test units 4, 5 are ejected by the second ejection device 56 in the conveying direction 54.
  • parts that have not passed the quality check are ejected by the first ejection device 55 .
  • the test controller 59 issues an ejection command via the connectors 60, 61 of the first and second data interfaces and the bus 60 directly to the first ejection device 55.
  • the ejection command becomes a Time generated at which the test object has reached this first ejector 55.
  • test station 52 conveying direction

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L'invention concerne une installation de contrôle pour une pluralité d'objets à contrôler individualisables, comprenant un dispositif d'amenée pour la pluralité d'objets à contrôler, un dispositif de transport doté d'une voie de transport pour la pluralité d'objets à contrôler, un emplacement de contrôle pour l'insertion d'une unité de contrôle, un dispositif d'éjection, un dispositif de transmission de données et une première interface de données, le dispositif d'alimentation étant conçu et agencé de manière que la pluralité d'objets à contrôler puisse être amenée au niveau d'une position d'amenée du dispositif de transport au moyen de ce dispositif d'alimentation lors du fonctionnement de l'installation de contrôle, l'emplacement de contrôle étant disposé au niveau d'une position de contrôle sur la voie de transport dans une direction de transport derrière la position d'amenée, cet emplacement de contrôle étant conçu de manière que l'unité de contrôle puisse être reliée à l'emplacement de contrôle de manière interchangeable, le dispositif d'éjection étant agencé au niveau d'une position d'éjection, sur la voie de transport dans la direction de transport derrière la position de contrôle, et conçu de manière que, pendant le fonctionnement de l'installation de contrôle, au moins un objet à contrôler faisant partie de la pluralité d'objets à contrôler puisse être éjecté du dispositif de contrôle au moyen du dispositif d'éjection, le dispositif de transmission de données étant relié de manière active pour une transmission d'informations au moins au dispositif d'éjection et à la première interface de données. Selon l'invention, l'installation de contrôle comporte en outre une identification, qui identifie de manière univoque la position de contrôle de l'emplacement de contrôle, cette identification étant codée de manière que celle-ci puisse être lue automatiquement par l'unité de contrôle lors d'une insertion de l'unité de contrôle dans l'emplacement de contrôle.
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