Wash Tec Holding Gmbh

Bernhard Heinz

David Stecher

Oliver Foerg

Stefan Mayer

Andreas Sattler

An automatic generation of washing programs for an automatic vehicle washing installation is provided. For this purpose, a washing program generator with a washing program generation unit is provided. This includes an input interface for reading-in an equipment data set which represents how the washing installation is currently equipped with machine components, a processor unit for computation of a group of function blocks based on the equipment data set read-in via the input interface, a user interface which is intended for outputting the group of function blocks computed by the processor unit and is intended for detection of a selection of the output function blocks, wherein the processor unit is further intended to compute a washing program based on the detected selected function blocks for operation of the washing installation.

Wash configurator

A method for operating a vehicle treatment system, in particular a vehicle washing system, includes treating at least one vehicle surface with at least one rotating brush with a brush material at an immersion depth of the brush, and controlling during the treatment of the vehicle surface, the rotating brush based on a setpoint value for the friction of the brush material on the vehicle surface, the immersion depth of the rotating brush on the vehicle surfaces treated therewith being monitored at the setpoint value during the treatment of the vehicle surface in order to determine the state of the brush material. In addition, a vehicle treatment apparatus, a use thereof, and a computer program product are provided.

Method for operating a vehicle treatment system, vehicle treatment system, use of a vehicle treatment system, and computer program product

The present disclosure relates to a washing system with a device for determining a geometric mid position of a vehicle positioned within the washing system. For this purpose, positions of two movable carriages, on each of which a lateral cleaning brush is mounted, are detected and used to calculate the mid position.

Determining a geometric center position of a vehicle

A method for treating a vehicle having at least one outer surface, includes (a) adjusting an angle of a treatment brush relative to the vertical in at least one predetermined angular range parallel and/or perpendicular to the outer surface, (b) guiding the treatment brush along the at least one outer surface on a path during the treatment process, (c) monitoring the angle of the treatment brush to the vertical parallel and/or perpendicular to the outer surface during step (b), and (d) adapting the path of the treatment brush if a deviation of the monitored angle of the treatment brush from the at least one predetermined angular range is determined in step (c). An apparatus for treating a vehicle having at least one outer surface, a use of the apparatus for treating a vehicle having at least one outer surface, and a computer program product are further disclosed.

Method and apparatus for treating a vehicle having at least one outer surface

An automatic control of a vehicle washing installation in an emergency operation in the case of a fault is provided. The following method steps are carried out: detecting an error message for ascertaining a fault state of the vehicle washing installation. In response to the detected fault state: specifying function blocks, which can be activated in a fault-free manner, on the basis of a read-in equipment data set which represents the current equipping of the vehicle washing installation with machine components for computing emergency operation programs; controlling a vehicle washing installation for carrying out the emergency operation on the basis of the calculated emergency operation programs.

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Gersthofen, Germany

Bernhard Heinz