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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1985
Anthony F Segredo, Bloomingdale, IL (US);
Richard E Prendergast, Western Springs, IL (US);
Ralph E Martin, Oak Lawn, IL (US);
Jack W Pluister, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Manuel T Techico, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Continental Can Company, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
This relates to an applied force monitor which is associated with sheet material forming mechanisms so as to determine whether sheet material is being properly formed by the amount of force applied in the formation thereof. A typical force applying member would be a cam. Suitable strain gauges are associated with the force applying member with the strain gauges being coupled in a bridge having a voltage output which is indicative of the applied force and which is directed to a microcomputer into which suitable indicia is selectively fed and such indicia will include high and low forces which would be indicative of a fault. The microcomputer includes a memory in which the faults are stored and in addition to indicating when individual faults do occur, the memory, when excess faults are determined, will serve to shut down the associated machine. Data may be visually displayed or may be permanently recorded by way of a printer.