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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1999
Naotake Oneyama, Yawara-mura, JP;
Hidetsugu Fujitani, Yawara-mura, JP;
Kotaro Kurihara, Yawara-mura, JP;
Hu Ping Zhang, Yawara-mura, JP;
Mitsuru Senoo, Yawara-mura, JP;
SMC Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A method of selecting pneumatic devices that satisfy specified load, speed and strength conditions to construct a pneumatic system. Data concerning pneumatic actuators, solenoid-controlled selector valves, drive controllers, pipes, pipe joints and exhaust treatment devices is stored in a pneumatic actuator database, a solenoid-controlled selector valve database, a drive controller database, a pipe database, a pipe joint database and an exhaust treatment device database, respectively, for each item number, and conditions required for pneumatic devices constituting a system are calculated. Then, pneumatic devices conforming to the calculated conditions are selected from the respective databases. At the first step, a pneumatic actuator satisfying a load condition, a strength condition and a speed condition is selected from the pneumatic actuator database on the basis of a calculation according to a basic equation. At the second step, a solenoid-controlled selector valve and an exhaust treatment device, each of which satisfies a discriminating formula concerning the speed condition, are selected from the respective databases. At the third step, a drive controller, a pipe and a pipe joint, each of which satisfies a discriminating formula concerning the speed condition, are selected from the respective databases.