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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1999
Manfred Mund, Herzogenrath, DE;
Michael Heines, Nettetal, DE;
Michael Iding, Geldern, DE;
Torsten Forche, Hamminkeln/Dingden, DE;
Stefan Terorde, Hamminkeln/Dingden, DE;
Bernd-Rudiger Theele, Aachen, DE;
W. Schlafhorst AG & Co., , DE;
Abstract
A method for operating an automatic cheese winder, having multiple winding stations (A, B, etc.) and a transportation system (,) for supplying the winding stations with spinning cops (,) and discharging them of empty tubes (,). The spinning cops are furnished by a preceding textile machine (,) having a spinning cop and empty tube transport device (,) communicating with the transportation system (,). The delivery of spinning cops to the winder (,) is continuously monitored by a sensor. A control device (,) of a tube monitor (,) assures that empty tube-equipped transport trays are kept on hand in the transportation system, and the tube monitor via the central control unit (,) initiates a controlled slow-down of the winder (,) into an energy-saving mode. Upon resumption of delivery of the spinning cops, the winder is accelerated from the energy-saving mode to an operating mode.