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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Wilco Ag, Wohlen, CH;
Inventor:
Martin Lehmann, Wohlen, CH;
Assignee:
WILCO AG, Wholen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/32 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G01M 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/3272 (2013.01); G01M 3/229 (2013.01); G01M 3/329 (2013.01); G01M 3/3263 (2013.01); G01M 3/3281 (2013.01); G05B 19/4183 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31432 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40554 (2013.01); Y02P 90/02 (2015.11); Y02P 90/10 (2015.11); Y02P 90/28 (2015.11);
Abstract
Inspecting and/or testing of inline conveyed devices is performed in that a monitoring unit is applied to a device. The monitoring unit is removed in a removing area. Within the timespan the monitoring unit is applied to the device, the monitoring unit is operated in a standalone operating mode. During a timespan information about the device to which the monitoring unit is applied is collected in the monitoring unit. This timespan of collecting includes at least a part of the timespan during which the monitoring unit is operated in standalone mode.