Patent ID: 11866859
Assignee: STAUBLI FAVERGES
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A textile machine for a weaving loom, comprising:
an input shaft configured to be coupled to a weaving loom;
a drive mechanism actuated by the input shaft and configured to move frames or collars of the weaving loom through a predefined sequence of positions, said drive mechanism having at least one mechanical output component configured to be coupled to one of said frames or collars of the weaving loom;
an electronic control device including a processor and a computer memory,
wherein said control device is programmed to monitor the change in position of each frame or collar during each step of the predefined sequence of positions and to count the number of times each frame or collar reproduces a particular configuration,
wherein the control device is further programmed to automatically calculate a cumulative damage index for at least some of the textile machine components, defined as the state of wear of the component relative to a reference state,
and wherein the control device is further programmed to automatically compare the damage index, for at least some of the textile machine components, to a predefined value and to update a state variable representing the comparison.