Patent ID: 11932036
Assignee: WEIDMüLLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for marking electrical devices which can be arranged in a row on a pivotable support rail with a guided laser head, comprising the steps of:
(a) specifying a number of marking instructions, each of which includes a marking content and a position and an orientation of the surface to which the marking content is to be applied;
(b) creating an image of at least a section of the support rail and at least one electrical device from an image capture device, and correcting at least one of the positions at which one of the marking contents is to be applied based on an evaluation of the image;
(c) grouping the marking instructions into marking levels in such a way that all marking instructions of one marking level can be applied by the laser head without moving the laser head or the support rail, wherein the marking levels differ in terms of at least one of spatial coordinates and parameters for the laser head;
(d) selecting a first one of the marking levels;
(e) at least one of positioning the laser head and pivoting the support rail according to spatial coordinates of the selected marking level;
(f) applying markings according to the marking instructions of the selected marking level with the parameters for the laser head; and
(g) selecting a next one of the marking levels for marking based on the movements of the laser head and of the support rail necessary to enable markings according to the next one of the marking levels to be applied.