Patent ID: 9645040
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G01M,G05B,Y02P

Claim:
1. Method of inline inspecting and/or testing devices, comprising: providing at least one monitoring unit capable to be releasably applied to or over one of said devices and, in a standalone operating mode, to collect information from and/or caused by said device; conveying devices inline towards and into an application area; applying on or over a device out of said devices inline conveyed towards and into said application area said monitoring unit in said application area; removing said monitoring unit from said device in a removal area and bringing said removed monitoring unit back to said application area; by said monitoring unit, collecting information from or caused by said device to which the monitoring unit is applied to; transmitting information depending from collected information in said monitoring unit to a remote unit which is stationary with respect to said inline conveying of said devices towards and into said application area; evaluating information dependent from information as collected; wherein: said collecting is performed during a collecting timespan; said monitoring unit is operated in standalone operating mode during a standalone timespan; said monitoring unit being applied to or over said device during an application timespan; said standalone timespan includes at least a part of said application timespan; said collecting timespan includes at least a part of said part of said application timespan; and said monitoring unit is electrically supplied at least during said standalone timespan by an electrical power supply source in said monitoring unit.