Patent ID: 9638710
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B65G,G01N

Claim:
1. A laboratory automation system comprising pairs of conveyor belts accommodating conveying devices of biological samples and actuated by a motorized traction device, wherein said motorized traction device includes a first and a second motor, each adapted to actuate both said pairs of belts, a central control unit being adapted to control the simultaneous or alternating actuation of said motors by means of software drivers associated with each motor, said central control unit being able to discriminate the occurrence of a faulty operation of the first motor and to automatically switch the task of feeding the pairs of belts to the second motor, said switching occurring mandatorily in case of sudden failure of a motor, but also if given threshold values are exceeded for some specific parameters of the motor which are configurable so as to trigger proper warnings at the level of the central control unit before the failure of a motor, said central control unit processing data and information related to said specific parameters over time, determining which conditions in the past most often caused a definitive failure of the motors, thus updating the threshold values according to historical information on the behavior of the motors so as to avoid the situation of complete failure of the operating motor, which would stop the system, and to preventively switch to the other motor accordingly, on the long term, said central control unit autonomously creating proper “behavior rules” which allow it to act in a timely manner if any situation occurs.