ELECTROMECHANICAL CONTROLS MONITORING PERFORMANCE

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
APS	Material Handling Systems, Inc.	131 Griffin Way Mount Washington KY 40047	Electromechanical controls for monitoring performance and detecting quality control problems in automated industrial processes, including manufacturing, production, sorting and assembly processes;ADVANCED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

In methods and circuits for using associated circuitry to enhance performance of a micro-electromechanical switch, one of the method embodiments is a contact conditioning process including applying a time-varying voltage to the control element of a closed switch. In another embodiment, a voltage profile applied to the control element of the switch can be tailored to improve the actuation speed or reliability of the switch. In another method embodiment, the performance of a switch may be evaluated by measuring a performance parameter, and corrective action initiated if the switch performance is determined to need improvement. An embodiment of a circuit for maintaining performance of a micro-electromechanical switch includes first and second signal line nodes, sensing circuitry coupled to the signal line nodes and adapted to sense a performance parameter value of the switch, and control circuitry operably coupled to at least one terminal of the switch.