MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647126232 A) filed by Festo Se & Co. Kg on October 23, 2026, for Method For Detecting A Blockage State, And Pneumatic System.
Inventors include Alber, Werner; Klassen, Daniel; and Garcia Olivo, Cesar Enrique.
The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a blockage state of at least one actuating portion of a pneumatic system for industrial automation, said system comprising at least one pneumatic actuator and a valve device which has a pressure control unit and is used to pneumatically actuate the pneumatic actuator using an output pressure of the pressure control unit in order to thereby set the actuating portion into motion. The method has the following steps: providing a target pressure curve s, - carrying out a closed-loop pressure control of the output pressure according to the target pressure curve in order to pneumatically actuate the pneumatic actuator, - detecting an actuation signal, by means of which a valve unit of the pressure control unit is actuated as part of the closed-loop pressure control, and - detecting the blockage state on the basis of the detected actuation signal.
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