Smart solenoid valve and method, system, software, user interface thereof

Abstract

Smart solenoid valve equipped with a communication and control kit comprising a wireless communication system as well as a PLC capable of controlling a plurality of system components, management and control method, software and user interface thereof for the management of said plurality of components controlled, in turn, by the smart solenoid valve.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an intelligent solenoid valve, its associated operating method, system, software for managing and controlling the intelligent solenoid valve, and a user interface through which the operator manages and controls the intelligent solenoid valve. Background technique [0002] Solenoid valves are known as essentially valves which open / close or, if required, throttle the flow of fluid through said solenoid valve by means of an actuator (which in the case of a solenoid valve is of the electromagnetic type). Generally, such actuators consist of solenoids through which the running of a controlled electrical current produces an electromagnetic field that attracts or repels some element of polarized ferromagnetic material, triggering a solenoid valve Actuation of flow to be opened / closed or throttled if required. [0003] It is also common in the industry to provide solenoid valves equipped with a wireless kit for their wireless ...

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[0006] Thus, with particular reference to solenoid valves, the prior art, even if equipped with a kit for the operation of the solenoid valves via a wireless network, presents serious drawbacks deriving from the fact that each solenoid valve, even if wireless, is still The essentially passive technical node of the system, therefore, passively undergoes its external management and operational commands through a one-way communication flow or rather, communicating only towards the solenoid valves, whether said communication is initiated manually by the operator, Or is it initiated by the general main system PLC for the entire system, or is it initiated by a local PLC system (which in turn is attributable to the main system PLC), is it initiated by the numerical control (NC), or is it initiated by the general operating system

[0012] The literature review of G. Sathishkumar et al. "A real-time PLC-based control system using wireless sensor networks" (International Journal of Advanced Technology in Engineering and Science, March 1, 2015, pp. 2348-7550) and its appendices also describe A system in which the solenoid valve is not actively operating an existing sensor and in which the solenoid valve is not provided with a removable wireless kit

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