System for metering media for washing and/or cleaning systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for dosing media in washing and cleaning systems manage dosing parameters either exclusively on the dosing device or the target device, lacking a centralized and efficient method for managing parameters across multiple dosing devices.
Innovation Solution
A system with multiple dosing devices, each equipped with a control unit and memory unit, enables remote data transmission of dosing information, allowing bi-directional communication between dosing devices and an external computer, facilitating centralized management of dosing parameters and process data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If dosing parameters are managed exclusively on individual dosing devices, then each device operates independently with full control, but centralized management and data collection across multiple devices become inefficient and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a central server as an intermediary between multiple dosing devices and external computers. This server mediates parameter management by receiving dosing information from devices, storing it centrally, and distributing updates to all devices. This eliminates the need for direct peer-to-peer management while maintaining centralized control, thus improving ease of operation without adding significant complexity to individual devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The central server performs multiple functions: it acts as a data storage repository, a communication hub for bi-directional data transmission, a parameter distribution center, and a coordination point for multiple dosing devices. By consolidating these functions in a single universal system, the patent reduces the management burden on individual devices and enables efficient centralized control across the entire dosing system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple dosing devices are deployed to serve multiple target devices, then system coverage and functionality are improved, but the complexity of managing dosing information across all devices increases
Solution Approach 1:
The central server serves as a mediator that handles all dosing information management for multiple dosing devices. Each dosing device communicates its parameters and received dosing information to the server, which then manages storage, retrieval, and distribution of this information. This intermediary approach allows the system to scale to multiple devices without proportionally increasing management complexity, as the server centralizes all coordination functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses bi-directional data transmission to copy dosing information between the central server and multiple dosing devices. The server maintains a central copy of all dosing parameters and distributes copies to individual devices as needed. This copying mechanism ensures all devices have access to the correct parameters without requiring complex real-time synchronization protocols, thereby managing versatility while controlling complexity.
3Loss of information
If dosing information is stored and managed on individual dosing devices, then data is locally available, but centralized documentation and updating of dosing parameters become inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The central server acts as an intermediary that collects dosing information from all dosing devices, stores it centrally, and makes it available for documentation and analysis. This central repository eliminates the need to access multiple individual devices for data collection, dramatically improving productivity for tasks such as parameter updates, reporting, and analysis while ensuring information is not lost through local storage limitations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the dosing information from multiple distributed dosing devices into a single centralized storage location on the server. By combining all dosing data in one place, the system enables efficient centralized documentation and updating operations. This merging approach maintains the local availability of information on individual devices while adding a central consolidation point that greatly improves overall data management productivity.
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AI summary
A system (10) for dosing media (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 11g, 11h, 11i) for washing and/or cleaning systems and/or cleaning agent systems is shown and described, including a number of dosing devices ( 14a, 14b, 14c); for applying or introducing a cleaning agent, the dosing device carrying out dosing processes taking into account predetermined parameters. The special feature consists, among other things, in the fact that a) each dosing device is assigned a control unit (15a) and a memory unit (16a) which can be addressed by this and in which dosing information can be stored, b) a device (18) is provided for remote data transmission of dosing information, with which remote transmission of the dosing information can be effected jointly for the multiple dosing devices, c) that the device is in communicative connection with the multiple dosing devices for the purpose of local data transmission of the dosing information.