Material Testing System Diagnostic Code Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mechanical testing systems require multiple, cumbersome steps for troubleshooting, leading to increased service costs and reduced uptime due to the need for multiple contacts between service personnel and operators, often necessitating in-person visits for resolving operational issues.
Innovation Solution
A material testing system that generates a machine-readable code containing static and dynamic information, accessible via a portable computing device, which includes model numbers, error codes, environmental data, and other diagnostic information, enabling faster and easier troubleshooting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional troubleshooting procedures are used, then service personnel can resolve issues, but the process requires multiple contacts and in-person visits increasing time and cost
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically collects and prepares diagnostic information before the service personnel arrive. The computer automatically generates a code containing system configuration, error logs, and diagnostic data, so that when service personnel receive the code, they already have the essential information needed for troubleshooting, eliminating the need for multiple back-and-forth communications and reducing on-site visit requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a computer-generated code as an intermediary carrier that transfers diagnostic information between the testing system and service personnel. This code acts as a mediator that consolidates multiple types of information (system configuration, error codes, diagnostic data) into a single transmittable format, enabling efficient information exchange without requiring multiple direct contacts or in-person visits.
2Measurement precision
If detailed diagnostic information is collected, then troubleshooting accuracy improves, but the complexity of information management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple types of diagnostic information (system configuration data, error codes, diagnostic logs, operational parameters) into a single integrated code structure. This consolidation approach maintains comprehensive diagnostic accuracy while significantly reducing the complexity of information management, as the service personnel receive all necessary information in one unified package rather than managing multiple separate data sources.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a digital copy of the testing system's diagnostic information and encodes it into a transmittable code format. This copying process preserves all essential diagnostic data while making it easily transferable and manageable, allowing service personnel to access the complete diagnostic profile without dealing with the complexity of the original multi-component information system.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed example material testing systems include: a test fixture configured to determine at least one mechanical property of a test specimen; and a processor configured to: in response to a request for a machine readable code, generate the machine readable code by encoding static information about the material testing system and dynamic information representative of a state of the material testing system, wherein the dynamic information comprises at least one of environmental information measured at the test fixture, security information for the material testing system, logged data at the material testing system, load string information for load string equipment installed on the test fixture, a motor voltage measured at the test fixture, a duty cycle of the test fixture, or a cumulative distance traveled by one or more components of the test fixture; and output the machine readable code.