US 12,411,481 B1
Control system, control method, and method of producing solid
Daichi Suzuki, Yokohama (JP); Tatsuhiro Iwama, Yokohama (JP); and Kenji Ichiishi, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to K.K. Sun Metalon, Yokohama (JP)
Filed by K.K. SUN METALON, Yokohama (JP)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/089,770.
Claims priority of application No. 2024-224192 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2024.
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/4189 (2013.01) [G05B 2219/45244 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49051 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system configured to control a transfer device and a plurality of heating devices, the control system comprising:
a receipt signal obtainer configured to obtain a receipt signal indicating that the transfer device has received an object;
a device selector configured to select an available heating device as a selected heating device from among the plurality of heating devices in a case where the receipt signal obtainer has received the receipt signal;
a movement instructor configured to instruct the transfer device to move to a position of the selected heating device;
a standby signal obtainer configured to obtain a standby signal indicating that the transfer device stands by in the position of the selected heating device;
a loading instructor configured to instruct, in a case where the standby signal obtainer has obtained the standby signal, the selected heating device to open a door and instruct the transfer device to load the object into the selected heating device;
a loading signal obtainer configured to obtain a loading signal indicating that the transfer device has loaded the object into the selected heating device;
a heating instructor configured to instruct, in a case where the loading signal obtainer has obtained the loading signal, the selected heating device to close the door and heat the object;
a heating completion signal obtainer configured to obtain a heating completion signal indicating that heating of the object has been completed in the selected heating device; and
an unloading instructor configured to instruct, in a case where the heating completion signal obtainer has obtained the heating completion signal, the selected heating device to open the door and instruct the transfer device to unload the object from the selected heating device,
wherein each of the plurality of heating devices includes an aerosol sensor, and in a case where the aerosol sensor detects an aerosol and thereafter, the aerosol has no longer been detected or the aerosol has become less than or equal to a predetermined amount, the heating completion signal is issued,
wherein the aerosol is smoke or vapor,
wherein the object contains oil or water,
wherein the object further contains a metal or a metal compound, and
wherein each of the plurality of heating devices includes an irradiation device configured to emit electromagnetic waves therein.