Thomas E Nastek

US Patent:

7210625, May 1, 2007

Filed:

May 20, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/850143

Inventors:

Leon J. McNutt - Houston MN, US
Thomas E. Nastek - Winona MN, US

Assignee:

Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company - St. Louis MO

International Classification:

G06K 19/06
G06F 19/00

US Classification:

235385, 235492

Abstract:

An asset management system and method including an asset and a data tag attached to the asset. The data tag includes a data tag memory and a data tag communication interface. The system also includes asset information stored in the data tag memory, wherein the asset information including a characteristic of the asset. Also an asset management method for managing information related to assets. The method includes initializing a data tag with asset information and includes transmitting asset information to the data tag and storing the asset information in a memory of the data tag. The asset information includes service contact information The method also includes retrieving asset information from a data tag.

US Patent:

57904375, Aug 4, 1998

Filed:

Nov 26, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/753398

Inventors:

William C. Schuh - Delavan WI
Thomas E. Nastek - Wonder Lake IL

Assignee:

Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company - St. Louis MO

International Classification:

G05B 1101

US Classification:

364579

Abstract:

An interface for graphically programming a ramping controller coupled to and controlling an electric heater is implemented with a microcomputer. The interface presents to the user via a display device, a cartesian coordinate graph of temperature versus time onto which is plotted a desired temperature versus time (tvt) profile via an input device. The microcomputer translates the plotted tvt profile into controller logic to create a controller logic data file that is then uploaded into the ramping controller. The controller logic data file may be stored in memory. In addition to temperature, other functions or events may be plotted on the graph which are also translated into controller logic and uploaded to the ramping controller. Other features include data logging of heater parameters that may displayed in real time. The present invention eliminates cumbersome front panel entry of the data into the controller.