{"id":4393,"date":"2021-10-05T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/hvac\/?p=4393"},"modified":"2024-04-18T14:26:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T13:26:44","slug":"drhx-sensorless-belt-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ojelectronics.com\/hvac\/de\/news\/drhx-sensorless-belt-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"DRHX sensorless belt detection granted EU patent"},"content":{"rendered":"The cross-functional collaboration between engineers in both hardware and software at OJ Electronics has not only led to the rather unique DRHX drive solution for rotary heat exchangers. Now the concept with its sensorless belt detection also holds an EU patent.
The DRHX drive with sensorless belt detection was originally developed in 2017, and now the European Patent Office has approved its originality and uniqueness.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, we are tremendously excited,\u201d says Preben Jessen, Head of Drive Products at OJ Electronics, and continues: \u201cIt has been a long journey to get here. Such a process requires twice the work in the sense that you have to document everything twice \u2013 the technical documentation and then another for the judicial team, working through the patent process and approval\u201d.<\/p>\n
Preben worked closely together with a team of engineers in hardware and software to get the solution right. After thorough examining the system principles the team found that the traditional sensor setup could be simplified with a piece of software.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to make a reliable solution that wouldn\u2019t affect the heat regulation, when you run periodic tests,\u201d says J\u00f6rn Petersen, Software Engineer and one of the key drivers behind the DRHX Drive<\/a>. \u201cTo do that we needed to combine theory with field data and our years of experience in ventilation systems. But I think the result speaks for itself. We now have a solution with fewer components on the market\u201d.<\/p>\n