TONG ASSEMBLY WITH DOOR POSITION SENSORS

TONG ASSEMBLY WITH DOOR POSITION SENSORS

The present disclosure generally relates to a tong assembly having position sensors for controlling door opening and closing sequence. The tong assembly includes a back section, an outer door section movably coupled to the back section, a first actuator configured to move the outer door section betw...

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Hauptverfasser: WIEDECKE, Michael, HOOKER, II, John D, THIEMANN, Bjoern, CLINE, Heidi N, HEIDECKE, Karsten
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The present disclosure generally relates to a tong assembly having position sensors for controlling door opening and closing sequence. The tong assembly includes a back section, an outer door section movably coupled to the back section, a first actuator configured to move the outer door section between an open position and a closed position, an inner door section movably coupled to the back section, a second actuator configured to move the inner door section between an open position and a closed position, a first sensor positioned to measure a position of the outer door section; and a second sensor positioned to measure a position of the inner door section.