CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: CONTROLLING; REGULATING
Subclass:: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS

Description

G05B covers general-purpose control and regulating systems, encompassing feedback mechanisms, closed-loop controllers, and functional components applicable across industrial and technical domains. This subclass includes control system theory, functional elements (sensors, actuators, controllers), and diagnostic or testing apparatus for verifying system performance. It addresses both mechanical and electromechanical control solutions, as well as the methodologies for monitoring system operation, but excludes subject-specific control systems assigned to other G05 subclasses (such as G05D for particular regulated variables like speed or temperature) and systems integrated with their end applications in specialized technical fields.

Scope Notes

Limiting references: Systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables Systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables Control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only | Application references: Spreading or positioning of drawn nets for fishing Adjustable operating tables, operating chairs or dental chairs , Distillation Filtration , , , Separation of gases or vapours by gas-analysis apparatus Separation using semi-permeable membranes Feed or outlet in chemical or physical processes Oxygen content in oxidation gas for regeneration or reactivation of catalysts Ion-exchange processes Delivery in spraying systems Metal-rolling mills , Positioning tool carriers for forging, pressing or hammering Continuous casting of metals Centrifugal casting of metals Pressure or injection die casting of metals Pressure or vacuum casting of metals Casting of metals in general Tool or work positioning for boring or drilling Machines for shearing or similar cutting stock travelling otherwise than in the direction of the cut Driving or feeding mechanisms of machine tools Feed movement, cutting velocity or position of machine tools Copying from a pattern or master model for machine tools Position of grinding tool or work Manipulators Position of cutters in cutting machines Shaping techniques for plastic substances Presses , Composing machines Printing machines or presses Feeding sheets or webs in typewriters Apparatus or devices for manifolding, duplicating or printing for commercial purposes Addressing machines Vehicle suspension Vehicle brakes Machines for packaging Conveyors Heat treatment of ferrous or non-ferrous metals or alloys Sequence of drive operations for dredging or soil-shifting Earth drilling operations Steam accumulators , Steam engine plants , , Air intakes for gas-turbine or jet-propulsion plants Gas-turbine plants; Fuel supply in air-breathing jet-propulsion plants Combustion engines Jet pipes or nozzles in jet-propulsion plants , Jet-propulsion plants Wind motors Positive-displacement machines , , Non-positive-displacement pumps, pumping installations or systems , Clutches , Suppression of vibrations using fluid means Gearings Steam boilers Incineration of waste Combustion in combustion apparatus Combustion in open fires using solid fuel Solar heating Drying processes of solid materials or objects Steam or vapour condensers Heat-exchange apparatus with intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through conduit walls, in which the medium condenses and evaporates Heat-exchanges or heat-transfer apparatus in general Computers Traffic Indicating devices using static means to present variable information Driving, starting or stopping of record carriers , Nuclear reaction Nuclear power plant Electron-beam or ion-beam tubes used for localised treatment of objects Electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters

Related Keywords

CONTROLLING in general, independent of variable controlledREGULATING in general, independent of variable regulated

14 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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G05B 1/00 Comparing elements, i.e. elements for effecting comparison directly or indirectly between a desired value and existing or anticipated values
G05B 11/00 Automatic controllers
G05B 13/00 Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion
G05B 15/00 Systems controlled by a computer
G05B 17/00 Systems involving the use of models or simulators of said systems
G05B 19/00 Program-control systems
G05B 21/00 Systems involving sampling of the variable controlled
G05B 23/00 Testing or monitoring of control systems or parts thereof
G05B 24/00 Open-loop automatic control systems not otherwise provided for
G05B 5/00 Anti-hunting arrangements
G05B 6/00 Internal feedback arrangements for obtaining particular characteristics, e.g. proportional, integral or differential
G05B 7/00 Arrangements for obtaining smooth engagement or disengagement of automatic control
G05B 9/00 Safety arrangements
G05B 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass