METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ALLOCATING SUCTION AIR TO SUCTION AIR- REQUESTING WORKSTATIONS OF A TEXTILE MACHINE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for allocating suction air provided by a suction air system (20) of a textile machine to workstations (1) of the textile machine (5) requesting suction air, wherein suction air requests (SD), the allocation of which would be expected to result in exceeding a maximum capacity of the suction air system (20), are placed into a queue, and wherein suction air requests (SD) waiting in the queue are only allocated when their allocation would no longer be expected to result in exceeding the maximum capacity of the suction air system (20), characterised in that - the suction air requests (SD) contain information about the planned schedule of its suction air requirements, and - the assessment of whether the allocation of a suction air request (SD) would be expected to result in exceeding the maximum capacity of the suction air system (20), takes into account the planned schedule of the suction air requirement of said suction air request (SD) and the suction air requests (AD) already allocated at the time point of the assessment. The invention also relates to a device, a control and computer program for executing at least parts of said method.