Claims:1. A method comprising:
determining a distance that a component (102) is moved by an actuator (114) with respect to an initial position and a final position, based on a reading from the actuator (114);
corroborating, using a distance sensor (118), the distance moved by the component (102) from the initial position to the final position; and
operating, automatically, the actuator (114) to correct the distance that the component (102) moves to bring the component (102) at a correct final position, based on the corroborating.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the corroborating the distance comprises determining if slippage has occurred in the actuator (114) while moving the component (102), and wherein the component (102) is put through further processing once the correct final position is achieved.
3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the operating comprises activating an alarm when the component (102) is attempted to be put through further processing at the correct final position.
4. A system (100) comprising:
an actuator (114);
a distance sensor (118); and
a processor (120) operably coupled to the actuator (114) and the distance sensor (118), the processor (120) to:
operate the actuator (114) to move the component (102) by a predefined distance measured by the actuator (114);
determine, from the distance sensor (118), an instantaneous position of the component (102) that the actuator (114) has moved by the predefined distance;
ascertain, based on the determined instantaneous position, if the component (102) has actually moved through the predefined distance; and
operate the actuator (114) to move the component (102) until the distance sensor (118) indicates that the component (102) has moved by the predefined distance.
5. The system (100) as claimed in claim 4 further comprising an alarm unit (122) operably coupled to the processor (120), wherein the processor (120) is to activate the alarm unit (122) to generate an alarm when the distance sensor (118) indicates that the component (102) has not actually moved through the predefined distance even though the actuator (114) has been operated to move the component (102) through the predefined distance.
6. The system (100) as claimed in claim 4, wherein the system (100) is a tyre manufacturing system (100) and the component (102) is a transfer ring (102) of the tyre manufacturing system (100).
7. The system (100) as claimed in claim 6, wherein the actuator (114) moves the transfer ring (102) from a belt & thread (B&T) side (104) to a shaping side (106) of the tyre manufacturing system (100).
8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processing resource to:
measure, from the actuator (114), when the actuator (114) has moved a component (102) through a predefined distance from an initial position to a final position;
ascertain, from the distance sensor (118), an instantaneous position of the component (102) that the actuator (114) has moved through the predefined distance;
compare the instantaneous position to the final position to determine whether the component (102) has actually moved the predefined distance; and
operate, automatically, the actuator (114) to move the component (102) until the instantaneous position of the component (102) substantially coincides with the final position.
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