Electrical Component Monitoring System

• US 20070135942A1
• Filed: 07/17/2006
• Published: 06/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eaton Electric Sales Ltd. (Eaton Corporation PLC.)
• Original Assignee: Eaton Electric Sales Ltd. (Eaton Corporation PLC.)
• Inventors: Werner, Peter, Dobreanu, Vasile, Wasserman, Bernard
• Application Number:
  US11/457,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20070135942A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/32
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0283 Predictive maintenance, e.g. involving the monitoring of a system and, based on the monitoring results, taking decisions on the maintenance schedule of the monitored system; Estimating remaining useful life [RUL] preventive maintenance, i.e. planning maintenance according to the available resources without monitoring the system G06Q10/06

Abstract

A motor control centre is provided having an analyst system which is capable of recording data from the monitoring equipment provided therein, and providing a predictive analysis of the data received. The predictive analysis allows the operator to have the ability to schedule routine maintenance to correct a predicted failure of a device to continue operation within a pre-determined set of parameters. Improved operation and maintenance of a controlled system is achieved.

Claims

1. A controller assembly comprising at least one controller for controlling a device, at least one monitoring component associated with either or both of said controller or said device, in order to collect data related to an operational parameters of said device, and a local analyst system for analysing the data collected relating to said operational parameter in order to evaluate the performance of said device.

2. A controller assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein said analyst system comprises a database of information related to acceptable operational parameter limits for said device, a system for comparing said data to said operational parameter limits, and an alert system for establishing an alarm when an operational parameter limit is exceeded.

3. A controller assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein said analyst system additionally or alternatively comprises a database of historical data related to an operational parameter of said device, a database of acceptable operational limits, means for analysis of said historical data to determine or predict a future parameter value, and an alert system for establishing an alarm when it is predicted that an operational parameter limit will be exceeded.

4. A controller assembly as claimed in claim 3 wherein said parameter limit is predicted to be exceeded within a pre-established time period.

5. A controller assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein said controller assembly is a motor control center (MCC).

6. A controller assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein said device is an electrical power component.

7. A controller assembly as claimed in claim 6 wherein said electrical power component is selected from the group of motors, motor starters, motor drives, and programmable relays.

8. A controller assembly as claimed in claim 1 comprising up to 70 controller components.

9. A controller assembly as claimed in claim 8 comprising between 3 and 20 controller components.

10. A controller assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein each controller component and/or each device, is monitored by a monitoring device.