SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PART LOCATION AND PREDICTING REPLACEMENT
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring the use of wear parts on a work unit, the method comprising the steps of:
- installing an RFID tag on at least one wear part of the mobile work unit;
sensing the RFID tag in a mobile information unit located near the work unit;
correlating the RFID tag to the identity of the wear part;
receiving operating parameters of the work unit; and
predicting the life cycle of the wear part based on the operating parameters of the work unit.
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Abstract
A method and system for monitoring replaceable components of a work unit is disclosed. The method assigns an RFID tag to each wear part of a work unit. Prior to each operating cycle, the RFID tags are read and the RFID tags are correlated to corresponding wear parts. During operation of the work unit, operating parameters are read from the pumping unit and associated with each of the wear parts. A real-time life cycle status is determined for each of the wear parts based upon historic operating parameters and present operating parameters. Based upon the real-time life cycle status, the system and method of the present disclosure predicts the remaining wear life and relays this information to interested third parties. Interested third parties can then contact the equipment owner to provide information as to when parts need to be replaced prior to failure.
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1. A method of monitoring the use of wear parts on a work unit, the method comprising the steps of:
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installing an RFID tag on at least one wear part of the mobile work unit; sensing the RFID tag in a mobile information unit located near the work unit; correlating the RFID tag to the identity of the wear part; receiving operating parameters of the work unit; and predicting the life cycle of the wear part based on the operating parameters of the work unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of monitoring the use of a plurality of wear parts on a work unit, the method comprising the steps of:
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installing an RFID tag on each of the plurality of wear parts of the mobile work unit; sensing the RFID tags in an information unit located near the work unit; correlating the RFID tag to the identity of the wear parts at a remote location; receiving operating parameters of the work unit at a remote location; and predicting the life cycle of the wear part based on the operating parameters of the work unit. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of monitoring the use of a plurality of wear parts on a work unit, the method comprising the steps of:
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installing a unique identification device on each of the plurality of wear parts of the mobile work unit; entering each of the identification devices on the mobile work unit into an information unit located near the work unit; correlating entered identification devices to the plurality of the wear parts; receiving operating parameters of the work unit at a remote location; determining the geographic location of the work unit; and predicting the life cycle for each of the plurality the wear part based on the operating parameters and the geographic location of the work unit. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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