AUTOMATIC MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DIAGNOSIS
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Abstract
A method for automatic diagnosis of a mechanical system of a group of mechanical systems sharing mechanical characteristics includes obtaining data relating to a vibration. The vibration-related data is acquired by a portable communications device configured to communicate with a remote processor. The processor automatically diagnoses the mechanical system by applying a relationship to the obtained vibration-related data. The relationship is based on sets of vibration-related data previously obtained from the mechanical systems. Each set of vibration-related data relates to vibrations of a mechanical system. The relationship is further based on sets of operation data previously obtained for mechanical systems of the group. Each set of operation data indicates a previous state of operation of a mechanical system. Each of the previous states of operation is associated with at least one of the previously obtained sets of vibration-related data.
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40 Claims
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21. A system for maintenance of at least one mechanical machine having at least one shared characteristic with a plurality of mechanical machines, the system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors coupled to a plurality of mechanical machines having at least one shared characteristic, said plurality of sensors sensing at least one signal from said plurality of mechanical machines and providing output indications of said at least one signal over time; at least one processor receiving and accumulating said output indications over time, said at least one processor being trained to generate at least one model representing behavior of said plurality of mechanical machines over time based on said output indications accumulated thereby; and an output device providing a human sensible output including at least a prediction of behavior of at least one given mechanical machine having said at least one shared characteristic, based on applying said model to output indications of at least one signal of said at least one given mechanical machine as sensed by a sensor coupled thereto, said prediction of behavior comprising at least a prediction of failure of said at least one given mechanical machine in the absence of performance of a recommended maintenance operation thereupon, wherein said at least one given mechanical machine would indeed fail in the absence of performance of said recommended maintenance operation. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for maintenance of at least one mechanical machine having at least one shared characteristic with a plurality of mechanical machines, the method comprising:
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sensing, by a plurality of sensors, at least one signal from a plurality of mechanical machines having at least one shared characteristic and providing output indications of said at least one signal over time; receiving and accumulating said output indications over time at at least one processor; training said at least one processor to generate at least one model representing behavior of said plurality of mechanical machines over time based on said output indications accumulated thereby; and providing a human sensible output including at least a prediction of behavior of at least one given mechanical machine having said at least one shared characteristic, based on applying said model to output indications of at least one signal of said at least one given mechanical machine as sensed by a sensor coupled thereto, said prediction of behavior comprising at least a prediction of failure of said at least one given mechanical machine in the absence of performance of a recommended maintenance operation thereupon, wherein said at least one given mechanical machine would indeed fail in the absence of performance of said recommended maintenance operation. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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