Wear particle disintegrator monitor
First Claim
1. An apparatus for the attraction, collection and destruction of wear particles in fluid systems and adapted to provide output information on apparatus performance comprising:
- a wear particle detector means for generating wear particle signals representative of critical particle size and non-critical particle size, respectively,said wear particle detector means including a digital pulse generation means for generating said wear particle signals as digital pulses whenever a wear particle of non-critical size is destroyed; and
a counting means adapted to be connected to said digital pulse generation means to keep a record of the number of said digital pulses.
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Abstract
An electromagnetic system is provided to monitor the activity of a ferrous debris detector of the type which uses electric discharges to automatically disintegrate magnetically concentrated accumulations of micron sized wear particles in hydraulic systems. The data provided are used to detect instances of abnormal wear as shown by either an unusually large number of such discharges or an excessive rate of discharge. Where such abnormality occurs the monitor will provide an audiovisual alarm to warn of the problem in time to prevent catastrophic failure of the system.
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7 Claims
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1. An apparatus for the attraction, collection and destruction of wear particles in fluid systems and adapted to provide output information on apparatus performance comprising:
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a wear particle detector means for generating wear particle signals representative of critical particle size and non-critical particle size, respectively, said wear particle detector means including a digital pulse generation means for generating said wear particle signals as digital pulses whenever a wear particle of non-critical size is destroyed; and a counting means adapted to be connected to said digital pulse generation means to keep a record of the number of said digital pulses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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