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Device and method for detecting bearing overheating in turbine pump systems

  • US 6,312,226 B1
  • Filed: 03/14/2000
  • Issued: 11/06/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A means for detecting bearing overheating in a turbine pump system having a pump column and discharge head for fluid flow, an oil tube centered in said pump column and extending upward to a stretch assembly positioned above the area of fluid flow through said discharge head, a line shaft centered within said oil tube and extending through said stretch assembly, said means comprising a collar of temperature transmitting material mounted on said line shaft adjacent to said stretch assembly, and an infrared sensor placed within sensing distance of said collar.

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