Method and apparatus for estimating time to failure acceleration factor
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1. An apparatus for estimating the time to failure acceleration factor of a large industrial motor, comprising:
- at least one sensor responsive to an environmental variable;
a clock for controlling sampling times of said at least one sensor, a memory address calculator for mapping output signals of said at least one sensor to a memory address; and
a memory unit for incrementing the content of said memory address by unity.
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Abstract
An apparatus for estimating the time to failure acceleration factor of a large industrial motor includes a sensor, a clock for controlling sensor sampling times, and a memory address calculator for mapping output signals of the sensor to a memory address. A unit is provided for incrementing the content of a specified memory address by unity.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus for estimating the time to failure acceleration factor of a large industrial motor, comprising:
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at least one sensor responsive to an environmental variable;
a clock for controlling sampling times of said at least one sensor, a memory address calculator for mapping output signals of said at least one sensor to a memory address; and
a memory unit for incrementing the content of said memory address by unity.
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2. An apparatus for estimating the time to failure acceleration factor of a large industrial motor, comprising:
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a plurality of sensors, each of said sensors being responsive to a respective environmental variable;
a clock for controlling sampling times of said sensors;
a memory address calculator for mapping output signals of said sensors to a memory address; and
a memory unit for incrementing the content of said memory address by unity. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for estimating the time to failure acceleration factor of a large industrial motor, comprising the steps of:
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periodically sampling an output signal from at least one sensor responsive to an environmental variable;
mapping said output signal of said at least one sensor to a memory address; and
incrementing the content of a memory at said memory address by unity.
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13. A method for estimating the time to failure acceleration factor of a large industrial motor, comprising the steps of:
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periodically sampling output signals from a plurality of sensors, each of said sensors being responsive to a respective environmental variable;
mapping said output signals of said sensors to a memory address; and
incrementing the content of a memory at said memory address by unity. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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