Device and method for the early recognition and prediction of unit damage
First Claim
1. A device for early detection and prediction of damage to assemblies in a machine plant, comprising:
- at least one sensor which senses structure-borne sound in a machine plant that is being monitored, and which emits an analog measuring signal;
an analog/digital converter device coupled to receive the analog measuring signal and convert it into a digital measuring signal;
a digital signal processor, including a fast-Fourier transformation device for transforming the digital measuring signal into the frequency domain, and a cepstrum analysis device for generating a cepstrum containing resonance data relating to individual shock pulses in the time domain from the fast-Fourier-transformed digital measuring signal; and
a storage device having stored therein a reference cepstrum that is representative of a new machine plant, for each of various operating states of the machine plant that is being monitored, together with an empirical value matrix relating to damaged assemblies and assembly components and anticipated remaining service lives;
wherein,based on rotational speed information and load information the digital signal processor reads from the storage device a reference cepstrum that is representative of a new machine plant which is being operated in a current operating state of the storage device of the machine plant that is being monitored;
the digital signal processor compares said reference cepstrum that is read from the storage device with a present cepstrum that is generated in the digital signal processor, and outputs a comparison result;
a monitoring device monitors the comparison result of the present cepstrum and associated reference cepstrum to detect instances in which limiting values are exceeded, and forwards to the digital signal processor event information indicative of said instances in which said limiting values are exceeded; and
in response to said event information provided by the monitoring device, and by referring to the empirical value matrix, the digital signal processor identifies a damaged assembly or assembly component, as well as its predicted remaining service life, and outputs to a central processor unit for further processing, a diagnostic signal, including information relating to damaged assemblies and their predicted remaining service life.
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Abstract
In a method and apparatus for early detection and prediction of damage to assemblies in machine plants, including mobile machine plants, structure-borne sound of the machine system is sensed by a sensor, output as an acceleration signal and analyzed in a digital signal processor. For this purpose, the acceleration signal is first transformed into the frequency domain by means of a fast-Fourier transformation, and the data obtained in this manner are then transformed back into the time domain by means of cepstrum analysis, so that resonance data relating to individual shock pulses (a cepstrum) is obtained in the time domain. This cepstrum is then compared with a reference cepstrum that is selected in accordance with load signals and rotational speed signals for the present operating state in a new machine plant in a storage device. When limiting values are exceeded, the diagnostic signal (in particular information relating to the assembly which is diagnosed as damaged and its predicted remaining service life) are displayed for the user and an emergency operating mode is initiated.
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18 Claims
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1. A device for early detection and prediction of damage to assemblies in a machine plant, comprising:
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at least one sensor which senses structure-borne sound in a machine plant that is being monitored, and which emits an analog measuring signal; an analog/digital converter device coupled to receive the analog measuring signal and convert it into a digital measuring signal; a digital signal processor, including a fast-Fourier transformation device for transforming the digital measuring signal into the frequency domain, and a cepstrum analysis device for generating a cepstrum containing resonance data relating to individual shock pulses in the time domain from the fast-Fourier-transformed digital measuring signal; and a storage device having stored therein a reference cepstrum that is representative of a new machine plant, for each of various operating states of the machine plant that is being monitored, together with an empirical value matrix relating to damaged assemblies and assembly components and anticipated remaining service lives;
wherein,based on rotational speed information and load information the digital signal processor reads from the storage device a reference cepstrum that is representative of a new machine plant which is being operated in a current operating state of the storage device of the machine plant that is being monitored; the digital signal processor compares said reference cepstrum that is read from the storage device with a present cepstrum that is generated in the digital signal processor, and outputs a comparison result; a monitoring device monitors the comparison result of the present cepstrum and associated reference cepstrum to detect instances in which limiting values are exceeded, and forwards to the digital signal processor event information indicative of said instances in which said limiting values are exceeded; and in response to said event information provided by the monitoring device, and by referring to the empirical value matrix, the digital signal processor identifies a damaged assembly or assembly component, as well as its predicted remaining service life, and outputs to a central processor unit for further processing, a diagnostic signal, including information relating to damaged assemblies and their predicted remaining service life. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for early detection and prediction of damage to assemblies in a machine plant, said method comprising:
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sensing structure-borne sound from a machine plant that is being monitored, and issuing an analog measuring signal that is indicative thereof; converting the analog measuring signal into a digital measuring signal; transforming the digital measuring signal into the frequency domain, using a fast-Fourier transformation; generating a present cepstrum containing resonance data relating to individual shock pulses in the time domain, by means of cepstrum analysis, based on a result of said fast-Fourier transformation; based on rotational speed information and load information, a digital signal processor reading from a storage device a reference cepstrum that is representative of a new machine plant that is being operated in a current operating state of the machine plant that is being monitored; the digital signal processor comparing said reference cepstrum that is read from the storage device with the present cepstrum, and outputting a comparison result; monitoring said comparison result, to detect instances in which limiting values are exceeded; and providing to the digital signal processor event information indicative of said instances in which said limiting values are exceed; based on said event information, and by reference to an empirical value matrix, determining a damaged assembly or assembly component, as well as its predicted remaining service life; and generating a diagnostic signaling that contains information relating to damaged assemblies and their predicted remaining service lives, and providing said diagnostic signal to a central processor unit for further processing. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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