Real time gear box health management system and method of using the same
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring rotating machinery having a shaft and circumferentially disposed extensions rotatable with said shaft and spaced apart from one another, the system comprising:
- a plurality of proximeters positioned proximate to said rotating machinery and each proximeter being operable to measure and transmit resonant vibration frequency and bending amplitude data for said rotating machinery derived from a transit time between said individual rotating extensions, along with distance data derived from signal amplitude data for a proximeter signal strength of the bending, wherein said plurality of proximeters are positioned so as to enable mapping a resonance period of said rotating machinery; and
a processor electrically coupled to receive said data and configured to correlate said data and thereby produce an assessment of operational health for said machinery.
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Abstract
A system is provided for monitoring rotating machinery having a shaft and circumferentially disposed extensions rotatable with the shaft and spaced apart from one another. The system includes a plurality of proximeters positioned proximate to the rotating machinery and operable to measure and transmit resonant vibration frequency and amplitude data derived from a transit time between the individual rotating extensions, along with signal amplitude data, and a processor electrically coupled to receive the data and configured to correlate the data and thereby produce an assessment of operational health for the machinery. A method is also provided for monitoring rotating machinery, using the system of the invention.
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66 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring rotating machinery having a shaft and circumferentially disposed extensions rotatable with said shaft and spaced apart from one another, the system comprising:
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a plurality of proximeters positioned proximate to said rotating machinery and each proximeter being operable to measure and transmit resonant vibration frequency and bending amplitude data for said rotating machinery derived from a transit time between said individual rotating extensions, along with distance data derived from signal amplitude data for a proximeter signal strength of the bending, wherein said plurality of proximeters are positioned so as to enable mapping a resonance period of said rotating machinery; and a processor electrically coupled to receive said data and configured to correlate said data and thereby produce an assessment of operational health for said machinery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for monitoring rotating machinery having a shaft and circumferentially disposed extensions rotatable with said shaft and spaced apart from one another, the method comprising the steps of:
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positioning a plurality of proximeters proximate to said rotating machinery, each of said proximeters being operable to measure and transmit resonant vibration and bending amplitude data for said rotating machinery derived from a transit time between said individual rotating extensions, along with distance data derived from signal strength of the bending amplitude data for a proximeter signal; receiving and correlating said data using a processor that is electrically coupled to said plurality of proximeters to map a resonance period of said rotating machinery; producing an assessment of operational health for said machinery based on said measurements using said processor; and outputting the assessment of operational heath. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A system for monitoring rotating machinery having a shaft and circumferentially disposed extensions rotatable with said shaft and spaced apart from one another, the system comprising:
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a plurality of proximeters positioned proximate to said rotating machinery and each proximeter being operable to measure and transmit resonant vibration frequency and bending amplitude data derived from a transit time between said individual rotating extensions, along with distance data derived from signal strength of the bending amplitude data, wherein said proximeters are selected from the group consisting of electromagnetic proximeters, and capacitive proximeters; and a processor electrically coupled to receive said data and configured to correlate said data and thereby produce an assessment of operational health for said machinery.
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