Apparatus and method for the condition-dependent maintenance of hydrostatic displacement units

• US 8,082,125 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2006
• Issued: 12/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brueninghaus Hydromatik GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Brueninghaus Hydromatik GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Eichner, Wilfried
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhat, Aditya
• Application Number:
  US11/921,278
• Publication Number:
  US 20090229455A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,834 Days
• Field of Search: 702/184
• US Class Current: 702/184
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 2201/0802 Vibration
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 2205/50 Presence of foreign matter in the fluid
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 49/065 and making use of computers
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 51/00 Testing machines, pumps, or pumping installations

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus (1) and a method for the condition-dependent maintenance of hydrostatic displacement units (2), in particular axial piston machines (3) operated as pumps or motors. Mounted on the hydrostatic displacement unit (2) are acceleration sensors (4) and/or contamination level sensors (5) which capture vibration data and/or contamination data of the hydrostatic displacement unit (2) and are connected to an evaluation unit (6) which temporarily stores the vibration data and/or contamination data. A communication unit (7) connected to the evaluation unit (6) retransmits said data.

Claims

1. An apparatus for the condition-dependent maintenance of hydrostatic displacement units of axial piston machines operated as pumps or motors, said apparatus comprising:

at least one first acceleration sensor and at least one contamination level sensor which capture vibration data and contamination data of a hydrostatic displacement unit and which are connected to an evaluation unit which evaluates the vibration data and the contamination data, said at least one contamination level sensor being mounted on the hydrostatic displacement unit, wherein said at least one first acceleration sensor is provided on a pump or motor housing surface in a bearing region of the hydrostatic displacement unit for detection of shaking or vibrations deleterious to the hydrostatic displacement unit,

a communication unit, which is connected to the evaluation unit and retransmits said data for further processing, said retransmission being effected via an intranet or Internet connection, the communication unit being integrated in an onboard electronic unit of the hydrostatic displacement unit, and

a Web server being installed in the communication unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one second acceleration sensor is provided located in a reversing zone of the hydrostatic displacement unit for detecting any cavitation occurring in a flow of hydraulic fluid circuit at a change-over location from a high-pressure zone to a low-pressure zone.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one first contamination level sensor is provided in a hydraulic circuit of the hydrostatic displacement unit.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a second contamination level sensor is provided inside a leakage oil line.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one first contamination level sensor is a particle sensor.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit which is connected to the evaluation unit is arranged on a housing of the hydrostatic displacement unit.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit is arranged on an onboard electronic unit of the hydrostatic displacement unit.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit is integrated in the evaluation unit.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit is a digital communication unit.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit is connected to the evaluation unit by a data bus.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit is connected to the evaluation unit by a wireless connection.

12. A method for the condition-dependent maintenance of hydrostatic displacement units of axial piston machines operated as pumps or motors, at least one acceleration sensor and at least one contamination level sensor being mounted on a hydrostatic displacement unit, said method comprising:

capturing vibration data and contamination data of the hydrostatic displacement unit, and

evaluating said captured data in an evaluation unit,

wherein a communication unit is mounted on the hydrostatic displacement unit, which is connected to the evaluation unit and which retransmits the captured and evaluated vibration data and contamination data , said retransmission being effected via an intranet or Internet connection, the communication unit being integrated in an onboard electronic unit of the hydrostatic displacement unit, and a Web server is installed in the communication unit.