Dynamic condition monitoring system with integrated web server

• US 8,248,215 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2011
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Bibelhausen, David J., Alford, Thomas Lee, Hofer, George F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lieu, Julie
• Application Number:
  US13/089,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20110193715A1
• Time in Patent Office: 490 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 340/286.01
• CPC Class Codes: G01H 1/003 of rotating machines G01H1/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 13/045 Acoustic or vibration analysis

Abstract

A dynamic condition monitoring system is disclosed, such as for monitoring vibrations in complex machine systems. The system includes monitors on which server software is provided. The server software may access pre-defined graphical user interface pages that can be populated and served directly from the monitors. The data may be accessed via conventional networks for viewing and analyzing monitored data, as well as for configuration of the individual dynamic condition monitors.

Claims

1. A dynamic monitoring system for use with rotating machinery, comprising:

a dynamic monitor configured to be coupled to at least one sensor for detecting a mechanical dynamic parameter of the machinery and to receive signals from the sensor representative of the dynamic parameter; and

a server integrated in the monitor and storing a plurality of web-accessible pages, the server being configured to populate the pages with data derived from the signals received from the sensor and to serve populated pages to a remote user via a network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the mechanical dynamic parameter comprises vibration in the machinery.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the dynamic monitor is configured to be coupled to a plurality of sensors for detecting a plurality of mechanical dynamic parameters of the machinery, and wherein the monitor is further configured to calculate values based on signals from the plurality of sensors, and wherein the server is configured to populate the pages with the calculated values.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor includes an accelerometer.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitor is configured to calculate a vibration profile based upon the signals from the at least one sensor, and wherein the server is configured to populate at least one of the pages with a graphical representation of vibration data based upon the profile.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitor is coupled to at least one other dynamic monitor via a communication link and is configured to derive composite data from signals from the at least one sensor and from data received from the at least one other dynamic monitor, and to populate a page with the derived composite data.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitor is a modular monitor configured to be disposed adjacent to a portion of the monitored machinery and to communicate with similar modular monitors disposed adjacent to other portions of the monitored machinery.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a plant or enterprise level monitoring system configured to be coupled to the monitor and to other monitors in a plant or enterprise to receive the populated pages and to integrate data received from the monitor with data received from other monitors.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the plant or enterprise level monitoring system is configured to combine data from the monitor with financial, purchasing, production or maintenance data at an enterprise level.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein settings and parameters for operation of the monitor are alterable via the populated pages.

11. A dynamic monitoring system for use with rotating machinery, comprising:

a dynamic monitor configured to be coupled to a plurality of sensors to receive signals from the sensors representative of a selected parameter of the monitored machinery; and

a server integrated in the monitor and storing a plurality of web-accessible pages, the server being configured to populate the pages with data derived from the signals received from the sensors and to serve populated pages to a remote user via a network; and

a plant or enterprise level monitoring system configured to be coupled to the monitor and to other monitors in a plant or enterprise to receive data used to populate the pages and to integrate data received from the monitor with data received from other monitors.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the monitor is configured to calculate a vibration profile based upon the signals from the sensors, and wherein the server is configured to populate at least one of the pages with a graphical representation of vibration data based upon the profile.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the plant or enterprise level monitoring system is configured to combine data from the monitor with financial, purchasing, production or maintenance data at an enterprise level.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein settings and parameters for operation of the monitor are alterable via the populated pages.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the monitor is coupled to at least one other dynamic monitor via a network link and is configured to derive composite data from signals from the sensors and from data received from the at least one other dynamic monitor, and to populate a page with the derived composite data.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the alarm condition is based upon a vibration level exceeding a predetermined level.

17. A dynamic monitoring system for use with rotating machinery, comprising:

a plurality of dynamic monitors, each monitor configured to be coupled to at least one sensor for detecting a mechanical dynamic parameter of the machinery and to receive signals from the sensor representative of the parameter, the dynamic monitors being coupled to one another via a network;

a server integrated into at least one of the monitors, the server storing a plurality of web-accessible pages, the server being configured to populate the pages with data derived from the signals received from the plurality of monitors and to serve populated pages to a remote user via a network; and

a plant or enterprise level monitoring system configured to be coupled at least to the monitor having the integrated server to receive data used to populate the pages and/or the populated pages.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein at least one of the monitors is configured to calculate a vibration profile based upon the signals from at least one sensor, and wherein the server is configured to populate at least one of the pages with a graphical representation of vibration data based upon the profile.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the plant or enterprise level monitoring system is configured to combine data from the monitor with financial, purchasing, production or maintenance data at an enterprise level.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein settings and parameters for operation of the monitors are alterable via the populated pages.