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System to monitor a consumable part and method to monitor performance life and predict maintenance thereof

  • US 8,279,072 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2009
  • Issued: 10/02/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for monitoring a lifetime of a consumable part of a piece of equipment, the system comprising:

  • a totalizing unit to accumulate an amount of time spent at each of a plurality of temperature operating ranges of the piece of equipment; and

    a measuring unit to measure a temperature of the consumable part and in operable communication to the totalizing unit,wherein a temperature operating range is divided into a plurality of temperature subranges,wherein the totalizing unit accumulates an amount of time the consumable part is at a temperature within each temperature subrange, andwherein the consumable part includes a heating element, a thermocouple or a quartz tube.

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