Predicting motor failure based on relationship of motor pair characteristics
First Claim
1. A method of predicting motor failure, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a controller, a parameter of a first motor on a mining machine from a first parameter sensor on a mining machine;
receiving, by the controller, a parameter of a second motor on the mining machine from a second parameter sensor on the mining machine; and
outputting an alarm signal, by the controller, upondetermining that at least one selected from the group consisting of the parameter of the first motor and the parameter of the second motor exceeds a parameter threshold, anddetermining that the parameter of the first motor differed from the parameter of the second motor by at least a difference threshold for a predetermined amount of time.
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Abstract
A system and method of predicting motor failure based on relationships of motor pair characteristics, such as temperatures. One method includes receiving, by a controller, a parameter of a first motor on a mining machine from a first parameter sensor on a mining machine. The method also includes receiving, by the controller, a parameter of a second motor on the mining machine from a second parameter sensor on the mining machine. The method also includes outputting an alarm signal, by the controller, upon (1) determining that at least one of the parameters of the first motor and the second motor exceeds a parameter threshold and (2) determining that the parameter of the first motor differed from the parameter of the second motor by at least a difference threshold for a predetermined amount of time.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of predicting motor failure, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a controller, a parameter of a first motor on a mining machine from a first parameter sensor on a mining machine; receiving, by the controller, a parameter of a second motor on the mining machine from a second parameter sensor on the mining machine; and outputting an alarm signal, by the controller, upon determining that at least one selected from the group consisting of the parameter of the first motor and the parameter of the second motor exceeds a parameter threshold, and determining that the parameter of the first motor differed from the parameter of the second motor by at least a difference threshold for a predetermined amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A mining machine monitoring system, the system comprising:
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a motor pair of a machine including a first motor and a second motor; a first parameter sensor that detects a first parameter of the first motor; a second parameter sensor that detects a second parameter of the second motor; and a controller coupled to the first and second parameter sensors to obtain the first and second parameters, the controller outputting an alarm signal upon determining that at least one selected from the group of the first parameter and the second parameter exceeds a parameter threshold, and determining that the first parameter of the first motor differed from the second parameter of the second motor by at least a difference threshold for a predetermined amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of predicting motor failure, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a controller, a first parameter of a first motor on a mining machine from a first parameter sensor on a mining machine; receiving, by the controller, a second parameter of a second motor on the mining machine from a second parameter sensor on the mining machine, wherein the second motor is downstream from the first motor in a series cooling system; outputting a first alarm signal, by the controller, upon determining that the first parameter of the first motor is greater than the second parameter of the second motor by at least a first difference threshold; and outputting a second alarm signal, by the controller, upon determining that the second parameter of the second motor is greater than the first parameter of the first motor by at least a second difference threshold, wherein the second difference threshold is greater than the first difference threshold. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A mining machine monitoring system, the system comprising:
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a series cooling system on a mining machine; a motor pair of the mining machine including a first motor and a second motor, wherein the second motor is downstream from the first motor in the series cooling system; a first parameter sensor that detects a first parameter of the first motor; a second parameter sensor that detects a second parameter of the second motor; a controller coupled to the first and second parameter sensors to obtain the first and second parameters, the controller configured to receive the first parameter detected by the first parameter sensor, receive the second parameter detected by the second parameter sensor, output a first alarm signal upon determining that the first parameter of the first motor is greater than the second parameter of the second motor by at least a first difference threshold, and output a second alarm signal upon determining that the second parameter of the second motor is greater than the first parameter of the first motor by at least a second difference threshold, wherein the second difference threshold is greater than the first different threshold. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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