Hoist main shaft torque monitoring device based on angle measurement

• US 9,909,941 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2014
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: China University of Mining and Technology
• Original Assignee: China University of Mining and Technology
• Inventors: Jiang, Fan, Zhu, Zhencai, Li, Wei, Cao, Guohua, Zhou, Gongbo, Peng, Yuxing, Shen, Gang, Lu, Hao
• Primary Examiner(s): Caputo, Lisa
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cotey, Philip
• Application Number:
  US14/909,856
• Publication Number:
  US 20160187211A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,377 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 3/08 involving optical means for indicating
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 3/12 involving photoelectric means

Abstract

A hoist main shaft torque monitoring device based on angle measurement, constituted primarily by a first base, a second base, a light generating unit, a shutter, and a light sensing element; the light source, a first lens, and a first optical aperture arranged in the light generating unit, as well as a second optical aperture, second lens, and light sensing element on the shutter, forming a light source generation, propagation, and reception pathway; when the elevator main shaft is subjected to a certain torque, a corresponding displacement is produced between the first optical aperture and the second optical aperture, thus measuring the change in amount of light ultimately reaching the second optical aperture so as to measure the twist angle of the rotary shaft and finally calculate the magnitude of the shaft torque. Without damaging the original equipment and foundation, the device measures the torque of the shaft at different rotational speeds. The device can measure stationary torque and torque at different rotational speeds of the shaft, without the electromagnetic field interfering with wireless transmission; the device is easy to use, maintenance costs are low, and it is of interest for widespread popularization.

Claims

1. A hoist main shaft torque monitoring apparatus based on torsional angle measurement, comprising a first base and a second base releasably attached to a main shaft, and an upper housing and a lower housing operatively arranged on the first base and the second base respectively, wherein said upper housing and lower housing comprise an inside and outside wall;

wherein, a light source generator unit mounted on the first base is operatively arranged in the upper housing and the lower housing, and the light source generator unit comprises a signal processing unit arranged on the first base and a light source arranged on the signal processing unit,

a first aperture is arranged at the intersection between the top part of the light source generator unit and the line (x) connecting the light source and the center of the main shaft,

a first lens is arranged in the connecting line between the first aperture and the light source,

a light sensor element attached to the inside wall of the upper housing is positioned distant from the main shaft, and is arranged at the intersection of the upper housing and the line (x) connecting the light source and the center of the main shaft,

a circular arc baffle fixed to the second base and concentric with the main shaft is arranged between the light sensor element and the light source generator unit, a second aperture of the same shape and size as the first aperture is arranged on the baffle at a position corresponding to the position of the first aperture,

and a second lens designed to focus received light to the light sensor element is arranged between the second aperture and the light sensor element.

2. The hoist main shaft torque monitoring apparatus based on torsional angle measurement according to claim 1, wherein, the first aperture in the light source generator unit is a circular arc aperture concentric with the main shaft.

3. The hoist main shaft torque monitoring apparatus based on torsional angle measurement according to claim 1, wherein, the signal processing unit comprises a power source connected with the light sensor element, a conditioning circuit, and a wireless transmission module, wherein, the input terminal of the conditioning circuit is connected to the output terminal of the light sensor element, and the output terminal of the conditioning circuit is connected to the wireless transmission module.