METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MACHINE CONDITION MONITORING AND REPORTING

• US 20090248360A1
• Filed: 04/01/2008
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mike Garrison
• Original Assignee: Mike Garrison
• Inventors: Garrison, Mike
• Application Number:
  US12/060,712
• Publication Number:
  US 20090248360A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/182
• CPC Class Codes: G01H 1/00 Measuring characteristics of vibrations in solids by using direct conduction to the detector G01H9/00, G01H11/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 13/045 Acoustic or vibration analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0267 Fault communication, e.g. human machine interface [HMI]

Abstract

A method for reporting machine condition, includes monitoring at least one machine function from a plurality of points on the machine and obtaining performance data; transmitting the data to a report generator; operating the report generator to compile the data into at least one report indicative of at least one machine condition and performance factor from the plurality of points; and displaying the at least one report indicative of the at least one function from the plurality of points.

Claims

1. A method for reporting machine condition, comprising:

monitoring at least one machine function from a plurality of points on the machine and obtaining performance data;

transmitting said data to a report generator;

operating said report generator to compile said data into at least one report indicative of at least one machine condition and performance factor from said plurality of points; and

displaying said at least one report indicative of said at least one function from said plurality of points.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said machine condition and performance factors include at least one of orbit, velocity, stroke angle, ‘

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force, structural evaluation and bearing condition.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said displaying of said report takes the form of a combination of graphical and numerical formats representative of real-time performance of the machine based on an accumulation of the data.

4. The method of claim 1 further including assigning codes to each said parameter prior to transmitting said data to said report generator.

5. The method of claim 4 further including converting said codes to parameter names prior to displaying said report.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said machine is a vibrating screen, said monitoring step includes the use of at least one portable accelerometer obtaining data from at least four locations on the machine.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said data includes at least one of machine velocity, stroke angle, displacement and acceleration, and said at least one accelerometer transmits machine data to a processor which generates comparable performance curves from each location, and said report generator generates a display for each said location and displays data for multiple locations at said displaying step.

8. The method of claim 7 including evaluating performance curves from diagonally opposite corners of the machine as indicative of structural condition.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein said performance curves display machine movement along the X, Y and Z axes.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein said report generator generates multiple curves simultaneously which are representative of an accumulation of said data from said at least one accelerometer.

11. The method of claim 6 wherein said data is obtained in an order of Left Feed, Right Feed, Left Discharge, Right Discharge.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein said machine condition is bearing function, and said monitoring function is performed by transducers mounted near machine bearings, and decibels are monitored (dBM) and compared against a preset decibel level (dBC) and said monitored and compared data are displayed at said displaying step.

13. A method of measuring the integrity of a structure under an operating machine generating movement, comprising:

monitoring at least one of machine movement and structural vibration in all of the X, Y and Z axes at multiple locations on the machine;

generating data representative of said machine movement;

transmitting said data to a report generator; and

said report generator displaying data simultaneously for all said locations.

14. A method of measuring machine component condition, comprising:

monitoring machine component operation by collecting operational data;

displaying the monitored data;

displaying a preset value of a parameter reflective of the monitored data; and

displaying the monitored data and the preset value in real-time.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said displaying of the data is graphical and textual.