Automatic lubrication system for a bearing, and method for operating an automatic lubrication system
AssigneeAktiebolaget Skf
InventorsDino Czichowski, Johannes Cornelis Theodorus Blom, Harry Timmerman, Henricus van Genuchten
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Abstract
An automatic lubrication system for automatic and demand-driven charging of a bearing with a lubricant includes an automatic lubrication device configured to automatically charge the bearing with the lubricant, a detecting device configured to detect at least one operating parameter of the bearing, and a data-transmission device that is configured to transmit data from the detecting device to the lubrication device. The automatic lubrication device is configured to charge the bearing with the lubricant based on the operating parameters detected by the detecting device.
Claims10
An automatic lubrication system for automatic and demand-driven charging of a bearing with a lubricant comprising:
- an automatic lubrication device configured to automatically charge the bearing with the lubricant;
- a detecting device configured to detect at least one operating parameter of the bearing, and
- a data-transmission device that is configured to transmit data from the detecting device to the lubrication device,
- wherein the data-transmission device, the detecting device, and the lubrication device are electrically isolated from one another,
- wherein the automatic lubrication device is configured to charge the bearing with the lubricant based on the operating parameters detected by the detecting device.
An automatic lubrication system for automatic and demand-driven charging of a bearing with a lubricant comprising:
- a pump configured to automatically charge the bearing with the lubricant;
- a pump controller operably connected to the pump;
- a detector controller;
- an acceleration detector configured to detect operational vibrations of the bearing and to transmit a first signal indicative of the detected operational vibrations to the detector controller;
- and
- a rotational speed detector configured to detect a rotational speed of the bearing and to transmit a second signal indicative of the detected rotational speed to the detector controller;
- wherein the detector controller is electrically isolated from the pump controller;
- and
- wherein the pump controller is configured to cause the pump to charge the bearing with the lubricant based on a signal from the detector controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.