Machine commissioning system and method
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsPerry Converse, Michael Coppinger, Yanchai Zhang
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Abstract
A system for commissioning a machine such as an internal combustion engine includes commissioning probes, and a user interface having a computer receiving test data from the commissioning probes. The computer is structured to store a commissioning profile for the machine on a memory, and to populate the commissioning profile based on a compensation factor that depends on a difference between a performance response of ancillary equipment connected with the machine and an expected response. The computer outputs a commissioning suitability signal based on comparing the commissioning profile to a target profile.
Claims20
A system for commissioning a machine comprising:
- a plurality of commissioning probes structured to monitor a plurality of operating parameters of the machine;
- a user interface coupled with the plurality of commissioning probes, and including a computer and a computer readable memory;
- the computer being structured to receive test data from the plurality of commissioning probes, and to store a commissioning profile for the machine that is based on the test data on the computer readable memory;
- the computer being further structured to determine a compensation factor that is based on a difference between a performance response of ancillary equipment connected with the machine, and an expected response, and to determine the commissioning profile based on the compensation factor;
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- the computer being further structured to compare the commissioning profile to a target profile, and to output a commissioning suitability signal that is based on the comparing of the commissioning profile to the target profile.
A method of determining suitability of a machine for commissioning comprising:
- receiving test data produced by a plurality of commissioning probes coupled with a machine to be commissioned, and being indicative of a plurality of operating parameters of the machine;
- populating a commissioning profile for the machine based on the test data;
- determining a compensation factor based on a difference between a performance response of ancillary equipment connected to the machine, and an expected response;
- determining the commissioning profile based on the compensation factor;
- comparing the commissioning profile to a target profile;
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- producing a commissioning suitability signal based on the comparing of the commissioning profile to the target profile.
A machine system comprising:
- a machine;
- ancillary equipment connected with the machine;
- a commissioning system including a plurality of commissioning probes structured to monitor a plurality of operating parameters of the machine;
- a user interface coupled with the plurality of commissioning probes, and including a computer and a computer readable memory;
- the computer being structured to receive test data from the plurality of commissioning probes, and to store a commissioning profile for the machine on the computer readable memory based on the test data;
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- the computer being further structured to determine a compensation factor that is based on a difference between a performance response of the ancillary equipment, and an expected response, and to determine the commissioning profile based on the compensation factor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.