System and method for vibration monitoring of a mining machine
AssigneeJoy Global Surface Mining Inc
InventorsKenneth J. Daniel, Jose Torres, Mark Emerson
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Abstract
A mining machine having a control system for operating the mining machine. The control system includes a vibration monitor. The mining machine further includes a sensor and a vibration control system. The sensor senses vibration of a component of the mining machine. The vibration control system determines when the mining machine is moving in a proper cycle, triggers acquisition of vibration sensor data from the sensor in response to determining that the mining machine is moving in the proper cycle, and outputs the vibration sensor data.
Claims29
A mining machine having a control system for operating the mining machine, the control system having a vibration monitor, the mining machine comprising:
- a sensor configured to sense a vibration of a component of the mining machine;
- and
- a vibration control system having a processor, the vibration control system configured to determine when the mining machine is moving in a proper cycle,
- trigger an acquisition of vibration sensor data from the sensor in response to determining that the mining machine is moving in the proper cycle and that the component is moving at a constant speed within a predefined speed range, and
- output the vibration sensor data.
A method for monitoring mining equipment, the method comprising:
- monitoring an operation of a mining machine;
- determining that a component of the mining machine is moving in a proper cycle;
- triggering, by a processor, an acquisition of vibration sensor data of the mining machine from a vibration sensor in response to determining that the component of the mining machine is moving in the proper cycle and that the component is moving at a constant speed within a predefined speed range;
- and
- outputting the vibration data.
A mining machine having a control system for operating the mining machine, the control system having a vibration monitor, the mining machine comprising:
- a user-interface configured to provide user-perceptible instructions to a user to operate a component of the mining machine in a predetermined pattern;
- a sensor configured to sense a vibration of the component of the mining machine while the component operates in the predetermined pattern, the sensor further configured to output vibration sensor data;
- and
- a processor configured to
- acquire the vibration sensor data from the sensor, wherein an acquisition of the vibration sensor data is triggered in response to the component moving at a constant speed within a predefined speed range while the component operates in the predetermined pattern,
- process the vibration sensor data, and
- output the processed vibration data.
A mining machine having a control system for operating the mining machine, the mining machine comprising:
- a user-interface configured to provide user-perceptible instructions to a user to operate the mining machine in a predetermined pattern;
- a sensor configured to sense a parameter of the mining machine while the mining machine operates in the predetermined pattern, the sensor further configured to output vibration sensor data representing the sensed parameter, wherein the parameter is a vibration;
- and
- a processor configured to
- acquire the vibration sensor data from the sensor, wherein an acquisition of the vibration sensor data is triggered in response to a component of the mining machine moving at a constant speed within a predefined speed range while the mining machine operates in the predetermined pattern,
- process the vibration sensor data, and
- output the processed vibration sensor data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.