Methods and systems for tracking milling rotor bit wear
AssigneeCaterpillar Paving Products Inc.
InventorsColton J. Hirman, Dustin W. Sondreal, Eric S. Engelmann
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Abstract
A method for determining part wear, such as using a wear model, includes receiving, from a sensor, sensor data representing a surface of a wear part. The method further includes determining an estimated time until the part should be replaced. The method further includes batching together multiple wear parts that need replacing to enable a user to replace multiple parts in one maintenance period. The method may also include providing information to the user during replacement of a worn part to indicate the part location.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
- receiving information associated with a wear surface of a part;
- sending the information associated with the wear surface of the part to a wear processing system;
- receiving, from the wear processing system, the wear processing system having determined based at least in part on the information and a wear model trained to identify a wear status, that the part should be replaced, an indication that the part should be replaced;
- causing a notice indication to be displayed indicating that the part should be replaced;
- causing the part to move to a replacement orientation for replacement;
- and
- causing an indication to be visible to an operator indicating which part of a plurality of parts is the part that should be replaced.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving information associated with a wear surface of a part;
- sending the information associated with the wear surface of the part to a wear processing system;
- receiving, from the wear processing system, the wear processing system having determined based at least in part on the information and a wear model trained to identify a wear status, that the part should be replaced, an indication that the part should be replaced;
- causing a notice indication to be displayed indicating that the part should be replaced;
- causing the part to move to a replacement orientation for replacement;
- and
- causing an indication to be visible to an operator indicating which part of a plurality of parts is the part that should be replaced.
A road milling machine, comprising:
- a part having a wear surface;
- one or more processors;
- and
- computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
- receiving information associated with the wear surface of the part;
- sending the information associated with the wear surface of the part to a wear processing system;
- receiving, from the wear processing system, the wear processing system having determined based at least in part on the information and a wear model trained to identify a wear status, that the part should be replaced, an indication that the part should be replaced;
- causing a notice indication to be displayed indicating that the part should be replaced;
- causing the part to move to a replacement orientation for replacement;
- and
- causing an indication to be visible to an operator indicating which part of a plurality of parts is the part that should be replaced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.