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US 11,422,529 B1Granted
Monitoring system for use in industrial operations
OwnerRicky Dale Barker, Clay Thomas Marshallinventors
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Abstract
A monitoring system for an industrial operation having one or more machines, the monitoring system operates to obtain operational information comprising performance operating parameters and uses the operational information to create an operational baseline and reference thresholds and monitors real-time operational data to determine if an operating parameter exceeds a reference threshold.
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A monitoring system for monitoring an industrial operation having one or more machines, the monitoring system comprising:
- at least one sensor array, wherein each said at least one sensor array having one or more sensors placed in one or more locations on or within the one or more machines that operate to collect operational data, wherein said operational data includes performance operating levels for one or more operating parameters for at least one or more machines;
- a data analyzer system having a memory;
- a communication system for transmitting said operational data to said data analyzer system for storage in said memory;
- wherein said data analyzer system operates to use said collected operational data to save as historical data and uses said historical data to create an operational baseline for at least one of the one or more machines;
- wherein said one or more sensors then operate to collect real-time operational data for at least one of the one or more machines and said real-time operational data is transmitted through said communication system to said data analyzer system that operates to compare said real-time operational data to said operational baseline and if said comparison of said real-time operational data and said operational baseline falls outside one or more of said reference thresholds, said data analyzer system operates to determine if a machine is expected to fail before completion of work to be performed by the industrial operation, if so, said data analyzer system then operates to compare said maintenance schedules and scheduling information for other industrial operations to identify other industrial operations and/or machines that are available to perform work and makes a recommendation based on said comparison that work should be transferred to said identified machine or industrial operation and transmits said recommendation to an operator.
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A monitoring system for monitoring an industrial operation performing work and having a machine, the monitoring system comprising:
- at least one sensor for the machine, wherein each said sensor operates to collect operational data;
- a performance sensor for collecting performing information for the machine;
- a data analyzer system having a memory;
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- a communication system for transmitting said operational data and said performing information to said data analyzer system;
- wherein said data analyzer system operates to establish an operational baseline for the machine using said performing information and operating levels taken during normal operation of the machine;
- wherein said sensor further operates to obtain and transmit real-time operational data through said communication system to said data analyzer system which operates to compare said real-time operational data to said operational baseline and then operates to make a predictive determination;
- wherein if said predictive determination is that the machine is expected to fail before completion of work, said data analyzer system then operates to compare maintenance schedules and scheduling information for other machines to identify other machines that are available to perform the work and transmits said predictive determination to an operator.
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