Monitoring system for a component in a cutting edge
AssigneeIronhawk Industrial Distribution LLC
InventorsPatrick Hawkins, Erik Wolfe, Shannon V. McCue
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Abstract
A monitoring system that monitors at least one component of a cutting edge supported on an implement, the monitoring system comprising a monitor controller; at least one sensor in sensing communication with the at least one component, the at least one sensor configured to monitor wear of the at least one component; wherein the at least one sensor is connected to the monitor controller to communicate a sensor signal indicative of the wear of the at least one component to the monitor controller; the monitor controller including an output, wherein upon receiving a selected signal from the at least one sensor, the monitor controller is configured to communicate an alert via the output.
Claims15
A monitoring system that monitors at least one component of a cutting edge supported on an implement, the monitoring system comprising:
- a monitor controller;
- at least one sensor having a lead in sensing communication with the at least one component, the at least one sensor configured to monitor wear of the at least one component;
- wherein the at least one sensor is connected to the monitor controller to communicate a sensor signal indicative of the wear of the at least one component to the monitor controller;
- wherein the at least one sensor includes a sensor housing and a lead extending from the sensor housing to a location adjacent to at least a portion of the at least one component;
- the monitor controller including an output, wherein upon receiving a selected signal from the at least one sensor, the monitor controller is configured to communicate an alert via the output;
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- a channel formed in the at least one component, wherein the lead is supported at least partially within the channel.
A monitoring system that monitors at least one component of a cutting edge supported on an implement, the monitoring system comprising:
- a monitor controller;
- at least one sensor in sensing communication with the at least one component, the at least one sensor configured to monitor wear of the at least one component;
- wherein the at least one sensor is connected to the monitor controller to communicate a sensor signal indicative of the wear of the at least one component to the monitor controller;
- the monitor controller including an output, wherein upon receiving a selected signal from the at least one sensor, the monitor controller is configured to communicate an alert via the output;
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- wherein the at least one sensor includes a lead housed within a shim placed adjacent to the at least one component.
A monitoring system that monitors at least one component of a cutting edge supported on an implement, the monitoring system comprising:
- a monitor controller;
- at least one sensor in sensing communication with the at least one component, the at least one sensor configured to monitor wear of the at least one component;
- wherein the at least one sensor is connected to the monitor controller to communicate a sensor signal indicative of the wear of the at least one component to the monitor controller;
- the monitor controller including an output, wherein upon receiving a selected signal from the at least one sensor, the monitor controller is configured to communicate an alert via the output;
- wherein the at least one sensor includes a lead that forms a circuit, wherein a portion of the lead extends at a depth that is at least a portion of a height of the at least one component, and wherein the at least one component is subjected to wear that progressively reduces the height of the at least one component, and
- wherein upon reaching the depth, the wear severs the portion of the lead causing the circuit to break and generate the signal to the monitoring controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.