Device for monitoring a shaft coupling coupling a first shaft to a second shaft
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJürgen Schimmer, Christoph Nolting, Dirk Scheibner, Jürgen Zettner
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Abstract
A device for monitoring a shaft coupling coupling a first shaft to a second shaft includes an optical unit comprising a receiving element which is designed to receive an electromagnetic radiation in a form of light, and an error notification element designed for arrangement on and/or within the first shaft and on and/or within the second shaft. The error notification element is designed to notify when the first shaft runs asynchronously with respect to the second shaft.
Claims18
A device for monitoring a shaft coupling coupling a first shaft to a second shaft, the device comprising:
- an optical unit comprising a receiving element which is designed to receive an electromagnetic radiation in a form of light;
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- an error notification element designed for arrangement on and/or within the first shaft and on and/or within the second shaft, said error notification element designed such as to shear off or break off when the first shaft runs asynchronously with respect to the second shaft.
A shaft coupling for coupling a first shaft to a second shaft, the shaft coupling comprising a device, said device comprising an optical unit comprising a receiving element which is designed to receive an electromagnetic radiation in the form of light, and an error notification element designed for arrangement on and/or within the first shaft and on and/or within the second shaft, said error notification element designed such as to shear off or break off when the first shaft runs asynchronously with respect to the second shaft.
A dynamoelectric rotary machine, comprising:
- a first shaft,
- a second shaft;
- a shaft coupling designed to couple the first shaft and the second shaft;
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- a device for monitoring the shaft coupling, said device comprising an optical unit comprising a receiving element which is designed to receive an electromagnetic radiation in the form of light, and an error notification element designed for arrangement on and/or within the first shaft and on and/or within the second shaft, said error notification element designed to shear off or break off when the first shaft runs asynchronously with respect to the second shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.