Monitoring system of a railroad axle and peripherals
AssigneeVallourec Tubos Do Brasil Ltda.
InventorsRonaldo De Faria Antunes, Antônio Sérgio Medeiros Fonseca, Diego Silva Melo
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Abstract
The present invention refers to a system for monitoring a railroad axle and its peripherals comprising a steel axle (10), and at least one monitoring device (20) coupled to the axle and its elements (10), wherein the at least one monitoring device (20) performs measurements of data indicative of monitored conditions of the axle (10) and its peripherals, and transmits the measurements to at least one remote point.
Claims16
A monitoring system of a railroad axle, the monitoring system comprising:
- a steel axle;
- and
- at least one monitoring device coupled to the steel axle, the at least one monitoring device comprising a temperature sensor, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, one microcontroller, one data transmitter, one power source, and one storage unit for storing measurements,
- wherein the at least one monitoring device acquires measurements of data indicative of monitored conditions of the steel axle and peripherals of the steel axle, and transmits the measurements of data to at least one remote point, the monitored conditions comprising at least one of a bearing temperature, vibrations associated with jolts, strains, number of cycles, speed, position and discontinuities,
- wherein the steel axle is a seamless hollow tubular steel axle, and the at least one monitoring device is housed inside the steel axle, inside a seat of a bearing of the steel axle, or is embedded in any peripheral of the steel axle, and
- wherein the temperature sensor, the accelerometer, and the gyroscope are distributed along the steel axle and coupled to the monitoring system in wireless or wired form.
A monitoring system of a railroad axle, the monitoring system comprising:
- a steel axle, wherein the steel axle is a solid steel axle;
- and
- at least one monitoring device coupled to the steel axle, the at least one monitoring device comprising a temperature sensor, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, one microcontroller, one data transmitter, one power source, and one storage unit for storing measurements,
- wherein the at least one monitoring device acquires measurements of data indicative of monitored conditions of the steel axle and peripherals of the steel axle, and transmits the measurements of data to at least one remote point, the monitored conditions comprising at least one of a bearing temperature, vibration associated with jolts, strains, number of cycles, speed, position, and discontinuities, and
- wherein the temperature sensor, the accelerometer, and the gyroscope are distributed along the steel axle and coupled to the monitoring system in wireless or wired form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.