Device monitoring systems and methods

A system for monitoring a component:

• a central monitor remote from the component;
• a mobile device in communication with the central monitor;
• a wand including:
• i. an acoustic probe to contact and to sense the component acoustically and
• ii. a thermal sensor to sense the component thermally;
• the wand being in communication with the mobile device;
• the acoustic probe extending between a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of the probe defining a probe tip to contact the component, the probe including:
• iii. a plurality of acoustic elements including a first acoustic element located adjacent to the proximal end of the probe tip and a second acoustic element spaced apart from the first acoustic element;
• iv. an electrode located between the first acoustic element and the second acoustic element;
• V. a stud extending through the first acoustic element and the second acoustic element and at a distal end into the electrode;
• vi. a stack mass adjacent to the second acoustic element and remote from the first acoustic element;
• and
• vii. a head operably connected with the stud proximate the stack mass and electrically connected to the electrode to detect component readings at the probe tip;
• the central monitor including a storage having component data;
• the mobile device being configured to download component data for a component to be tested from the central monitor;
• the wand being configured to download component data for the component to be tested from the central monitor, the mobile device or both;
• and
• the component data including an emissivity of the component and contact force for the wand on the component.

A tester for an industrial component having at least one device, comprising:

• a probe extending between a distal end and a proximal end;
• the distal end of the probe defining a probe tip to contact the device;
• a first acoustic element located adjacent to the proximal end of the probe tip;
• a second acoustic element spaced apart from the first acoustic element;
• an electrode located between the first acoustic element and the second acoustic element;
• a stud extending through the first acoustic element and the second acoustic element and at a distal end into the electrode;
• a stack mass to assist with sensing acoustic signals at the probe;
• a head operably on the stud proximate the stack mass and electrically connected to the electrode to detect acoustic signals at the probe tip;
• and
• a device reader to read an identifier associated with the device to associate the acoustic signals at the probe tip to the device.