Intelligent bearing maintenance
OwnerEduardus Gerardus Maria Holweg, Johannes Albertus Van Winden +1inventors
InventorsEduardus Gerardus Maria Holweg, Johannes Albertus Van Winden, Johannes Andrianus Maria Duits
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Abstract
Method for determining a grease condition in a bearing (10), comprising the steps of measuring at least one operational parameter of the bearing (10) and determining the grease condition by inputting the measured at least one operational parameter into a model. The model interrelates the at least one operational parameter and the grease condition for a specific combination of a predetermined type of grease and a predetermined type of bearing (10). The present invention also relates to a bearing (10) provided with a processing unit (13) and at least one sensor (11, 12), in which the processing unit (13) implements the present method.
Claims14
Method for determining a grease condition in a bearing, comprising the steps of measuring at least one operational parameter of the bearing;
- characterised in that the method comprises the further step of determining the grease condition by inputting the measured at least one operational parameter into a model, the model interelating the at least one operational parameter and the grease condition for a specific combination of a predetermined type of grease and a predetermined type of bearing (10).
Method according to one of the preceding claims, in which the model is an empirically determined model.
Method according to one of the preceding claims, in which the method comprises the step of recording historical data concerning the at least one parameter and inputting the historical data into the model.
Method according to one of the preceding claims, in which the method comprises the further step of giving an indication off the grease condition.
Method according to one of the preceding claims, in which the method comprises the further step of adding grease to the bearing when the grease condition falls below a predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.