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US 2005/0089425 A1Published application
Beam pump dynamic load monitoring and methods
AssigneeFBiMonitoring, Inc.
InventorsDouglas Boone, Philip Couch, Rob Harman
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Abstract
A pump monitoring system includes a monitoring device configured for attachment to a cable harness of a pump, a strain gauge configured to measure dynamic loading of at least one cable of the cable harness as the pump operates, a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the dynamic loading measurement, and an external device configured to receive the transmitted dynamic loading measurement.
Claims17
A pump monitoring system, comprising:
- a monitoring device configured for attachment to a cable harness of a pump, the monitoring device having:
- a strain gauge configured to measure dynamic loading of at least one cable of the cable harness as the pump operates;
- and
- a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the dynamic loading measurement;
- and
- an external device configured to receive the transmitted dynamic loading measurement.
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A monitoring device, comprising:
- means for attaching the device to an attachment point of a cable harness of a beam pump;
- means for measuring dynamic loading of at least one cable of the cable harness as the pump operates;
- means for powering the measuring means;
- and
- means for transmitting the dynamic loading measurement to a different location.
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A method of monitoring dynamic loading in a beam pump, comprising:
- attaching a monitoring device to an attachment point of a cable harness connecting a pump rod to the pump;
- measuring the stress in at least one cable of the cable harness induced at the attachment point by operation of the pump;
- and
- transmitting the measurement to a different location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.