Method and device for carrying out a measurement on a claw coupling
AssigneeKTR Kupplungstechnik GmbH
InventorsJurgen Kosters, Stefan Daszkowski
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Abstract
In a method and a device for carrying out a measurement on a claw coupling including two coupling halves, each having claws which engage in the claws of the other coupling half, the distance between adjacent intermeshing claws is measured using a single light beam directed onto the claw region. It is thereby possible to measure the angle of twist of the coupling halves in a particularly simple fashion.
Claims11
A method for carrying out a measurement on a claw coupling comprising two coupling halves, each half having claws engaging in the claws of the other coupling half, wherein the measurement takes place when the claw coupling is in running operation, said method comprising the following steps:
- (a) directing precisely one light beam to a rotating claw region and reflecting the light beam from the rotating claw region as a reflected light beam;
- (b) receiving the reflected light beam by precisely one receiver;
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- (c) measuring at least one distance between adjacent intermeshing claws.
A device for carrying out a measurement on a rotating claw coupling comprising two coupling halves, each half having reflecting claws engaging in the reflecting claws of the other coupling halves, the device comprising:
- (a) precisely one light-beam generating device, the light-beam generating device being adapted to be directed onto the claw coupling so that a generated light beam strikes alternately on the reflecting claws and on less reflecting areas between the claws on the rotating claw coupling;
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- (b) precisely one receiver for detecting the reflected light beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.