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US 2019/0173250 A1Published application
Brush holder assembly monitoring apparatus, assembly, system and method
AssigneeCutsforth, Inc.
InventorROBERT S. CUTSFORTH
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AssigneeCutsforth, Inc.
InventorROBERT S. CUTSFORTH
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Methods and systems for monitoring a brush holder assembly and/or detecting wear of a brush in a brush holder assembly are disclosed. One method includes sending data from a plurality of remote monitoring locations to a central control unit, where the data may be evaluated in order to monitor states of brushes at a plurality of remote electrical facilities. For example, multiple images of a marker tracking longitudinal movement of the brush may be acquired. A comparison of the images, for example, a comparative imaging technique, such as pixel-by-pixel comparison, may then be performed in order to evaluate a condition of the brush, such as the wear rate, wear state, or life expectancy of the brush.
A method of monitoring a plurality of brush holder assemblies each including a carbon brush in contact with a rotating conductive surface of an electrical generator to conduct electrical current therefrom, each brush holder assembly permitting linear movement of the carbon brush toward the rotating conductive surface as the carbon brush wears, the plurality of brush holder assemblies being spaced from one another locally, the method comprising:
A method of monitoring a plurality of brush holder assemblies each including a carbon brush in contact with a rotating conductive surface of an electrical generator to conduct electrical current therefrom, each brush holder assembly permitting linear movement of the carbon brush toward the rotating conductive surface as the carbon brush wears, the plurality of brush holder assemblies being spaced from one another locally, the method comprising:
A method of monitoring a plurality of brush holder assemblies each including a carbon brush in contact with a rotating conductive surface of an electrical generator to conduct electrical current therefrom, each brush holder assembly permitting linear movement of the carbon brush toward the rotating conductive surface as the carbon brush wears, the plurality of brush holder assemblies being spaced from one another locally, the method comprising:
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