Automated rotating equipment preservation
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsQasem A. Fandem, Mansour M. Al-Saleh, Abdullah A. Alkhder
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Abstract
A gearbox is coupled to a shaft of a motor. The gearbox is configured to be rotated by the motor. An encoder is coupled to the shaft of the motor. The encoder is configured to detect a shaft position. The encoder is configured to produce a position stream indicative of the shaft position. A coupling is configured to receive a separate machine shaft. A controller is coupled to the encoder and the motor. The controller is configured to receive the position stream from the encoder and produce a drive signal to rotate the motor.
Claims21
An equipment preservation cart comprising:
- a motor;
- a gearbox coupled to a shaft of the motor, the gearbox configured to be rotated by the motor;
- an encoder coupled to the shaft of the motor, the encoder configured to detect a shaft position, the encoder configured to produce a position stream indicative of the shaft position;
- a coupling configured to receive a separate machine shaft;
- and
- a controller coupled to the encoder and the motor, the controller configured to:
- receive the position stream from the encoder;
- and
- produce a drive signal to rotate the motor.
A method comprising:
- receiving a route by a controller, the route comprising a designated amount of rotation needed for each of a plurality of separate machine shafts;
- receiving one of the plurality of separate machine shafts by a coupling;
- rotating the shaft by a motor coupled to the coupling by the designated amount of rotation;
- and
- recording a completion of the rotation by a controller.
A system comprising:
- system database comprising data about a plurality of rotating machines, the data including:
- an amount of shaft rotation for each rotating machine;
- and
- a frequency of shaft rotation for each rotating machine;
- and
- a wireless network coupling a controller and the database, the wireless network providing communication between the controller and the database;
- a equipment preservation cart comprising:
- a motor;
- a gearbox coupled to a shaft of the motor, the gearbox configured to be rotated by the motor;
- an encoder coupled to the shaft of the motor, the encoder configured to detect a shaft position, the encoder configured to produce a position stream indicative of the shaft position;
- a coupling configured to receive a separate machine shaft;
- the controller coupled to the encoder and the motor, the controller configured to:
- receive the position stream from the encoder;
- produce a drive signal to rotate the motor;
- receive a route from the database, by the wireless network, the route comprising:
- a list of a plurality of separate machine shafts to be rotated;
- and
- a designated amount of rotation needed for each of the plurality of separate machine shafts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.