System architecture for on-line machine diagnostics

A system for on-line machine diagnosis, comprising:

• a host computer for determining a health state of at least one machine of a plurality of machines, the host computer being operatively coupled to a network backbone;
• a machine diagnostic module adapted to be integrally mounted to the at least one machine, the machine diagnostic module being operatively coupled to the network backbone, the machine diagnostic module including:
• a set of stacked circuit boards, including:
• a power board planarly spaced apart including power supply and power sensor inputs;
• a signal conditioning board, operatively coupled to the power board, being planarly spaced apart and including a vibration sensor port;
• and
• a processor and memory board operatively coupled to the signal conditioning board and including a microprocessor and memory,
• wherein the machine diagnostic module collects data relating to operation of the at least one machine,
• a system architecture including a software based analysis layer, the analysis layer providing for preprocessing of the machine data and being operative to facilitate determining positive sequence and negative sequence relating to the machine, and wherein the host computer determines a health state of the at least one machine via analyzing the preprocessed data.

A method for diagnosing the health state of a plurality of machines within a system including the steps of:

• using a diagnostic module to collect data from at least one of the plurality of machines;
• using a system architecture including a software based analysis layer to preprocess the collected data, the analysis layer being operative to facilitate determining positive sequence and negative sequence relating to the one of the plurality of machines;
• storing the preprocessed data on a memory;
• using a host computer to retrieve the preprocessed data;
• using the host computer to analyze the preprocessed data to determine a health state of the at least one of the plurality of machines.

A system for determining a health state of a machine, including:

• means for collecting and preprocessing data related to the machine, the means for preprocessing data including a system architecture having an analysis layer for preprocessing the data, the analysis layer being operative to facilitate determining positive sequence and negative sequence relating to the machine;
• means for communicating at least one of the collected and preprocessed data over a network;
• and
• means for receiving and processing the at least one of the collected and preprocessed data over a network and determining a health state of the machine.

A machine diagnostic module adapted to be integrally mounted to a machine, the machine diagnostic module being operatively coupled to a network backbone, the machine diagnostic module including:

• means for collecting machine related data;
• means for preprocessing at least a portion of the machine related data, the means for preprocessing data including a system architecture having an analysis layer for preprocessing the machine related data, the analysis layer being operative to facilitate determining positive sequence and negative sequence relating to the machine;
• means for storing the machine related data and the preprocessed data;
• and
• means for determining the health of the at least one machine based on the machine related data and preprocessed data.