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US 9,874,492 B2Granted
Brush holder marking system and associated maintenance
AssigneeCutsforth, Inc.
InventorRobert S. Cutsforth
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Abstract
A marking system for knowing precisely at which location on an electrical device a used brush and associated brush holder assembly were positioned to evaluate whether abnormal brush wear, abnormal operation or other anomaly is occurring and performing maintenance and/or replacement of components as needed.
Claims15
A method of monitoring a brush holder assembly, the method comprising:
- mounting a brush holder assembly at a position on an electrical generator, the position being one of a plurality of possible positions corresponding to one of a plurality of mounting members secured to a stationary structure of the electrical generator to which the brush holder assembly is mounted to;
- recording the position of the brush holder assembly in a computer;
- removing the brush holder assembly from the electrical generator after a brush of the brush holder assembly has worn;
- and
- inspecting the removed brush holder assembly to evaluate a condition of one or more components of the brush holder assembly.
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A method of monitoring a brush holder assembly, the method comprising:
- mounting a first brush holder assembly at a position on an electrical generator, the position being one of a plurality of possible positions corresponding to one of a plurality of mounting members secured to a stationary structure of the electrical generator to which the first brush holder assembly is mounted to;
- recording the position of the first brush holder assembly in a computer;
- removing the first brush holder assembly from the electrical generator after a brush of the first brush holder assembly has worn;
- mounting a second brush holder assembly at the position on the electrical generator after removing the first brush holder assembly;
- removing the second brush holder assembly from the electrical generator after a brush of the second brush holder assembly has worn;
- and
- comparing a wear rate of the brush of the second brush holder assembly to a wear rate of the brush of the first brush holder assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.