摘要 |
<p>A monitor (100) attached to a mount (106) proximate a machine (102) to determine the health and operating status of the machine. The monitor (100) is self contained, having its own power source, electronics, and sensor suite. One or more sensors are provided to sense machine operating characteristics such as temperature, flux, and vibration. Sensor outputs are processed and analyzed by monitor electronics to determine various operating parameters including machine speed and load, which are stored in memory. Other parameters which can be calculated and stored include cumulative time of machine operation for different categories of loads, cumulative time of machine operation over a predetermined temperature, and total number of machine starts. Monitor electronics can also transform the time domain data of sensors to frequency domain data. A communication port enables peripheral device to communicate with monitor and download stored data.</p> |