摘要 |
A rotary bladed machine (10) is provided with two probes (16,17) which provide output signals upon the passage past them of the tips (15) of an annular array of rotor blades (14) mounted within the machine (10). Electrical circuitry associated with the probes (16,17) incorporates a ramp generator (29) which provides steadily increasing and decreasing voltages as the blade tips (15) successively pass the probes (16,17). The ramp generator (29) voltage is sampled at regular intervals, the circumferential spacing of the probes (16,17) and the rates of the ramp generator (29) voltage change being chosen such that the sample voltage is zero in the event of the spacings between the blade tips (15) having a predetermined value but is not zero in the event that those spacings depart from the predetermined value. The sampled voltage is a function of the amplitude and frequency of vibration of the disc (13) carrying the blades (14).
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