US 11,946,784 B2
Apparatus, system and methods for improved metalworking lubricant monitoring, recording and reporting
Frank Joseph Kenny, Mount Prospect, IL (US); and Steve John Glowacz, Palatine, IL (US)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL REFINING & MANUFACTURING CO., Evanston, IL (US)
Filed by International Refining & Manufacturing Co., Evanston, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/538,633.
Application 17/538,633 is a continuation of application No. 16/908,231, filed on Jun. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,199,294, issued on Dec. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/864,639, filed on Jun. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0228712 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01D 9/00 (2006.01); F16N 25/04 (2006.01); F16N 29/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01D 9/005 (2013.01) [F16N 25/04 (2013.01); F16N 29/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An improved metalworking lubricant system comprising:
a datalogger system, said datalogger system for communicating with a lubricant application system;
a flowmeter, said flowmeter utilized to measure an amount of lubricant consumed;
a relay array, said relay array utilized to measure a lubricant dosing firing pattern;
a wiring setup, said wiring setup configured to pass a signal information to the datalogger system, such that a number of strokes per minute can be recorded and logged;
a pressure sensor, said pressure sensor utilized to measure a lubricant pressure;
a concentration sensor, said concentration sensor utilized to measure a concentration of lubricant;
a tamper sensor, said tamper sensor utilized to trigger an alert;
a BCD input, said BCD input configured to allow an input of quantities to be used by the improved metalworking lubricant system; and
an authenticity sensor, said authenticity sensor configured to identify a lubricant being used.