US 11,983,000 B2
Device for outputting a future state of a central lubrication system
Stefan Gebauer, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (DE); Armin Guenther, Helmstadt-Bargen (DE); Dieter Hess, Ludwigshafen (DE); Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Waibstadt-Daisbach (DE); and Andreas Stellmach, Heddesheim (DE)
Assigned to SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH, Walldorf (DE)
Filed by SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH, Walldorf (DE)
Filed on May 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/313,032.
Application 17/313,032 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/266,137, previously published as PCT/EP2019/069377, filed on Jul. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018213996.2 (DE), filed on Aug. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0271237 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G05B 23/02 (2006.01); F16N 7/38 (2006.01); F16N 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 23/0283 (2013.01) [F16N 7/385 (2013.01); F16N 29/02 (2013.01); G05B 23/0224 (2013.01); G05B 23/0264 (2013.01); G05B 23/0267 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
a central lubrication system, and
a device for outputting a future state of the central lubrication system, the device including:
at least one sensor for recording at least two parameters of the central lubrication system, wherein each of the at least two parameters is selected from a group consisting of pressure, volume flow, temperature, fill level, contamination and cycles,
a processing unit for processing the at least two parameters to determine a current state of the central lubrication system based on the at least two parameters, and estimating the future state of the central lubrication system over a certain period of time based on the current state and stored data, and
an output unit for outputting the future state of the central lubrication system,
wherein the stored data comprises an error pattern associated with each of a plurality of combinations of the at least two parameters.