Equipment and method for diagnosing sliding condition of rotating electrical machine

US9217708B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9217708-B2
Application numberUS-201314065531-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 29, 2013
Priority dateOct 30, 2012
Publication dateDec 22, 2015
Grant dateDec 22, 2015

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Disclosed are equipment and method for diagnosing the sliding condition of a rotating electrical machine that make it possible to achieve early detection of abnormal sliding with a simple configuration containing flexibly arranged elements and reduce the downtime and maintenance cost of the rotating electrical machine. The equipment for diagnosing the sliding condition of a rotating electrical machine includes a light source that emits light onto the sliding surface of a collecting brush relative to the surface of a rotating body of the rotating electrical machine, a light-receiving section that receives the light reflected from the sliding surface, and a determination section that processes a signal from the light-receiving section. The determination section detects an increase in a specific wavelength component of the reflected light to determine whether the sliding condition of the rotating body surface of the rotating electrical machine is abnormal.

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What is claimed is: 1. Equipment for diagnosing a sliding condition of a rotating electrical machine, the equipment comprising: a light source that emits light onto a sliding surface of a collecting brush relative to a surface of a rotating body of the rotating electrical machine; a light-receiving section that receives light reflected from the sliding surface; and a determination section that processes a signal from the light-receiving section; wherein the determination sec…

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What does patent US9217708B2 cover?
Disclosed are equipment and method for diagnosing the sliding condition of a rotating electrical machine that make it possible to achieve early detection of abnormal sliding with a simple configuration containing flexibly arranged elements and reduce the downtime and maintenance cost of the rotating electrical machine. The equipment for diagnosing the sliding condition of a rotating electrical …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Sys
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G01N21/55. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Dec 22 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).