Monitoring and diagnosing a technical installation using purely mechanically activated signaling means

• Main Authors: GERK UWE, FICK WOLFGANG, APPEL MIRKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.03.2009
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; BLASTING; CHECKING-DEVICES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC ORINFRASONIC WAVES; MEASURING; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PHYSICS; PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS; PIPE-LINES; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TESTING; TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES; TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; WEAPONS

A specific failure occurring during operation of a technical installation is detected by acquiring an acoustic and/or optical signal emitted by a device assigned to at least one component of the technical installation whereby the device is being activated mechanically.