Detecting maintenance statuses of valves

    公开(公告)号:US11174965B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-16

    申请号:US16363616

    申请日:2019-03-25

    发明人: Ralf Huck

    IPC分类号: F16K37/00 F15B19/00

    摘要: A valve system includes a valve, which is operated by a pneumatic actuator and forms part of an industrial plant, wherein the valve system includes a diagnostic system that includes either a pressure detection unit for acquiring data on a pressure variation in the pneumatic actuator and/or at least one acoustic detection unit for detecting an acoustic variation in the valve system, where the valve system additionally includes a pilot valve, preferably a solenoid valve, which controls the pneumatic actuator, an electrical connection to an electrical power supply network supplying the pilot valve to supply electrical power to either the pressure detection unit and/or the acoustic detection unit, and where the diagnostic system additionally includes a measurement unit for identifying changes in the electrical power supply network for the pilot valve to identify a starting point of a closing or opening action of the valve.

    Multifunctional Sensor for the Process Industry

    公开(公告)号:US20210172816A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    申请号:US17110704

    申请日:2020-12-03

    发明人: Ralf Huck

    IPC分类号: G01L9/00 G01L19/00

    摘要: A multifunctional sensor has the a process connection housing with a process-side opening, pressure measurement cell with a measurement membrane arranged in the process connection housing, which closes the opening in the process connection housing and which has strain measurement resistors on its side facing away from the process, where a magnet assembly is arranged in the process connection housing, the magnetic field of which is concentrated on a central region of the measurement membrane and penetrates through this into the process, electrodes lying diametrically opposite one another are formed outside the central region on the side of the measurement membrane facing the process, and where the process connection housing contains electronic measuring equipment which is formed to interact with the strain measurement resistors and the electrodes for pressure measurement and magnetic-inductive flow measurement.

    Optical reading device for a pointer instrument

    公开(公告)号:US12044549B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-23

    申请号:US17611810

    申请日:2020-05-19

    摘要: An optical reading device for a pointer instrument which has a pointer and a scale face or dial with different degrees of reflectance in each case, includes an illumination device for illuminating the scale face or dial and a plurality of light sensor elements which are arranged in a circular arc about the rotational axis of the pointer in order to detect the light of the illumination device reflected back by the scale face or dial, wherein the illumination device is configured to uniformly illuminate the scale face or dial and each light sensor element is configured with an isosceles triangle outline, where each light sensor element is offset with respect to one another by half of the base width in the circumferential direction of the circular arc.

    Explosion-proof pressure-tight housing for electrical operating devices

    公开(公告)号:US11706880B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-18

    申请号:US16955561

    申请日:2018-12-21

    IPC分类号: H05K5/00 G06F1/16

    CPC分类号: H05K5/0013 G06F1/1626

    摘要: An explosion-proof pressure-tight housing for electrical operating device has a rigid lower shell and an elastic upper shell terminating the lower shell in the manner of a cover, wherein the lower shell includes a base, preferably formed as a rounded rectangle, and also includes side walls, the outer surfaces of which are inclined inwardly by an acute angle, where the elastic upper shell has a cover base and side walls, which are splayed outwardly at the angle, the inside width of the upper shell is smaller than the outside width of the lower shell, and the upper shell is pressed with the lower shell such that a flameproof gap is formed between the side walls of the upper shell and the side walls of the lower shell.

    Multifunctional sensor for the process industry

    公开(公告)号:US11703407B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-18

    申请号:US17110704

    申请日:2020-12-03

    发明人: Ralf Huck

    IPC分类号: G01L9/00 G01L19/00

    CPC分类号: G01L9/0052 G01L19/0092

    摘要: A multifunctional sensor has the a process connection housing with a process-side opening, pressure measurement cell with a measurement membrane arranged in the process connection housing, which closes the opening in the process connection housing and which has strain measurement resistors on its side facing away from the process, where a magnet assembly is arranged in the process connection housing, the magnetic field of which is concentrated on a central region of the measurement membrane and penetrates through this into the process, electrodes lying diametrically opposite one another are formed outside the central region on the side of the measurement membrane facing the process, and where the process connection housing contains electronic measuring equipment which is formed to interact with the strain measurement resistors and the electrodes for pressure measurement and magnetic-inductive flow measurement.

    Method for monitoring a mechanical system

    公开(公告)号:US11359744B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US16426512

    申请日:2019-05-30

    摘要: A method for monitoring a system with mechanically movable parts, preferably a valve system, wherein the system is preferably part of a technical plant, in particular a production plant, and wherein the system has at least one mechanically movable part, in particular a valve, where the method comprises a) acquiring indicators, which can be used for a technical characterization of a movement procedure of the mechanically movable part, via technical devices configured for the acquisition of the indicators and b) transferring the acquired indicators to an evaluation unit arranged outside the system to determine a technical status of the system.

    Detecting Maintenance Statuses of Valves
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190293205A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-26

    申请号:US16363616

    申请日:2019-03-25

    发明人: Ralf Huck

    IPC分类号: F16K37/00 F15B19/00

    摘要: A valve system includes a valve, which is operated by a pneumatic actuator and forms part of an industrial plant, wherein the valve system includes a diagnostic system that includes either a pressure detection unit for acquiring data on a pressure variation in the pneumatic actuator and/or at least one acoustic detection unit for detecting an acoustic variation in the valve system, where the valve system additionally includes a pilot valve, preferably a solenoid valve, which controls the pneumatic actuator, an electrical connection to an electrical power supply network supplying the pilot valve to supply electrical power to either the pressure detection unit and/or the acoustic detection unit, and where the diagnostic system additionally includes a measurement unit for identifying changes in the electrical power supply network for the pilot valve to identify a starting point of a closing or opening action of the valve.

    Method for Producing a Bidirectional Connection Between a Device Forming a Field Device and an Application in a Central Facility

    公开(公告)号:US20200228601A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-16

    申请号:US16742048

    申请日:2020-01-14

    发明人: Ralf Huck

    IPC分类号: H04L29/08 H04W4/80 H04W76/10

    摘要: Method for producing a bidirectional connection between a device forming a field device and an application in a central facility, wherein a bidirectional connection is produced between the device that forms the field device and the application in a central facility, where a bridge function running on a mobile communication terminal establishes a short-range radio connection with the device, establishes a long-range radio connection with the application in the central facility and establishes a data channel for bidirectional communication between the application in the central facility via the long-range radio connection and the device via the short-range radio interface.