Dodge Industrial, Inc.

Abb Schweiz Ag

Piotr Ryba

Daniel Lewandowski

Artur Rdzanek

Greg Hewitt

Grzegorz Wawrzola

Eric Lambert

Artur Zawadzki

Grzegorz Molinski

Marek Kikowski

Described herein is a measuring apparatus including a first measuring unit operatively coupled to a first measurement point of the electric circuit, said first measuring unit configured to acquire first detection values related to one or more voltages at the first measurement point of said electric circuit; and a plurality of second measuring units operatively coupled to a plurality of second measurement points of said electric circuit, each second measuring unit configured to acquire second detection values related to one or more currents at a corresponding second measurement point of said electric circuit. The first measuring unit and the second measuring units are capable of communicating one with another, in a wired or wireless manner, in order to measure active electric power at said second measurement points. Also described herein is a method for measuring active electric power in an electric circuit.

Apparatus and method for measuring active electric power in an electric circuit

An automatic lubricator for lubricating an object is provided. The lubricator includes a housing with a coupling section configured to couple with a lubricant container containing a lubricant, wherein the lubricant container comprises a rotatable shaft with a piston to dispense the lubricant from an output of the lubricant container. The lubricator further comprises an electric motor configured to drive the rotatable shaft of the lubricant container, such that at least a part of the lubricant is dispensable from the lubricant container, at least one sensor configured to provide a sensor signal indicative of at least one of a force exerted by the electric motor onto the rotatable shaft and a force exerted by the lubricant onto the container, and a control circuitry configured to determine a blockage of the output of the lubricant container based on the sensor signal of the at least one sensor.

Automatic lubricator for lubricating an object

An automatic lubrication system for lubricating an object is provided, which includes a lubricant container configured to contain a lubricant and including a rotatable shaft with a piston to dispense the lubricant from an output of the lubricant container, a housing with a coupling section coupled with the lubricant container, an electric motor configured to drive the rotatable shaft of the lubricant container during at least one lubrication action, such that at least a part of the lubricant is dispensable from the lubricant container during the at least one lubrication action, at least one capacitive sensor including at least one electrode, wherein the at least one capacitive sensor is arranged at a wall of the lubricant container and configured to provide at least one sensor signal indicative of a capacitance in a vicinity of the at least one electrode, and a control circuitry configured to determine, based on the at least one sensor signal of the at least one capacitive sensor, at least one lubrication parameter indicative of the at least one lubrication action.

Automatic lubrication system for lubricating an object

An automatic lubricator for lubricating an object comprises a housing with a coupling section configured to couple with a lubricant container containing a lubricant. The lubricant container comprises a rotatable shaft with a piston to dispense the lubricant from an output of the lubricant container. The lubricator further comprises an electric motor configured to drive the rotatable shaft of the lubricant container during at least one lubrication action, such that at least a part of the lubricant is dispensable from the lubricant container during the at least one lubrication action, and a control circuitry for controlling the electric motor. The control circuitry is configured to determine a back electromotive force (BEMF) generated by the electric motor during at least a part of the at least one lubrication action, and to determine, based on the determined BEMF, at least one lubrication parameter indicative of the at least one lubrication action.

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Humniska, Poland

Piotr Ryba