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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2017
Fisher Controls International Llc, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Richard Allen Nordstrom, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Shawn Anderson, Haverhill, IA (US);
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to multi-purpose an acoustic emission sensor are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a collection engine to obtain a measurement from an acoustic emissions sensor coupled to a fluid flow control assembly, and obtain a state of the fluid flow control assembly. The example apparatus further includes a selector to adjust a gain of a pre-amplifier based on the state to adjust the measurement, and a condition identifier to identify a condition of the fluid flow control assembly based on the adjusted measurement.