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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2017
Joy Global Surface Mining Inc, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Kenneth J. Daniel, Libertyville, IL (US);
Jose Torres, Antofagasta, CL;
Mark Emerson, Germantown, WI (US);
Joy Global Surface Mining Inc, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A mining machine having a control system for operating the mining machine. The control system includes a vibration monitor. The mining machine further includes a sensor and a vibration control system. The sensor senses vibration of a component of the mining machine. The vibration control system determines when the mining machine is moving in a proper cycle, triggers acquisition of vibration sensor data from the sensor in response to determining that the mining machine is moving in the proper cycle, and outputs the vibration sensor data.