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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
May. 26, 2021
Vacon Oy, Vaasa, FI;
Ari Pulakka, Nordborg, DK;
Jetro Itäniemi, Laihia, FI;
Janne Pakkala, Merikaarto, FI;
Jussi Pouttu, Vaasa, FI;
Nicklas Södö, Vaasa, FI;
Vacon OY, Vaasa, FI;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a drive for an electric application such as an electric motor, said drive including at least one microphone for registering noise signals occurring at the drive, wherein the microphone is connectable to a computing device for analysing the registered noise signals. The registered noise signals may be used for a maintenance process of the drive and/or a fine-tuning process of a drive control method of the drive. The present invention also relates to a maintenance process, in particular a predictive maintenance process for a corresponding drive. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process for fine tuning a drive control method of a corresponding drive.