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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2021
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Antti Saarelainen, Helsinki, FI;
Henri Wenlin, Helsinki, FI;
Pasi Lehtimäki, Helsinki, FI;
Janne Rossi, Helsinki, FI;
KONE Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
An arrangement for detecting bearing failures in an elevator system, which elevator system includes a hoisting machinery with a traction sheave on a rotary shaft, an elevator car, a counterweight and a hoisting element connected between the car and the counterweight and arranged to be moved by the a rotation of the traction sheave, and which arrangement includes at least a motion sensor for measuring rotation of the hoisting motor. The arrangement includes a signal processing unit connected to the motion sensor and arranged to process vibration signals originated in the bearings of the elevator system.