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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2007
Greg L. Flickinger, Pittsburg, PA (US);
Greg L. Flickinger, Pittsburg, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for remotely predicting the reliability and the remaining time before failure for an DC motor system is provided. The method and system may remotely determine the reliability utilizing a DC motor condition forecaster. The method and system may include acquiring historical motor data, obtaining operational data, performing failure analysis, developing a causal network, and performing an integrated causal network and reliability analysis of the DC motor system. The method and system may provide at least one notification of an issue with the DC motor system or at least one component of the DC motor system.