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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Albert Frank Storace, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ian Francis Prentice, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Albert Frank Storace, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ian Francis Prentice, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A balancing system and method for reducing imbalance in a rotatable member of a machine is provided. The system includes a plurality of vibration sensors positioned about a stationary portion of the machine, a controller assembly communitively coupled to the plurality of vibration sensors, and a balancing assembly coupled to the rotatable member, said balancing assembly configured to wirelessly communicate with said controller assembly, said balancing assembly configured to modify the weight distribution of the rotatable member in response to a command wirelessly transmitted from the controller assembly. The controller assembly is configured to receive data from the plurality of vibration sensors and determine an imbalance in the rotatable member using the received data.