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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2012
Brian F. Howard, Issaquah, WA (US);
Roger A. Hala, Gardnerville, NV (US);
L John Kitchens, Jr., Conroe, TX (US);
Stephen Edward Plaisance, Pasadena, TX (US);
Brian F. Howard, Issaquah, WA (US);
Roger A. Hala, Gardnerville, NV (US);
L John Kitchens, Jr., Conroe, TX (US);
Stephen Edward Plaisance, Pasadena, TX (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the invention provides a system for identifying an anomalous movement of a reciprocating element in a reciprocating device, the system comprising: at least one sensing device for sensing a vibration signal of the reciprocating element; a processing apparatus for separating the vibration signal into a first component having a first frequency range and a second component having a second frequency range different than the first frequency range; and a device for at least one of analyzing or displaying at least one of the first or the second components of the vibration signal, wherein the vibration signal includes positional data of the reciprocating element along at least one axis of the reciprocating element.