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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Gerhard Müller, Grafing, DE;
Sumit Paul, München, DE;
Andreas Helwig, München, DE;
Volker Baumbach, Ritterhude, DE;
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a contamination recording apparatus () for recording contaminations in a flowing hydraulic fluid () to be examined in aircraft (), which comprises a conveying device () for conveying the flowing hydraulic fluid (), a light source () for exposing the hydraulic fluid () flowing in the conveying device () to light (), and a detection device () for recording a fraction of the light () absorbed by the exposed hydraulic fluid (), the light source () being formed in order to emit light () having a wavelength in the near-infrared range. The invention furthermore relates to a hydraulic system () equipped with such a contamination recording apparatus () and to an aircraft (), and also to a method for recording contaminations in a hydraulic fluid () flowing in a hydraulic system () of an aircraft ().