Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pumping unit inspection sensor assembly, system and method
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Application No.: US16993240Application Date: 2020-08-13
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Publication No.: US11339643B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Clark E. Robison , Bryan A. Paulet
- Applicant: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Smith IP Services, P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B47/008
- IPC: E21B47/008 ; G08B21/18

Abstract:
A sensor assembly can include a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a housing assembly containing the gyroscope and the accelerometer. An axis of the gyroscope can be collinear with an axis of the accelerometer. A method of inspecting a well pumping unit can include attaching a sensor assembly to the pumping unit, recording acceleration versus time data, and in response to an amplitude of the acceleration versus time data exceeding a predetermined threshold, transforming the data to acceleration versus frequency data. A method of balancing a well pumping unit can include comparing peaks of acceleration versus rotational orientation data to peaks of acceleration due to circular motion, and adjusting a position of a counterweight, thereby reducing a difference between the peaks of acceleration due to circular motion and the peaks of the acceleration versus rotational orientation data for subsequent operation of the pumping unit.
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