Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pump having wear and wear rate detection
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Application No.: US14056394Application Date: 2013-10-17
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Publication No.: US09671065B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Paul G. Conley , Nathan D. Donovan
- Applicant: Lincoln Industrial Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MO St. Louis
- Assignee: Lincoln Industrial Corporation
- Current Assignee: Lincoln Industrial Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MO St. Louis
- Agency: Senniger Powers LLP
- Main IPC: F16N29/00
- IPC: F16N29/00 ; F04B43/00 ; F16N1/00 ; F16J1/00 ; F16J13/02 ; F16N13/02

Abstract:
Apparatus and method for supplying lubricant to a plurality of lubrication sites. The apparatus includes a controller that diagnoses piston wear by driving the pump to achieve a predetermined pressure, stopping the pump with the piston in a home position, and measuring pressure at a preselected time interval after the step of stopping the pump. The amount of piston wear is approximated based on a difference between the predetermined pressure and the measured pressure at the predetermined time interval.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150107329A1 PUMP HAVING WEAR AND WEAR RATE DETECTION Public/Granted day:2015-04-23
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