公开(公告)号：US20210199242A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US16730180

申请日：2019-12-30

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Grzegorz Wawrzola ,  Daniel Lewandowski ,  Eric Lambert ,  Greg Hewitt ,  Artur Rdzanek

IPC: F16N11/08 ,  F16N19/00 ,  F16N29/02

Abstract: An automatic lubricator for lubricating an object is provided. The lubricator includes a housing with a coupling section configured to couple with a lubricant container containing a lubricant, wherein the lubricant container comprises a rotatable shaft with a piston to dispense the lubricant from an output of the lubricant container. The lubricator further includes an electric motor configured to drive the rotatable shaft of the lubricant container during at least one lubrication action, such that at least a part of the lubricant is dispensable from the lubricant container during the at least one lubrication action. The lubricator further includes at least one sensor arranged within the housing and configured to provide a sensor signal indicative of a distance between the at least one sensor and the piston of the lubricant container, and a control circuitry configured to determine, based on the sensor signal of the at least one sensor, at least one lubrication parameter indicative of the at least one lubrication action

公开(公告)号：US20210102664A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-08

申请号：US16593522

申请日：2019-10-04

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Grzegorz Wawrzola ,  Daniel Lewandowski ,  Eric Lambert ,  Piotr Ryba ,  Greg Hewitt ,  Artur Rdzanek

IPC: F16N11/08 ,  F01M11/10

Abstract: An automatic lubricator for lubricating an object is described, which comprises a housing with a coupling section configured to couple with a lubricant container containing a lubricant, wherein the lubricant container comprises a rotatable shaft with a piston to dispense the lubricant from an output of the lubricant container. The lubricator further comprises an electric motor configured to drive the rotatable shaft of the lubricant container during at least one lubrication action, such that at least a part of the lubricant is dispensable from the lubricant container during the at least one lubrication action, and a control circuitry for controlling the electric motor. Therein, the control circuitry is configured to determine a back electromotive force, BEMF, generated by the electric motor during at least a part of the at least one lubrication action, and to determine, based on the determined BEMF, at least one lubrication parameter indicative of the at least one lubrication action.

公开(公告)号：US20210102663A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-08

申请号：US16593706

申请日：2019-10-04

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Grzegorz Wawrzola ,  Daniel Lewandowski ,  Eric Lambert ,  Greg Hewitt ,  Artur Rdzanek

IPC: F16N7/00 ,  F16N29/04 ,  F16N29/02

Abstract: An automatic lubricator for lubricating an object is described, which comprises a housing with a coupling section configured to couple with a lubricant container containing a lubricant, wherein the lubricant container comprises a rotatable shaft with a piston to dispense the lubricant from an output of the lubricant container. The lubricator further comprises an electric motor configured to drive the rotatable shaft of the lubricant container during at least one lubrication action, such that at least a part of the lubricant is dispensable from the lubricant container during the at least one lubrication action, and a power supply configured to supply the electric motor with a supply current during the at least one lubrication action. The lubricator further comprises a control circuitry configured to acquire a current signal indicative of the supply current over time during at least a part of the at least one lubrication action, determine a periodicity of the acquired current signal, and determine, based on the determined periodicity, at least one lubrication parameter indicative of the at least one lubrication action.

公开(公告)号：US20210199241A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US16730195

申请日：2019-12-30

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Grzegorz Wawrzola ,  Daniel Lewandowski ,  Eric Lambert ,  Piotr Ryba ,  Greg Hewitt ,  Artur Rdzanek

IPC: F16N7/14 ,  F16N29/04

Abstract: An automatic lubrication system for lubricating an object is provided, which includes a lubricant container configured to contain a lubricant and including a rotatable shaft with a piston to dispense the lubricant from an output of the lubricant container, a housing with a coupling section coupled with the lubricant container, an electric motor configured to drive the rotatable shaft of the lubricant container during at least one lubrication action, such that at least a part of the lubricant is dispensable from the lubricant container during the at least one lubrication action, at least one capacitive sensor including at least one electrode, wherein the at least one capacitive sensor is arranged at a wall of the lubricant container and configured to provide at least one sensor signal indicative of a capacitance in a vicinity of the at least one electrode, and a control circuitry configured to determine, based on the at least one sensor signal of the at least one capacitive sensor, at least one lubrication parameter indicative of the at least one lubrication action.

公开(公告)号：US20210199240A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US16730189

申请日：2019-12-30

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Grzegorz Wawrzola ,  Daniel Lewandowski ,  Eric Lambert ,  Piotr Ryba ,  Greg Hewitt ,  Artur Rdzanek

IPC: F16N7/14 ,  F16N29/04

Abstract: An automatic lubricator for lubricating an object is provided. The lubricator includes a housing with a coupling section configured to couple with a lubricant container containing a lubricant, wherein the lubricant container comprises a rotatable shaft with a piston to dispense the lubricant from an output of the lubricant container. The lubricator further comprises an electric motor configured to drive the rotatable shaft of the lubricant container, such that at least a part of the lubricant is dispensable from the lubricant container, at least one sensor configured to provide a sensor signal indicative of at least one of a force exerted by the electric motor onto the rotatable shaft and a force exerted by the lubricant onto the container, and a control circuitry configured to determine a blockage of the output of the lubricant container based on the sensor signal of the at least one sensor.