259results about "Registering/indicating machine production" patented technology

Path classification and estimation method and system used in combination with a computer and memory for prognosticating the remaining useful life of an in-service battery asset by classifying a present degradation path of the in-service battery asset as belonging to one or more of previously collected degradation paths of one or more exemplary battery assets and using the resulting classifications to estimate the remaining useful life of the in-service battery asset thereby transforming raw data inputs into actionable state-of-health outputs.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system for monitoring the characteristics of key components of aeronautical machines (e.g., airplanes, helicopters, etc.), processing obtained data, and delivering prognostic health indicators to improve machine performance and detect early warning signs of failure. In one embodiment, a method of maintaining prognostic health management accuracy of an aeronautic system comprises providing a control module and a sensor pod having a plurality of sensors, and physically positioning the plurality of sensors on a mechanical component of an aircraft; obtaining operational data from the sensors while the aircraft is operating in a native environment; transmitting operational data to the control module and determine real-time system performance characteristics; processing real-time system performance characteristics against a set of historical records containing past system performance characteristics and generating predictive indicators for forecasting remaining component lifetime and future component failures; and providing predictive indicators on an indicator means.

An excavation support database 40 includes a display table 47 and a display specifics table 48, which serve as storage means dedicated for display. The state of a working region per mesh is stored in the display table 47, and a discriminative display method (display color) is stored in the display specifics table 48 corresponding to the state per mesh. Reference is made to the display specifics table 48 on the basis of the state (height) per mesh, which is stored in the display table 47, to read the corresponding display color from the display specifics table 48, thereby displaying the state of the working region in a color-coded manner. Operation support and management realized with this system can easily be employed in different types of working machines in common and can inexpensively be performed with ease.

A machine tool system is diagnosed by identifying a fault class to which an input measurement vector belongs. The fault class corresponds to a group of weight vectors in a code book of a self organized map that describes the machine tool system based on training data. Probabilities that the input measurement vector belongs to a given class are estimated based on the posterior probability of the weight vectors of the code book corresponding to the given class given the input measurement vector. Training data to create the code book may be collected under a first operating condition while the input measurement vector is collected under a second operating condition.

A method, computer program product, and computing system for, upon the occurrence of a computer-related event, comparing code utilized by one or more subsystems included within a scalable test platform to code available from a remote location. If the code available from the remote location is newer than the code utilized by one or more subsystems, the code available from the remote location is obtained, thus defining newer code. The code utilized by one or more subsystems is updated with the newer code.

The invention provides an automatic recording system for running time of a production line device, belonging to the recording field of the running time of the production line device. The automatic recording system for running time of a production line device provided by the invention comprises a real-time data collecting device, a back-stage management device, a display terminal, a production linearea L2 system, a production line area L1 system, a BD1 rolling mill PLC, a TM rolling mill PLC, a 1st processing line PLC, a 2nd processing line PLC, a 3rd processing line PLC, a hardware firewall,and an enterprise local area network. The automatic recording system can reduce manual labor, increases the recording real-time, reality and accuracy of the running time of the production line deviceand the labor production operation performance.

A method and system for collecting information associated with warewashing activities is disclosed. Articles to be cleaned by a warewasher are placed in racks designed to fit inside a wash chamber of the warewasher. Each rack is assigned a unique identifier (ID). No two racks are associated with the same unique ID. An Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tag is embedded within or placed on the outer shell of each rack. The RFID tag of a rack is programmed with the unique ID assigned to the rack. An RFID reader reads the unique ID of each rack as the racks are placed into the warewasher. The RFID reader transmits the unique ID to a host computer where the unique ID is stamped with a time reference, stored and eventually uploaded to a server computer. The unique ID and associated time reference are analyzed by the server computer, the host computer or a client computer connected to the server computer in order to monitor performance of the warewasher. For example, the analysis may calculate the total number of racks provided to the wash chamber over a given period in time.

An apparatus, a system and a method indirectly detect the operational state of a machine among a plurality of operational states and track the movement of a material through a plurality of machines.

An operation data recording device 11 mounted at a work machine detects and records operation data of the work machine. The operation data is collected by an external terminal 13 and transmitted from the external terminal 13 to a server 23 located in a remote place. When the operation data is collected by the external terminal 13, a program for the operation data recording device of the work machine is updated to the latest version by the external terminal 13. When transmitting the operation data from the external terminal 13 to the remote server 23, an external terminal program and a program for the operation data recording device stored in the external terminal 13 are updated to the latest versions.

Disclosed is a system for supporting sales and maintenance activities of steam traps by a seller of the traps to a customer. The system utilizes an aggregating system which effects a step of inputting stored diagnostic result data and model confirmation result data from a diagnostic device which has diagnosed a working condition of each of a plurality of existing steam traps installed in a customer's plant. Based on the diagnostic result data, a first total steam loss amount due to malfunction of steam traps is calculated, the first total steam loss amount comprising aggregation of steam leak amounts of all the existing steam traps. Based on the model confirmation result data, a second total steam loss amount is calculated, which comprises aggregation of differences between inherent steam leak amounts of the existing steam traps under their normal working conditions and inherent steam leak amounts of recommended steam traps under their normal working conditions. A monetary conversion value of an integrated value of a sum of the first total steam loss amount and the second total steam loss amount integrated for a predetermined period is calculated. Comparison data is generated allowing comparison between the monetary converted value and a replacement cost required for lump-sum replacement of all the existing steam traps by the recommended steam traps. The comparison data is outputted for presentation to the customer in sales and/or maintenance activities of the recommended steam traps.

A remote monitoring apparatus for geothermal heat transfer systems creates stores and transfers a structured time-stamped database of system parameters useful in determining efficiency, in diagnosing problems remotely and which is not only robust but which is reconfigurable from a remote location. The system of the present invention provides geothermal system installers with a significant tool for the purposes of client maintenance.

A method includes collecting cost data indicative of production systems using machinery on or in conjunction with natural resource management using an onboard computer of the machine, collecting environmental data using the onboard computer, the environmental data indicative of environmental conditions associated with use of the machine and/or management and production of a natural resource, collecting machine and/or natural resource data using the onboard computer, the machine data indicative of operation of the machine and production of the natural resource, and performing an analysis of at least one of cost data or revenue data using the environmental data and the machine data, the analysis performed using the onboard computer or a computer remotely connected.