DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING THE CONDITION OF A WEARING COMPONENT

Claims

1. A system for monitoring the condition of an element of earthmoving equipment, comprising: at least one shock-resistant sensor assembly comprising at least a temperature sensor, an accelerometer, a radio frequency antenna and a battery; a radio frequency receiver configured to receive sensor data wirelessly from at least one impact-resistant sensor assembly; and wherein the radio frequency receiver is configured to quantitatively estimate at least one of the degree of wear or the amount of wear of at least one part of the element of the earthmoving equipment equipment, the radio frequency receiver is further configured to output at least one of the data on the state of the element of the earthmoving equipment equipment or at least one notification or alarm signal based on the data on the state of the element of the earthmoving equipment equipment.

2. A system for measuring wear of an element of earthmoving equipment according to claim 1, in which at least one impact-resistant sensor assembly operates at an operating temperature of -40 to 170 degrees Celsius.

3. A system for measuring wear of an element of earthmoving equipment according to claim 1, in which at least one impact-resistant sensor assembly operates at average overloads of up to 8 g.

4. A method for monitoring the condition of an element of earthmoving equipment, which includes: receiving radio frequency sensor data from at least one impact-resistant sensor located within at least one portion of an earthmoving equipment tool, wherein the radio frequency sensor data includes at least temperature and accelerometer data; processing radio frequency sensor data to calculate data about the condition of an element of earthmoving equipment tooling, including at least one of calculating at least one degree of wear or calculating at least one amount of wear of at least one part of the element of earthmoving equipment tooling; and representing a value of at least one of the data on the state of the element of the earthmoving equipment or at least one notification or alarm signal based on the data on the state of the element of the earthmoving equipment.

5. A method for monitoring the condition of an element of earthmoving equipment according to claim 4, in which the radio frequency sensor data is received from the measuring system according to claim 1.

6. A method for monitoring the condition of an element of earthmoving equipment according to claim 4, wherein at least one degree of wear indicates at least one of a desired wear condition or an undesirable wear condition.

7. A method for monitoring the condition of an element of earthmoving equipment according to claim 4, wherein the accelerometer data includes at least a number of active digging cycles of a portion of the element of earthmoving equipment.

8. A method for monitoring the condition of an element of earthmoving equipment according to claim 4, wherein at least one degree of wear indicates a rate of temperature rise (RoR) indicating wear of the element of earthmoving equipment.

9. The method for monitoring the condition of an element of earthmoving equipment according to claim 4, wherein the processing of the radio frequency sensor data for calculating the condition data of the element of earthmoving equipment comprises determining the rate of rise of the element of earthmoving equipment based at least in part on the temperature data.

10. The method for monitoring the condition of an element of earthmoving equipment according to claim 4, wherein the processing of the radio frequency sensor data for calculating the condition data of the element of earthmoving equipment comprises determining the rate of rise of the element of earthmoving equipment based at least in part on the temperature data and the accelerometer data.

11. A method for monitoring the condition of an element of earthmoving equipment according to claim 4, wherein the method further comprises sending a radio frequency sensor data value from at least one impact-resistant sensor located within at least one portion of the element of earthmoving equipment, wherein the radio frequency sensor data includes at least temperature and accelerometer data, to a receiver.

12. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing at least instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to: receive radio frequency sensor data from at least one impact-resistant sensor located within at least one portion of an earthmoving equipment tool, wherein the radio frequency sensor data includes at least temperature and accelerometer data; process the radio frequency sensor data to calculate data about the condition of the earthmoving equipment tooling element, including at least one of calculating at least one degree of wear or calculating at least one wear value of at least one portion of the earthmoving equipment tooling element; and represent a value of at least one of the data on the state of the element of earthmoving equipment or at least one notification or alarm based on the data on the state of the element of earthmoving equipment.

13. The computer software product of claim 12, further comprising instructions for pairing the radio frequency sensor with the receiver.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the presentation or at least one notification further provides instructions for activating one or more of an audible warning, a tactile warning, a visual warning, or a machine detectable warning.

15. The computer program product of claim 12, further comprising instructions for ordering a replacement measurement system based at least in part on wear data of an element of the earthmoving equipment tooling.

16. A wireless measurement system for recording the rate of rise of a material and transmitting data on the rate of rise, comprising: an outer casing, the end of which is located next to the metal structure; at least one battery located inside the lower part of the outer housing; at least one shock-absorbing element located between at least one battery and at least one temperature measuring component, wherein the temperature measuring component records data on the temperature of the metal structure; at least one metal disk antenna located at a distance above at least one temperature measuring component; at least one elastic metal connecting element configured to connect the metal disk to the temperature measuring component, wherein the at least one metal connecting element substantially maintains a gap between the sensor and the metal disk antenna; and the outer casing is designed to accommodate a battery, a shock-absorbing element, a temperature measurement component, a metal disk antenna, and a metal connecting element.

17. The wireless measurement system of claim 16, wherein at least one elastic metal connecting element returns the metal disk antenna to a substantially original gap between the sensor and the metal disk antenna.

18. The wireless measurement system of claim 16, wherein the gap between the sensor and the metal disk antenna is an air gap.

19. The wireless measurement system of claim 16, wherein at least one elastic metal connecting element returns the metal disk antenna to a substantially original gap between the metal disk antenna and the outer housing.

20. The wireless measurement system of claim 16, wherein the at least one shock-absorbing element reduces the first impact force experienced by the at least one temperature measurement component and / or the second impact force experienced by the at least one battery.

21. The wireless measurement system of claim 16, further comprising a remote wireless receiver for receiving data on the temperature of the metal structure.

22. The wireless measurement system according to claim 21, further comprising a data processor for processing the received data on the temperature of the metal structure.

23. The wireless measurement system of claim 22, wherein the data processor determines the degree of wear of the metal structure based at least in part on the received data on the temperature of the metal structure.