Patent ID: 9664029
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B66D,E21B,G01B,G01L

Claim:
1. An assembly for monitoring a load on a drum, the assembly comprising: a line length detection mechanism coupled to a line deployable from the drum to detect a length of the line relative to the drum; a line tension detection mechanism coupled to the line to detect tension on the line; a downhole equipment coupled to a downhole end of a well access line; said line tension detection mechanism is incorporated into one of said line length detection mechanism and said downhole equipment; and a processor wherein pre-loaded drum and line characteristic data are stored on the processor, and wherein the processor is coupled to said mechanisms to acquire information relative to line deployable from the drum and detected tension on the line, said processor configured to run a computation of the pre-loaded drum and line characteristic data and the acquired information for real-time monitoring of load on the drum.