Patent ID: 6990431
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A cyclic equipment efficiency monitoring system to remotely monitor a cyclical equipment device, comprising: an equipment efficiency datacenter computer positioned at an equipment efficiency datacenter site to define an equipment efficiency monitoring server, the equipment efficiency monitoring server having memory associated therewith; a database stored in the memory of the equipment efficiency monitoring server and having a plurality of cyclic equipment device records including a preselected maximum capable accumulated workload of a cyclical equipment device defining a cyclical equipment storage capacity, a predetermined manufacturer's cyclical equipment device maximum specification efficiency ratio defining a maximum design ratio; an area network in communication with the equipment efficiency monitoring server; an equipment on-off status detector positioned remote from the equipment efficiency monitoring server, in communication with the area network, and in communication with the cyclical equipment device to be remotely monitored to detect equipment on-off status; and efficiency monitoring software stored in the memory of the efficiency monitoring server, the software including: