Patent ID: 6571180
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: F16T

Abstract:
A self-contained system for analyzing the on-line operation of a monitored mechanism, comprising:a detector for detecting a characteristic of said mechanism and forming a detection signal representative of said characteristic that varies with the operation of such mechanism; a processor for analyzing the detector signal formed by said detector; a baseline determiner included with said processor for analyzing said detector signal during a normal sequence of operations of said mechanism to establish a time-based baseline data set representative of said operating characteristic during said normal sequence; a sample comparator operatively connected with said processor for comparing a time-based on-line sample of said characteristic with said baseline data set and for generating a comparator signal when said sample and said baseline data set differ in a predetermined way; a response device responsive to said comparator signal to signify the existence of a difference in said data set and said sample; and a housing for assembling said system in a unitary assembly in operative communication with said mechanism.