55 results about "Operational readiness" patented technology

The invention relates to a system and a method for the detection of the wear state of machine parts which are subject to mechanical wear, by means of an electronic transmitting / receiving device (38) and at least one transponder device (36), which is embedded in the machine part (16) and sends back an acknowledgement signal in response to a transmitted signal which is transmitted by the transmitting / receiving device (38), in which case the reaching of a predetermined wear value can be indicated by the destruction of the transponder device (36) and by the lack of the acknowledgement signal associated with this. The invention is based on the discovery that the arrangement of a transponder device at a specific position which is a measure of a predetermined wear state means that the operational readiness of the transponder device, on the one hand, is indicated in advance by its signal return, and the reaching of the predetermined wear value is indicated by its destruction.

An alcohol-measuring device includes a mouthpiece (1), designed to enable a test subject to release breathing air into the mouthpiece, an electrochemical sensor (6), in fluidic connection with the mouthpiece (1) to measure alcohol in the breathing air of the test subject and a control unit. The sensor (6) has at least two heating elements (9, 10), one heating element arranged on the front side and one heating element arranged on the rear side of the sensor (6). The control unit (4) is electrically connected to the heating elements to supply electrical energy for the heating elements. The control unit (4) is set up to heat the heating elements each to a desired temperature. The control unit (4) is also electrically connected to the sensor (6) in order to determine the value of the alcohol concentration in the breathing air of the test subject.

A wind turbine may be controlled in a variety of manners to optimize operating parameters. In one arrangement, for example, the length or the pitch of a wind turbine rotor blade may be adjusted to avoid harmonic resonance frequencies. In another example, the length of a rotor blade may be modified to reduce noise or to optimize profits or both. The controls may be based on data from various types of sensors including accelerometers, sound meters, strain gauges and the like. Actuation of extendable rotor blades can rotate wind turbine rotors without wind or generator pulsing affording multiple advantages. A battery test control may also be used to determine the operational readiness of a battery useful for a variety of purposes in a turbine.

The present invention relates to a brake booster system in motor vehicles. It is an equivalent circuit (100) for activation of an electric vacuum pump (200) is proposed in a booster unit (300) comprising a first signal input (110) for supplying a signal representative of a brake actuation signal (111), a second signal input (120) for feeding a reference signal (121) from an ESP control unit (140) and a signal output (130) for driving the electric vacuum pump (200), wherein the first signal input (110) and the signal output (130) are so interconnected with each other, that upon receipt of one of a brake actuation signal representative (111) at the first signal input (110) is an electric vacuum pump (200) is an activating signal (131) is outputted to the signal output (130), wherein the second signal input (120) to the signal output (130) connected so that an output of an activating electrical vacuum pump signal (131) is suppressed in the signal output (130), providing the operational readiness of the ESP control device (140) representing reference signal (121) applied to the second signal input.

The present invention relates to systems and methods for real-time health monitoring of engines to monitor turbomachinery blades during engine operation and report anomalous behavior and shape of the blades if it occurs, such as damage by FOD. The system includes sensor(s) for obtaining a blade reflection profile from a blade passing by the sensor(s) during a revolution of the rotor in combination with a processor for performing timing calculations and / or fingerprint comparisons with reference data to identify a change in blade fingerprint relative to the reference data, which may indicate blade damage. Such systems can reduce operational costs, enhance safety and improve operational readiness by facilitating condition-based maintenance of engine rotors as opposed to schedule-based solutions. The invention can prevent the needless loss of life and assets caused by undetected minor levels of blade damage that may lead to unexpected catastrophic failure of an engine.

The invention relates to a compressed air supply system for a first compressed air consumer circuit (70, 71), particularly for an air spring system for a vehicle. The compressed air supply system comprises a first compressed air line (14) leading to the first compressed air consumer circuit and a distribution line (18) leading to further consumer circuits (25, 30, 42, 43, 44, 45). A priority valve arrangement (16) is disposed between the first compressed air line (14) leading to the compressed air consumer circuit and the distribution line (18) leading to the further consumer circuits (25, 30, 42, 43, 44, 45), wherein the first compressed air line (14) comprises no safety valve. The first compressed air consumer circuit (70, 71) can therefore be filled at a higher priority, and achieve operational readiness quickly. Air spring processes, for example, such as lifting or raising activities, can be performed very quickly with priority.

A method and a device for controlling a clutch, for example an automatic friction clutch forming part of a drive train of a motor vehicle, for a torque transfer between an engine and a transmission, with the clutch having significant clutch way points assigned to it. For achieving the operational readiness of the clutch over the shortest possible time period, whereby an accurate clutch adjustment is still guaranteed, a clutch way point coordinate system is monitored by checking the point of engagement of the clutch, established through a learning process and having at least a relevant clutch way point for the starting procedure. In case of any recognized change(s), the clutch way point is suitably corrected or otherwise used as is.

A method and an apparatus for producing hot-rolled products in a combined casting-rolling installation. A method and a combined casting-rolling installation with which an uninterrupted continuous casting process can be maintained not only when there is a planned interruption to production but also when there is an unplanned interruption to production, occurring for example in a heating zone, a finishing mill train, a cooling zone or a storage device. These method steps are carried out to bridge an interruption in production in the part of the installation that is downstream of the cutting-up and delivering device (6): a) cutting off a strand portion (21) of the continuously produced preliminary material (3) by means of a first shears (9); b) raising the tail part of the strand portion (21) from the roller table (4) by means of a raising device (11); c) breaking up the preliminary material (3) passing the first shears (9) into pieces of scrap (19) by means of the first shears (9) into pieces of scrap (19) by means of the first shears (9), delivering the pieces of scrap (19) and removing the strand portion (21) unit the operational readiness of the combined casting-rolling installation is restored.

A method and a dispenser dispense a sheet of paper through a bottom outlet gap from a stock. A sensor activates, upon detection of a person, an electric drive which delivers a portion of paper from the outlet gap so that the sheet of paper can be torn off by hand. When the delivered sheet of paper is torn off, a switch is actuated. Actuation of the switch puts the dispenser in an operational readiness for delivery of another portion of paper.

A starting device for an internal combustion engine includes a pulley mounted rotatably in a housing which can be set in rotation by a tension means to produce a drive torque for a motor shaft by a starter handle and which is connected to an engaging member by a damping spring. The drive torque is transmitted to the motor shaft to start the internal combustion engine, whereby under torsion of the damping spring, a twisting of the pulley against the engaging member is rendered possible until a stop element impacts against a counter-stop to delimit the twisting, which enables a high operational readiness of the starting device. In the case of a defect of the damping spring, the stop element and / or the counter-stop is formed from a material which has a higher strength than the material of the engaging member and / or the material of the pulley.

Systems and methods of estimating a plant owner readiness are presented. When a plant owner is preparing for a phase deliverable of a plant construction project (e.g., ownership or operating of the plant), the readiness of the owner can be determined. Furthermore, the cost of achieving readiness can be estimated based on attributes of the plant under construction and based previous plant construction project checklists or readiness models. Contemplated systems can also recommend a readiness plan along with a likelihood of plan success.

In a method for detecting the operational readiness of a jump lambda sensor associated with an internal combustion engine the internal resistance of the sensor is determined as the criterion for the operational readiness of the sensor. The internal resistance is measured by applying a pulsed current to the sensor, the frequency of the current being selected as a function of the state of the sensor (1, 2, 3, 4).

An emergency medical device (20) (e.g., an external defibrillator / monitor) employing an emergency medical subsystem (21) for executing an emergency medical procedure (e.g., a monitoring subsystem (21) and a therapy subsystem (21)), and an emergency medical controller (23) for controlling an activation of the emergency medical subsystem (21). The subsystem (21) includes one or more operational components (22). In operation, the controller (23) conditionally actuates a device readiness indicator (24) (e.g., auditory or visual) indicative of an operational readiness of the operational component(s) (22), and conditionally actuates a failure warning indicator (25) (e.g., auditory or visual) indicative of a pending failure of the operational readiness of the operational component(s) (22). The failure warning indicator (25) may be actuated based on a predictive failure analysis of a premature degradation of the operational component(s) (22), a repeated occurrence of error conditions of the operational component(s) (22) (particularly recoverable error conditions), and a shortened reliable life of the operational component(s) (22).

A motor vehicle electrical power system includes a light source powered from an electrical power source. At key on the light source is tested to determine operational readiness and the type of the light source. At key on the switch is cycled to apply a pulse width modulated energization to the light source. A reference copy of the pulse width modulated signal is available. A comparator having first and second inputs provides a comparison of the pulse width modulated signal applied to the light source and reference. Variation in the rate of change of voltage across the light source may be compared with the reference to characterize the light source as a light emitting diode or another type of source, usually an incandescent bulb.