Data acquisition system for system monitoring

A method of tracking operational parameters of a rolling mill system including a rotatable work roll driven by a drive motor operatively coupled with the work roll via a drive arrangement including a geared coupling, the method comprising:nproviding a first sensor unit on the drive motor, the first sensor unit including both a sensor for generating an analog signal in response to an operating condition of the drive motor and an integrated local processor for processing the analog signal generated by the sensor, the integrated local processor having an associated timer;processing the analog signal generated by the sensor of the first sensor unit during operation of the drive motor using the integrated local processor of the first sensor unit to produce a first plurality of digital signal samples having at least one corresponding time stamp associated therewith;communicating the first plurality of digital signal samples from the first sensor unit to a remote processing unit located away from the first sensor unit;providing a second sensor unit on the geared coupling, the second sensor unit including both a sensor for generating an analog signal in response to an operating condition of the geared coupling and an integrated local processor for processing the analog signal generated by the sensor of the second sensor unit, the integrated local processor having an associated timer;processing the analog signal generated by the sensor of the second sensor unit during operation of the geared coupling using the integrated local processor of the second sensor unit to produce a second plurality of digital signal samples having at least one corresponding time stamp associated therewith;communicating the second plurality of digital signal samples from the second sensor unit to the remote processing unit, where the remote processing unit is located away from the second sensor unit.

A data acquisition system for tracking operational parameters of a rolling mill system including a rotatable work roll driven by a drive motor operatively coupled with the work roll via a drive arrangement including a geared coupling, the data acquisition system comprising:na first sensor unit mounted locally on the drive motor, the first sensor unit including both a sensor that generates an analog signal in response to an operating condition of the drive motor and an integrated local processor that processes the analog signal generated by the sensor during operation of the first sensor unit to produce a first plurality of digital signal samples; anda second sensor unit mounted locally on the geared coupling, the second sensor unit including both a sensor that generates an analog signal in response to an operating condition of the geared coupling and an integrated local processor that processes the analog signal generated by the sensor of the second sensor unit during operation of the second sensor unit to produce a second plurality of digital signal samples; anda remote data storage center that receives and stores data from the first plurality of digital signal samples and the second plurality of digital signal samples.

A method of tracking operational parameters of a system including a member driven by a drive motor operatively coupled with the member via a drive arrangement including a geared coupling, the method comprising:nproviding a first sensor unit on the drive motor, the first sensor unit including both a sensor for generating an analog signal in response to an operating condition of the drive motor and an integrated local processor for processing the analog signal generated by the sensor, the integrated local processor having an associated timer;processing the analog signal generated by the sensor of the first sensor unit during operation of the drive motor using the integrated local processor of the first sensor unit to produce a first plurality of digital signal samples having at least one corresponding time stamp associated therewith;communicating the first plurality of digital signal samples from the first sensor unit to a remote processing unit located away from the first sensor unit;providing a second sensor unit on the geared coupling, the second sensor unit including both a sensor for generating an analog signal in response to an operating condition of the geared coupling and an integrated local processor for processing the analog signal generated by the sensor of the second sensor unit, the integrated local processor having an associated timer;processing the analog signal generated by the sensor of the second sensor unit during operation of the geared coupling using the integrated local processor of the second sensor unit to produce a second plurality of digital signal samples having at least one corresponding time stamp associated therewith;communicating the second plurality of digital signal samples from the second sensor unit to the remote processing unit, where the remote processing unit is located away from the second sensor unit.

A method of tracking operational parameters of a system including a member driven by a drive motor operatively coupled with the member via a drive arrangement including a geared coupling, the method comprising:nproviding a sensor unit on one of the drive motor and the geared coupling, the sensor unit including both a sensor for generating an analog signal in response to an operating condition of the drive motor and an integrated local processor for processing the analog signal generated by the sensor, the integrated local processor having an associated timer;processing the analog signal generated by the sensor using the integrated local processor to (i) produce a first plurality of digital signal samples and (ii) package the first plurality of digital signal sample together as a packet for transmission, the packet including an associated timestamp value for a single one of the digital signal samples and an associated reporting rate value from which a relative timing of the other digital signal samples can be determined; andstoring data from the first plurality of digital signal samples in a database for enabling selective retrieval at a later time.

A data acquisition system for tracking operational parameters of a rolling mill system including a rotatable work roll driven by a drive motor operatively coupled with the work roll via a drive arrangement including a geared coupling, the data acquisition system comprising:na first sensor unit mounted locally on the drive motor, the first sensor unit including both a sensor that generates an analog signal in response to an operating condition of the drive motor and an integrated local processor that processes the analog signal generated by the sensor during operation of the first sensor unit to produce a first plurality of digital signal samples; anda second sensor unit mounted locally on the geared coupling, the second sensor unit including both a sensor that generates an analog signal in response to an operating condition of the geared coupling and an integrated local processor that processes the analog signal generated by the sensor of the second sensor unit during operation of the second sensor unit to produce a second plurality of digital signal samples; andat least one other processing unit in operative communication with the first sensor unit and the second sensor unit, the at least one other processing unit analyzes data from the first sensor unit and second sensor unit and operates to produce alarm notifications based upon such analysis.

A method of tracking operational parameters of a system including a member driven by a drive motor operatively coupled with the member via a drive arrangement including a geared coupling, the method comprising:nproviding a sensor unit on one of the drive motor and the geared coupling, the sensor unit including both a sensor for generating an analog signal in response to an operating condition of the drive motor and an integrated local processor for processing the analog signal generated by the sensor, the integrated local processor having an associated timer;processing the analog signal generated by the sensor using the integrated local processor to (i) produce a first plurality of digital signal samples and (ii) package the first plurality of digital signal sample together as a packet for transmission, the packet including an associated timestamp value for a single one of the digital signal samples and an associated reporting rate value from which a relative timing of the other digital signal samples can be determined; andproviding at least one other processing unit in operative communication with the sensor unit, the at least one other processing unit analyzes data from the sensor unit and operates to produce alarm notifications based upon such analysis.