Patents Assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ
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Publication number: 20240310244Abstract: A system and method for determining condition of a sleeve bearing in a rotating machine include one or more magnetic sensors and a processor. The one or more magnetic sensors are adapted to be mounted on at least a body of a rotating machine or proximate to a sleeve bearing thereof. The processor is electrically and communicatively coupled to the one or more magnetic sensors and configured to receive magnetic flux measurement from the one or more magnetic sensors. The magnetic flux measurement is made in at least one of: proximate to the sleeve bearing or body of the rotating machine. The processor is configured to determine the condition of sleeve bearing based on the magnetic flux measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Ravi Naidu K, Maciej Orman, Prasad Mulay
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Publication number: 20240310200Abstract: A system and method for correcting flowrate measurements of a flowmeter includes receiving at least one of flow distorting parameters, flowmeter physical and operational parameters, a current flowrate value measured by the flowmeter, and fluid physical properties; determining a flow regime based on the current flowrate value; selecting at least one flow equation based on the determined flow regime; computing an output signal based on the selected flow equation and at least one of electromagnetic equations and/or physics-based equations, the flow distorting parameters, the flowmeter physical and operational parameters, and the fluid physical properties; determining a corrected calibration factor using the computed output signal and the current flowrate value; and transmitting the corrected calibration factor for correcting flowrate measurement of the flowmeter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Subhashish Dasgupta, Xiaotang Gu, Edis Loveless, Raghu Kumar NV
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Publication number: 20240313607Abstract: An electric machine includes: a stator with an outer and an inner surface; a rotor disposed inside the inner surface of the stator and configured to rotate about an axis of rotation; a shaft oriented along and configured to rotate about the axis of rotation of the rotor and operably connected to the rotor; a frame integrated with the stator such that an outer surface of the frame is identical to the outer surface of the stator or a frame disposed outside the stator; and at least one fastenerless cover fixed to the outer surface of the frame without the use of fasteners.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: William E. Martin, John M. Zedek
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Publication number: 20240310797Abstract: A method for determining an appropriate sequence of actions to take during operation of an industrial plant includes obtaining values of a plurality of state variables that characterize an operational state of the plant (or a part thereof); encoding by at least one trained state encoder network the plurality of state variables into a representation of the operating state of the plant; mapping by a trained state-to-action network the representation of the operating state to a representation of a sequence of actions to take in response to the operating state; and decoding by a trained action decoder network the representation of the sequence of actions to the sought sequence of actions to take.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Benjamin Kloepper, Benedikt Schmidt, Reuben Borrison
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Publication number: 20240313515Abstract: An adaptor for connecting, adapting and securing different harness protection systems includes a main body including a first portion, the first portion being a conduit harness system interface configured to be connected to a conduit harness system, and a second portion, the second portion being a wiring harness protection system interface configured to be connected to a wiring harness protection system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Michael Knaus, Meirion Buck
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Publication number: 20240314126Abstract: A network system with a network core unit, a network-managing unit, a device-managing unit, and a network data-infrastructure, and a method for admitting an application device in this network system, are disclosed. The method includes authenticating the application device on network-level, notifying the network-managing unit about an authenticating result, configuring the network data-infrastructure to provide a connectivity between the network-managing unit and the device-managing unit, performing an authenticating action for the application device for authenticating the access device on application-level, notifying the network-managing unit about the authentication result, and configuring the network data-infrastructure to provide an isolated logical network connectivity between the application device and other equally authenticated application devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventor: Dirk Schulz
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Patent number: 12092526Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a switchgear includes: an input unit; a processing unit; and an output unit. The input unit is provides the processing unit with a monitor infra-red image of the switchgear. The processing unit implements a machine learning classifier algorithm to analyse the monitor infra-red image and determine if there is one or more anomalous hot spots in the switchgear. The machine learning classifier algorithm has been trained based on a plurality of different training infra-red images. The plurality of training infra-red images include a plurality of modified infra-red images generated from a corresponding plurality of infra-red images, each of the modified infra-red images having been modified to remove an effect of obscuration in the image. The output unit outputs information relating to the one or more anomalous hot spots.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Ralf Gitzel, Subanatarajan Subbiah, Benedikt Schmidt
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Patent number: 12095619Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for configuration of parameters for a networked device to be provisioned in a network. A method is performed by a device configuration node. The method includes obtaining a request for configuration of parameters for the networked device. The request indicates that the networked device is of a certain device type. The method includes selecting a template from a set of templates stored in a database. The template is selected based on the certain device type. The method includes providing configuration of at least a subset of the parameters for the networked device based on the template.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Ewa Hansen, Jörgen Gade, Johan Åkerberg
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Patent number: 12095272Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to method and apparatus for detecting grid islanding in a grid supporting voltage source converter. The method includes modulating an output voltage at an output of the grid supporting voltage source converter; determining at least one grid parameter at an input to the grid supporting voltage source converter; and detecting the grid islanding for the grid supporting voltage source converter based on the at least one grid parameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Sridhar Pulikanti, Simon Walton, Robert Turner, Nicholas James Elliott
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Patent number: 12092615Abstract: A method for non-destructive inspection of at least one test object on a workpiece includes the steps of: obtaining a theoretical position of each test object in relation to a testing robot; capturing an image of each test object to obtain image data; determining a real position of each test object in relation to the testing robot on the basis of the image data; and bringing a sensor carried by the testing robot in contact with each test object to obtain a respective test measurement. Where the test instrument needs to be brought in physical contact with the test object, it is crucial to know the exact position of the test object. As soon as an approximate position of the test object is known an image of the test object can be captured, and the exact position of the test object can be extracted from the respective image data.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Mattias Allring, Carl Henriksson, August Ramle, Göran Bergström
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Publication number: 20240303175Abstract: A method for system monitoring in a hierarchical network of distributed edge devices includes a master edge, first and second client edges connected via a first communication interface to the master edge, the method including receiving sensor data from a sensor device via a second communication interface, determining a first local model parameter representing a machine learning (ML) model of the at least first client edge based on the sensor data; storing the first local model parameter in a data storage of the at least first client edge; collecting the first local model parameter from the at least first client edge; and generating a global ML model based on the at least first local model parameter, wherein the global ML model is used for monitoring a system performance or a condition of the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Jan Christoph Schlake, Madapu Amarlingam, Marie Christin Platenius-Mohr, Santonu Sarkar, Reuben Borrison
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Publication number: 20240301575Abstract: A method for producing hydrogen using two types of electrolysis systems, the first having an active DC module and at least one first-type electrolyzer producing a first hydrogen output by using a first power from the active DC module, and the second electrolysis system having a passive DC module and at least one second-type electrolyzer producing a second hydrogen output by using a second power from the passive DC module. The method includes increasing the first hydrogen output and when it crosses a first predefined hydrogen output threshold, switching on the second electrolysis system and decreasing the first hydrogen output of the first electrolysis system to the first predefined hydrogen output threshold minus the second hydrogen output, so that an overall hydrogen output of the hydrogen production plant is a sum of the first hydrogen output and the second hydrogen output.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Matthias Biskoping, Georg Gutermuth, Felix Lenders, Bernhard Primas, Kai Koenig
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Publication number: 20240303208Abstract: A system and method for enabling an efficient data processing in a distributed network of devices includes collecting first data from at least one client device sent by at least one plant device via a first communication interface; storing the first data in a data storage; profiling the first data to obtain characteristic information of the collected first data; determining a data processing strategy upon a result of the characteristic information of the first data; processing the first data according to the data processing strategy and deciding which data of the first data need to be sent to the master device via a second communication interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Santonu Sarkar, Marie Christin Platenius-Mohr, Madapu Amarlingam, Jan Christoph Schlake, Reuben Borrison
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Publication number: 20240305572Abstract: A method for providing an efficient communication in a hierarchical network of distributed devices includes collecting first data from a first client device sent by a sensor via a second communication interface; storing the first data in a data storage; determining metadata of the first data; receiving a requirement information of the first data; generating classification information of the first data according to the metadata and the requirement information; providing the classification information to a master device and/or to a second client device according to a rule; and updating the classification information when the first data is changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Jan Christoph Schlake, Santonu Sarkar, Marie Christin Platenius-Mohr, Madapu Amarlingam, Reuben Borrison
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Publication number: 20240302832Abstract: A method for training a prediction model includes obtaining training samples representing states of the process that do not cause the undesired event; obtaining based on a process model and a set of predetermined rules that stipulate states having an increased likelihood of the undesired event occurring; training samples representing states with an increased likelihood to cause the undesired event; providing samples to the to-be-trained prediction model to obtain a prediction of the likelihood for occurrence of the undesired event in a state of the process represented by the respective sample; rating a difference between the prediction and the label of the respective sample using a predetermined loss function; and optimizing parameters such that, when predictions are made, the rating by the loss function improves.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Hadil Abukwaik, Divyasheel Sharma, Benjamin Kloepper, Arzam Muzaffar Kotriwala, Pablo Rodriguez, Benedikt Schmidt, Ruomu Tan, Chandrika K R, Reuben Borrison, Marcel Dix, Jens Doppelhamer
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Publication number: 20240303131Abstract: A computer-implemented method for orchestrating execution of workloads on nodes includes determining a set of requirements for resources needed for execution of the workload; determining for each compute node an availability of the resources required; establishing multiple candidate configurations having an assignment of each compute workload to at least one pair of a compute node and a working class, wherein different working classes differ at least in the degree of retention of the compute workload in memory and/or in at least one cache of the compute node after execution; computing for each candidate configuration at least one figure of merit with respect to at least one given optimization goal; and determining a candidate configuration with the best figure of merit as the optimal configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Santonu Sarkar, Marie Christin Platenius-Mohr, Jan Christoph Schlake, Madapu Amarlingam, Nafise Eskandani, Reuben Borrison
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Publication number: 20240302831Abstract: A method for determining the state of health of an industrial process executed by at least one industrial plant comprising an arrangement of entities, and the state of each such entity, includes obtaining values of the entity state variables; providing the values to a model to obtain a prediction of the state of health; determining propagation paths for anomalies between said entities; determining importances of the states of health of the individual entities for the overall state of health of the process; and aggregating the individual states of health of the entities to obtain the overall state of health of the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Hadil Abukwaik, Divyasheel Sharma, Benjamin Kloepper, Arzam Muzaffar Kotriwala, Pablo Rodriguez, Benedikt Schmidt, Ruomu Tan, Chandrika K R, Reuben Borrison, Marcel Dix, Jens Doppelhamer
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Patent number: 12088089Abstract: A system and method for nuisance-trip decision management in an electric power system using data analytics comprising, a protection system, PS, and at least one electrical protection circuit, EPC. The PS comprising, a plurality of sensors configured to measure data; a memory configured to store an updated data of nuisance-trip events and a plurality of nuisance-trip parameters detected or generated on the electric power system over a period; a processor configured to perform hybrid machine learning (HML) based on the measured data from the plurality of sensors for a nuisance-trip condition and communicate with a neighboring PS; a protection microcontroller configured to allow or avoid tripping at least one electronic tripping circuit provided in the at least one EPC by communicating with the processor and the neighboring PS.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Mayukha Pal, Alok Kumar Bharati, Satish Shamsundar Belkhode
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Patent number: 12088225Abstract: A field of electric drive devices and electric machines, such as electric motors and electric generators for industrial applications and more particularly to a method and an arrangement for controlling vibration of a variable frequency drive controlled electric machine. In the method for controlling vibration of a variable frequency drive controlled electric machine, the resonance frequency/frequencies and the stiffness are determined in a ramp up/ramp down test; amount of damping is determined in an impulse test; a mechanical transfer function is determined in a steady drive test; a vibration control model is determined utilizing said resonance frequency/frequencies, said stiffness, the amount of damping and the mechanical transfer function; and vibration is controlled utilizing the vibration control model.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Pedro Rodriguez, Rahul Kanchan, Omer Ikram Ul Haq, Qimao Liu, Ingo Stroka
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Patent number: 12087526Abstract: A medium voltage circuit breaker switching pole includes: a fixed contact of a vacuum interrupter; a movable contact of the interrupter; and a threaded drive element. The movable contact moves along a longitudinal axis of the interrupter. A center axis of the drive element is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the interrupter. When in an open configuration the fixed contact and movable contact are separated from one another. When in a closed configuration the fixed contact and movable contact are in contact with one another. Rotation of the drive element about its center axis in a first direction is transitions the switching pole from the open configuration to the closed configuration. Rotation of the drive element about its center axis in a second direction counter to the first direction transitions the switching pole from the closed configuration to the open configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Dietmar Gentsch, Christian Reuber