Abstract: A device for supplying lubricant to a lubrication point in a machine, a tunnel boring machine, for example, includes a lubrication pump unit and a control unit. The lubrication pump unit is configured to supply a quantity of the lubricant to the lubrication point, and the control unit is configured to regulate the quantity of lubricant based on a sensor measurement signal. The sensor measurement signal may be based on a temperature measured in a region of the lubrication point, a pressure measured in a region of the lubrication point, a measured viscosity of the lubricant, a measured dielectricity of the lubricant, a measured water content of the lubricant, a vibration intensity measured at a part of the machine, or a measured rotational speed of a part of the machine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 27, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2018
Assignee:
SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY AG
Inventors:
Andreas Borek, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Sefan Frank, Stefan Schuermann
Abstract: A device for supplying lubricant to a lubrication point in a machine, a tunnel boring machine, for example, includes a lubrication pump unit and a control unit. The lubrication pump unit is configured to supply a quantity of the lubricant to the lubrication point, and the control unit is configured to regulate the quantity of lubricant based on a sensor measurement signal. The sensor measurement signal may be based on a temperature measured in a region of the lubrication point, a pressure measured in a region of the lubrication point, a measured viscosity of the lubricant, a measured dielectricity of the lubricant, a measured water content of the lubricant, a vibration intensity measured at a part of the machine, or a measured rotational speed of a part of the machine.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 27, 2014
Publication date:
August 24, 2017
Applicant:
SKF Lubrication Systems Germany AG
Inventors:
Andreas Borek, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Sefan Frank, Stefan Schuermann
Abstract: A device for supplying lubricant to a lubrication point in a machine, a tunnel boring machine, for example, includes a lubrication pump unit and a control unit. The lubrication pump unit is configured to supply a quantity of the lubricant to the lubrication point, and the control unit is configured to regulate the quantity of lubricant based on a sensor measurement signal. The sensor measurement signal may be based on a temperature measured in a region of the lubrication point, a pressure measured in a region of the lubrication point, a measured viscosity of the lubricant, a measured dielectricity of the lubricant, a measured water content of the lubricant, a vibration intensity measured at a part of the machine, or a measured rotational speed of a part of the machine.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 27, 2014
Publication date:
August 28, 2014
Applicant:
SKF Lubrication Systems Germany AG
Inventors:
Andreas Borek, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Sefan Frank, Stefan Schuermann