Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for monitoring shipping containers. A system comprises a shipping container, a sensing component, and a transmission device. The shipping container defines an interior compartment. The sensing component is positioned within the interior compartment and comprises one or more sensors, a sensing component battery, a sensing component microcontroller, and a communication chip. The one or more sensors sense atmospheric data. The sensing component microcontroller has a memory and receives the atmospheric data sensed by the one or more sensors at a predetermined interval and stores the atmospheric data in the memory. The transmission device is external to the interior compartment and comprises a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives data transmitted by the sensing component. The transmitter transmits the received data to a storage location. The transmission device is paired with the sensing component or an interior component contained within the interior compartment.

Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for monitoring shipping containers. A system comprises a shipping container, a sensing component, and a transmission device. The shipping container defines an interior compartment. The sensing component is positioned within the interior compartment and comprises one or more sensors, a sensing component battery, a sensing component microcontroller, and a communication chip. The one or more sensors sense atmospheric data. The sensing component microcontroller has a memory and receives the atmospheric data sensed by the one or more sensors at a predetermined interval and stores the atmospheric data in the memory. The transmission device is external to the interior compartment and comprises a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives data transmitted by the sensing component. The transmitter transmits the received data to a storage location. The transmission device is paired with the sensing component or an interior component contained within the interior compartment.

Abstract: A lubricating assembly that is configured as part of a lubricating system that flings, or slings, fluid lubricants about the interior of rotating machinery. In one embodiment, the lubricating assembly includes a bearing clamp member with a clamp body having an outer peripheral edge that has an annular profile that partially circumscribes a longitudinal axis. The annular profile can have first annular section with a first clamp surface and a second clamp surface disposed in opposing relation about a centerline and spaced apart from one another to form a first annular gap. At the bottom of the clamp body, the bearing clamp member is configured with a peripheral wall that bounds a reservoir region. This configuration allows the fluid lubricants to gravity feed through the first annular gap into the reservoir region to retain a volume of the captured lubricant to lubricate moving parts of the lubricating system.

Abstract: A lubricant assembly that is configured as part of a lubricating system that flings, or slings, fluid lubricants about the interior of compressors. In one embodiment, the lubricant assembly includes a lubricant guide member with a body member that has a pair of peripheral side members with angled surfaces. The construction is amenable to more consistent fabrication constraints (e.g., tolerances), as well as to offer features that can improve operation of the lubricating system, e.g., as operative in the compressors. In use, the lubricant guide member is disposed transverse to a longitudinal axis of a shaft that is configured to rotate a slinger member to fling the lubricant. This configuration captures lubricant that falls downwardly from other parts of the compressors. The angled surfaces of the side members direct this captured lubricant toward the shaft, and other rotating components, of the lubricating system.

Abstract: A lubricating assembly that is configured as part of a lubricating system that flings, or slings, fluid lubricants about the interior of rotating machinery. In one embodiment, the lubricating assembly includes a bearing clamp member with a clamp body having an outer peripheral edge that has an annular profile that partially circumscribes a longitudinal axis. The annular profile can have first annular section with a first clamp surface and a second clamp surface disposed in opposing relation about a centerline and spaced apart from one another to form a first annular gap. At the bottom of the clamp body, the bearing clamp member is configured with a peripheral wall that bounds a reservoir region. This configuration allows the fluid lubricants to gravity feed through the first annular gap into the reservoir region to retain a volume of the captured lubricant to lubricate moving parts of the lubricating system.

Abstract: A lubricant assembly that is configured as part of a lubricating system that flings, or slings, fluid lubricants about the interior of compressors. In one embodiment, the lubricant assembly includes a lubricant guide member with a body member that has a pair of peripheral side members with angled surfaces. The construction is amenable to more consistent fabrication constraints (e.g., tolerances), as well as to offer features that can improve operation of the lubricating system, e.g., as operative in the compressors. In use, the lubricant guide member is disposed transverse to a longitudinal axis of a shaft that is configured to rotate a slinger member to fling the lubricant. This configuration captures lubricant that falls downwardly from other parts of the compressors. The angled surfaces of the side members direct this captured lubricant toward the shaft, and other rotating components, of the lubricating system.

Abstract: A slinger member that is part of a lubricating system that flings, or slings, fluid lubricant about the interior of rotating machinery. The slinger member can include a plate body having a central axis and an outer peripheral edge circumscribing the central axis. The plate body can comprise a lubricant collection member, generally a rolled edge member with one or more openings disposed therethrough. The plate body can further comprise a plurality of rib members that are disposed circumferentially about the central axis. These rib members are configured to prevent deflection of the plate body. In one example, the slinger member can incorporate a hub member with a central bore that has an internal surface with a coupling member disposed thereon. The coupling member can be part of a coupling mechanism that can prevent rotation of the slinger member about a shaft member found on the lubricating system.