An improved method and apparatus for determining the amount of lubricant dispensed to a rail, adjusting the amount of available lubricant for dispensing based on the amount of lubricant remaining, and advising the operator of same. The apparatus includes a reservoir of lubricant suspended from a load beam having load cells communicating with a microprocessor and a controller to determine the amount of lubricant remaining within the reservoir on a real-time basis as lubricant is dispersed. The method includes the determination of the amount of lubricant remaining and, following dispensing additional lubricant, re-determining the amount of lubricant remaining. In this manner, an operator may prepare a schedule for replenishment of the reservoirs of various lubricating stations based on feedback of the remaining amount of lubricant remaining. Thus, an operator may predict track downtime for refilling of a plurality of lubricating stations and schedule such to minimized track downtime.
APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING A LUBRICANT TO THE RAIL AND DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF LUBRICANT DISPENSED AND REMAINING
VORRICHTUNG ZUR ABGABE EINES SCHMIERMITTELS AN EINE SCHIENE UND ZUR BESTIMMUNG DER MENGE DES ABGEGEBENEN UND VERBLEIBENDEN SCHMIERMITTELS
APPAREIL POUR DÉLIVRER UN LUBRIFIANT AU RAIL ET DÉTERMINER LA QUANTITÉ DE LUBRIFIANT DÉLIVRÉ ET RESTANT
2024-03-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61K Andere Hilfseinrichtungen für Eisenbahnen , OTHER AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT FOR RAILWAYS / F03D Windkraftmaschinen , WIND MOTORS / F16N LUBRICATING , Schmierung / H02S GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES , Erzeugung elektrischer Energie durch Umwandlung von Infrarot-Strahlung, sichtbarem Licht oder ultraviolettem Licht, z.B. unter Verwendung von Photovoltaik [PV]-Modulen |
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