A wear indicator system may include a switch assembly having a housing, a wear indicator circuit, and an actuator assembly. The housing may connect to a collector shoe assembly having a collector shoe that slides in contact along a conductor bar of a conductor bar assembly, for transferring electrical power between the collector shoe and the conductor bar. The wear indicator circuit may include a communication unit and a switch unit. The actuator assembly may be operably coupled to the housing and to the switch unit and may track along the conductor bar assembly when the collector shoe assembly moves and may contact the conductor bar assembly to depress to a position to activate the switch unit responsive to the collector shoe reaching a designated wear level. The communication unit may communicate a signal indicative of the designated wear level responsive to the switch unit being activated.
WEAR INDICATOR SYSTEM
2023-11-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G08B SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS , Signalisier- oder Rufsysteme / B66C Krane , CRANES / H02B BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS, OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER , Schalttafeln, Unterstationen oder Schaltanordnungen für die Abgabe oder Verteilung elektrischer Energie |
Engineering Index Backfile | 1894