Automated rotating equipment preservation
A gearbox is coupled to a shaft of a motor. The gearbox is configured to be rotated by the motor. An encoder is coupled to the shaft of the motor. The encoder is configured to detect a shaft position. The encoder is configured to produce a position stream indicative of the shaft position. A coupling is configured to receive a separate machine shaft. A controller is coupled to the encoder and the motor. The controller is configured to receive the position stream from the encoder and produce a drive signal to rotate the motor.
1. An equipment preservation cart comprising:
a motor;
a gearbox coupled to a shaft of the motor, the gearbox configured to be rotated by the motor;
an encoder coupled to the shaft of the motor, the encoder configured to detect a shaft position, the encoder configured to produce a position stream indicative of the shaft position;
a coupling configured to receive a separate machine shaft; and
a controller coupled to the encoder and the motor, the controller configured to:
receive the position stream from the encoder; and
produce a drive signal to rotate the motor,
wherein the controller is configured to:
receive a route comprising:
a list of separate machine shafts to be rotated; and
a designated amount of rotation needed for each of the separate machine shafts,
send a drive signal to a motor to rotate a shaft of one of the list of separate machines by the designated amount for each of the separate machine shafts, and
update a database with data including that the shaft of the separate machine was rotated and the designated amount that the shaft was rotated.
2. The equipment preservation cart of claim 1 , wherein the coupling comprises a flexible coupling.
3. The equipment preservation cart of claim 1 , wherein the cart further comprises height adjustable legs.
4. The equipment preservation cart of claim 3 , wherein the height adjustable legs comprise hydraulic adjusters.
5. The equipment preservation cart of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
send a signal to the hydraulic adjusters to adjust a height of the cart.
6. The equipment preservation cart of claim 1 , further comprising a variable speed drive coupled to the motor, the variable speed drive configured to control a rotational speed of the motor.
7. The equipment preservation cart of claim 1 , further comprising an RFID scanner or barcode scanner configured to scan a machine tag, the machine tag comprising information about the separate machine, the RFID scanner or barcode scanner configured to produce a device stream comprising the information from the machine tag.
8. The equipment preservation cart of claim 7 , wherein the controller is configured to receive the device stream from either the RFID scanner or the barcode scanner.
9. A method comprising:
receiving a route by a controller, the route comprising a designated amount of rotation needed for each of a plurality of separate machine shafts;
receiving one of the plurality of separate machine shafts by a coupling;
rotating the shaft by a motor coupled to the coupling by the designated amount of rotation; and
recording a completion of the rotation by a controller.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the route further comprises a list of separate machine shafts to be rotated.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the designated amount is two and one quarter rotations.
12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising, after recording the completion of the rotations, updating information in a database, by the controller.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the information updated in the database comprises:
machines along the route that have had their shaft rotated;
the amount of rotation each of the shafts was rotated; and
a date of the shaft rotation.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein updating the information in the database by the controller comprises updating the database by a wireless network.
15. The method of claim 12 , wherein updating the information in the database by the controller comprises updating the database by a wired connection.
16. A system comprising:
system database comprising data about a plurality of rotating machines, the data including:
an amount of shaft rotation for each rotating machine; and
a frequency of shaft rotation for each rotating machine; and
a wireless network coupling a controller and the database, the wireless network providing communication between the controller and the database;
a equipment preservation cart comprising:
a motor;
a gearbox coupled to a shaft of the motor, the gearbox configured to be rotated by the motor;
an encoder coupled to the shaft of the motor, the encoder configured to detect a shaft position, the encoder configured to produce a position stream indicative of the shaft position;
a coupling configured to receive a separate machine shaft;
the controller coupled to the encoder and the motor, the controller configured to:
receive the position stream from the encoder;
produce a drive signal to rotate the motor;
receive a route from the database, by the wireless network, the route comprising:
a list of a plurality of separate machine shafts to be rotated; and
a designated amount of rotation needed for each of the plurality of separate machine shafts.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the equipment preservation cart further comprises height adjustable legs.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the height adjustable legs comprise pneumatic adjusters.
19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the equipment preservation cart is a self-propelled cart.
20. The system of claim 16 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
send a drive signal to the motor to rotate a shaft of one of plurality of separate machines shafts by the designated amount for each of the plurality of separate machine shafts, and
update a database with data including that the shaft of the one of the plurality of separate machine was rotated and the designated amount that the machine shaft was rotated.