EP2678635A1 - Laser alignment system for measuring an alignment of rotating machine parts and method for preprocessing measurement results of a laser alignment system - Google Patents
Laser alignment system for measuring an alignment of rotating machine parts and method for preprocessing measurement results of a laser alignment systemInfo
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- EP2678635A1 EP2678635A1 EP12704271.1A EP12704271A EP2678635A1 EP 2678635 A1 EP2678635 A1 EP 2678635A1 EP 12704271 A EP12704271 A EP 12704271A EP 2678635 A1 EP2678635 A1 EP 2678635A1
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- Prior art keywords
- alignment system
- laser
- laser alignment
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- measurement results
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
- G01B11/00—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
- G01B11/26—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes
- G01B11/27—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes for testing the alignment of axes
- G01B11/272—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes for testing the alignment of axes using photoelectric detection means
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
- G01B11/00—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
- G01B11/26—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes
- G01B11/27—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes for testing the alignment of axes
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- Laser alignment system for measuring alignment of rotating machine parts and methods for processing measurement results of a laser alignment system
- the invention relates to a laser alignment system for measuring an alignment of rotating machine parts according to the preamble of claim 1.
- the invention relates to a method for processing the measurement results of such a system.
- Orientation here is primarily a check for parallelism and / or axial offset, for example, of two shafts interconnected by a coupling. With further adjustment means, the actual alignment can be made and checked by means of the laser alignment system.
- Such systems are used wherever the exact alignment and / or measuring of machines, machine parts or other parts is necessary. They allow the measurement of offset in angle or position and / or parallelism, for example for the alignment of generators and gearboxes in wind turbines, for the alignment of machine, gear or propeller shafts or for the alignment of pumps and motors in all branches of industry.
- Generic alignment devices typically include one or more laser measurement units mounted on the rotating machine parts and a display / operator device for configuring the measurement device and reading the measurements.
- DE 20 2009 017 510 U1 describes a device and a method for determining the axial position of two machine spindles.
- This device comprises a first measuring unit with a light source and an optical detector and a second measuring unit with a reflector prism.
- the measuring units are arranged opposite one another on the machine parts such that the beam of the light source strikes the reflector prism in such a way that it is reflected in a spatially resolved manner back onto the detector arranged in the first measuring unit. From the migration of the point of incidence of the light beam on the detector during the joint rotation of the machine parts, a misalignment can be determined.
- DE 101 09 462 A1 describes a device and a method for determining the axial position of two spindles.
- the device comprises an optical transmitting device and an optical receiving device, which are each brought into at least three different rotational positions.
- An evaluation unit determines from the registered impact points a circle from whose center coordinates and radius can be closed to the axis position.
- a device for aligning machine shafts is known in which a portable computer with input device and display is provided to interrogate mechanical or optical measuring means for determining the translational and angular offset. With its optical transmitting and receiving device, the portable computer initially serves to record the relevant machine dimensions. To do this, the portable computer must be manually aligned to a center plane and held steady during the measurement.
- the Easy-Laser system from Dalmalini has a display unit with a computer connected to the measuring units by cable or with wireless (Bluetooth) communication.
- the display device includes a screen for displaying the measurement results and a keyboard for entering data. After the measurement, a report in PDF format with graphics and measured values can be created directly on the display device of the measuring system.
- the measurements can be stored on a USB memory stick if desired.
- the display device can also be connected to a computer for data exchange via the USB interface.
- the known systems are by their individual display devices, each with its own data standards and interfaces expensive to manufacture and not combinable with each other.
- the shaft alignment systems are each equipped with their own configuration and evaluation software, which does not allow communication with conventional terminals such as PDAs, laptops, smartphones or the like.
- the object of the invention is to provide a cost-producible laser-view system with improved, preferably system-wide usable display and evaluation options.
- a laser alignment system comprises at least a first laser transceiver unit and a first reflector, which are designed in a known manner.
- the laser transceiver unit comprises an evaluation unit and a web server with a suitable network interface.
- a suitable network interface Preferably, a LAN, WLAN or WAN network used. It is also possible to set up a peer-to-peer network that fulfills the required functionalities. The person skilled in the art can select the appropriate technology according to the requirements.
- the web server serves to provide data of the evaluation unit with a standardized communication protocol, which can be evaluated by different, remote devices.
- the advantages of the invention are to be seen in particular in that it is possible to dispense with the hitherto required manufacturer-specific handheld devices, because the data of the web server can be displayed with every customary internet-capable terminal in a web browser or special clients.
- terminals for example, PDA's, tablet PCs, smartphones or laptops come into question.
- the terminal only needs to be equipped with an Ethernet adapter, preferably a WLAN adapter, or have access to the data generated by the web server through another standard interface.
- the web server is preferably designed as software, which are executed with the evaluation unit on a computer.
- a Linux platform can run on the computer.
- Such computers are currently used in the field of consumer electronics.
- measurement results are preferably stored in a database, which is connected to the web server.
- the web server generates dynamic pages upon request by a client, including the data stored in the database.
- a database for example, a text file, comma-separated list or the like or a fixed memory area can be used as long as it is ensured that the web server has access to the stored measurement results.
- the dynamic pages are preferably provided via a local intranet.
- a connection to the Internet is possible, so that in special cases, for example, worldwide service can be made possible.
- dynamic web pages with program modules are generated on the web server page.
- the web server is actually a web application server.
- the generation of database-linked websites is possible with different technologies. Examples include Pearl, CGI, ASP, PHP or JAVA. Depending on the application, the person skilled in the art will select the most suitable technology and implement it accordingly.
- JAVA appears to be particularly suitable with JSP (Java Server Pages). It can be used in various technical operating systems and offers many advantages such as the use of the uniform, future-proof, powerful, modern and well-structured programming language Java, powerful standardized libraries, simple and fast database connection, good network capability, component technology, distributed applications, enterprise functions.
- the programming language can also be used in the client (if, for example, HTML forms are not sufficient, for example for JTable or graphical representations).
- a client on the terminal is preferably a standard browser in question.
- a specially programmed client which then has to be installed on the terminal.
- requests can be transmitted to the web server or data can also be sent.
- the input and configuration options are analogous to the known devices.
- the illustrated website can be constructed as well as display, operation and navigation as well as the display of conventional laser alignment systems.
- the design and integration of data are merely user-oriented limits.
- the server technology allows the data to be provided for different end devices in different formats.
- 1 shows a schematic representation of a first preferred embodiment of a laser alignment system according to the invention for aligning two shafts
- 2 shows a schematic illustration of a second preferred embodiment of a laser alignment system according to the invention for aligning two shafts
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of a third preferred embodiment of a laser alignment system according to the invention for aligning two shafts.
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a first preferred embodiment of the invention.
- a first shaft 01 and a second shaft 02 are connected by means of a coupling 03.
- the right Alignment of the shafts 01, 02 to each other is carried out by means of a laser alignment system 04 according to the invention.
- a laser transceiver unit 06 is connected to the first shaft 01 by means of a first tripod 07.
- a reflector 08 is connected by means of a second tripod 09 with the second shaft 02.
- the reflector 08 is aligned so that it reflects a laser beam 1 1, which is emitted by the laser transceiver unit 06 back to her back.
- Based on the point of impact of the laser beam 1 1 in a detector, not shown, of the laser transceiver unit 06 can be closed to the deviation of the alignment of the shafts 01 and 02 to each other.
- This method can be practiced or varied by any means known in the art.
- the invention resides in that the transceiver unit 06 comprises an evaluation unit 12 and a web server 13 with a network interface 14, which is preferably designed as a wireless network interface.
- the transceiver unit may additionally include a router. Both web servers 13 and routers can be implemented as software or hardware. The person skilled in the art knows the requirements and implementation possibilities of the various technologies.
- the evaluation unit 12 works in the previously known manner. It preferably comprises a database in which the determined values are stored. The storage can be carried out in modified embodiments in other ways known to those skilled in the art.
- a database-supported server application which prepares the data from the database or other data source for the display.
- a laptop 16 on the z. B. a web browser as a client 17 is running.
- the laptop 16 has a preferably WLAN-capable Ethernet adapter 18.
- the client 17 starts a request to the web server 13, which generates a corresponding dynamic web page, which e.g. is transmitted via the standard protocol HTTP to the client 17 and displayed on the screen of the laptop 16 accordingly.
- inputs to the laptop 16 are possible, which serve the configuration of the measuring system or the evaluation of the data. These can be transmitted to the web server 14 and stored there in the database. The data can also be summarized, for example, as measurement reports on another website.
- FIG. 1 An alternative embodiment is shown in FIG. This differs from the solution described in FIG. 1 in that, instead of the reflector 08, the laser alignment system 04 has a second laser transceiver unit 19.
- This system also works with respect to the actual measurement in a conventional manner, only the communication between the two laser transceiver units 06, 19 is carried out according to the invention also via a wireless connection 21st
- the second laser transceiver 19 is provided with a corresponding transceiver 22 for transmitting / receiving data and / or control commands.
- FIG. 3 differs from that shown in FIG. 2 in that the second laser transceiver unit 19 is equipped with its own second web server 23. This eliminates the need for direct data exchange 21 between the laser transceivers 06, 19th
- the laser alignment system 04 described here can be used in a wide variety of applications. It is not limited to the embodiment shown here.
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