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Monitoring slide ring seal

US10989307B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

KSB SE & Co. KGaA · DE
BESTSENS AG · DE

Inventors

Maximilian Hauske · Mannheim, DE
Tina Weinberger · Blankenloch, DE
Christoph Brueckner · Altenstein, DE
Jurij ROOT · Coburg, DE
Stefan Schneider · Aachen, DE
Imannuel Rossteutscher · Coburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 13, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2291/2696
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An arrangement for shaft sealing and to a method for monitoring the sealing of the shaft seal are provided. The arrangement includes a rotating slide ring and a stationary slide ring, with a sealing gap having a lubricating film therebetween. The arrangement includes at least one sound transducer for generating and/or receiving exciting sound waves in the form of Lamb Rayleigh waves in at least one slide ring. The signals of the sound transducer are evaluated by an evaluation unit to determine the condition of the lubricating film in the gap.

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