Innovative health monitoring system for smart motor drives in water pump applications

在千禧年早期，阿姆斯特朗流体技术凭借其设计包络(DE)泵获得了竞争优势，该泵在泵/马达和传动装置的集成选择、尺寸、设计和测试方面代表了行业领先的创新，以实现最佳效率。结合阿姆斯特朗在嵌入式无传感器技术方面的创新，阿姆斯特朗的泵很容易被视为市场上的创新领导者。近年来，阿姆斯特朗的大多数竞争对手都引入了新的集成泵/电机/驱动技术，从客户的角度来看，这模糊了设计包络泵和其他泵之间的区别。Taco、Xylem和KSG等竞争对手也推出了各种形式的互联网连接以及诊断服务，以进一步区分他们的产品。在阿姆斯特朗致力于互联网连接的同时，我们计划通过嵌入到泵中的诊断技术超越当前的竞争对手，而不是需要外部和单独的测量设备。这将降低额外硬件的成本，并使可靠性和可维护性数字更好。目前，阿姆斯特朗的竞争对手需要辅助硬件传感器和测量设备来提供诊断洞察力。具体来说，这可能包括：电机上的振动传感器、温度传感器和/或相位测量。阿姆斯特朗的目标是利用UOIT的Mohamed Youssef博士的专业知识，在他的团队的整个项目中促进这一创新方法的设计。

In the early millennial era, Armstrong Fluid Technology enjoyed a competitive advantage with their Design Envelope (DE) pump, which represented the industry leading innovation in integrated selection, sizing, design and testing of pumps/motors and drives for optimal efficiency. Combined with Armstrong's innovation in embedded sensorless technology, Armstrong's pumps were easily perceived as the innovation leaders in the market. In recent years, the majority of Armstrong's competitors have introduced newly integrated pump/motor/drive technology, which from a customer's perspective, blurs the distinction between Design Envelope and other pumps. Competitors like Taco, Xylem and KSG have also introduced various forms of internet enabled connections along with diagnostic services to further differentiate their products. While Armstrong is working on internet connectivity, we plan to leap the current competitors with diagnostic technology that is embedded in the pumps rather than requiring exterior and separate measurement equipment. This will cut down the cost of extra hardware and will make the reliability and maintainability figure of a better number.Currently, Armstrong's competition require ancillary hardware sensors and measurement devices in order to provide their diagnostic insight. In particular, this could include: vibration sensors, temperature sensors and/or phase measurement on the motor. Armstrong aims to use the expertise of Dr. Mohamed Youssef at UOIT, to facilitate the design of this innovative approach throughout this project with his group.