A mixing machine includes a head extending over a bowl receiving location, the head including a downwardly extending rotatable output shaft for receiving a mixer tool. A drive train including a motor having an output operatively connected to drive a planetary gear system that effects rotation of the rotatable output shaft about its axis and orbiting of the shaft axis about another axis. A control system includes a master control unit and a slave control unit, the master control unit connected with a first sensor located along the drive train between the motor and the planetary gear system, the slave control unit connected with a second sensor, wherein both the slave control unit and the second sensor rotate with a part of the planetary gear system, wherein the master control unit and the slave control unit are configured for wireless communication with each other.

The oil quality in an oil reservoir of a pump is monitored using the disclosed oil-monitoring sensor. The oil-monitoring sensor includes a first capacitive portion for measuring oil level and a second capacitive portion for measuring dielectric constant of the oil. Changes in dielectric constant of the oil are indicative of degradation of the quality of the oil (e.g., due to contaminants, oxidation, etc.) So oil-monitoring sensor is used to indicate various parameters about the oil quality to an operator. Using the disclosed sensors, the quality of the lubricant and/or cooling oil used by the pump may be monitored without needing to be present at the pump, or without needing to access the interior of the pump (or oil reservoir).

A lubricant system for supplying lubrication to a component in a turbine engine includes a lubricant reservoir, a supply line fluidly coupling the lubricant reservoir to the component in the turbine engine, a scavenge line fluidly coupling the component to the lubricant reservoir, and a bypass line fluidly coupling the supply line to the scavenge line and bypassing the component.

The invention discloses a high-low pressure lubrication system for a high-horsepower plunger pump, including a high-pressure oil line and a low-pressure oil line, the high-pressure oil line is used for lubricating the connecting rod bearing bushes and the crosshead bearing bushes in the plunger pump, the low-pressure oil line is used for lubricating the crankshaft bearings, the crosshead sliding rails, the reduction gearbox bearing, and the reduction gearbox gear pair in the plunger pump. The beneficial effects are as follows: oil is fed in two passages: a high-pressure oil line and a low-pressure oil line, the high-pressure oil line is used for lubricating the connecting rod bearing bushes and the crosshead bearing bushes, and the low-pressure oil line is used for lubricating the crankshaft bearings, the crosshead sliding rails, the reduction gearbox bearing, and the reduction gearbox gear pair; two oil pumps are employed to supply oil so that the oil supply of each oil line could be better guaranteed, thus better distributing the lubricating oil, and avoiding problems of uneven distribution of lubricating oil caused by excessive lubrication branches and insufficient amount of lubricating oil at each lubricating point, thus enhancing the utilization of lubricating oil, reducing abnormalities; both the high-pressure oil line and the low-pressure oil line utilize two-stage filtration, which can reduce impurities in the lubricating oil and improve the life time of various components in the plunger pump.

A method for diagnosing a lubricant containing an additive, is executed by an information processor. Chromaticity information of the lubricant which is a diagnosis target is obtained from an input device, the chromaticity information is obtained by an optical sensor, and a storage device stores a deterioration curve of the lubricant which is the diagnosis target, the deterioration curve is determined in advance regarding a transition in a chromaticity coordinate caused by a deterioration, and a chromaticity coordinate corresponding to a limit contamination level determined in advance using a contaminated lubricant. The processing device obtains a chromaticity coordinate of the lubricant from the chromaticity information and uses a relative contamination level obtained from a distance of the chromaticity coordinate of the lubricant from the deterioration curve and a distance of the chromaticity coordinate corresponding to the limit contamination level from the deterioration curve.

There is described herein methods and system for correcting steady state errors in propeller speed by calculating a leakage flow rate as a function of engine and propeller parameters.

A method of controlling lubrication flow to a first engine component, a second engine component and a lubrication tank of a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, determining more than one condition experienced by the gas turbine engine, comparing with a processor on a controller the more than one condition against an engine performance model stored in memory on the controller, wherein the engine performance model includes stored relationship values between the more than one condition and a position of a scheduling valve, the scheduling valve disposed between the lubricant tank and the first engine component and between the lubricant tank and the second engine component, pumping a lubricant from the lubricant tank through a conduit to the scheduling valve using a pump, and controlling the position of the scheduling valve to vary a flow of the lubricant to two or more of the first engine component, the second engine component and the lubrication tank based upon the comparing of the more than one condition experienced by the gas turbine engine.

An on-vehicle oil sensor includes an enclosure and a detecting unit. The enclosure includes: an enclosure inner space provided inside the enclosure and configured to allow oil to enter the enclosure inner space; and a plurality of oil paths provided in the enclosure and connecting an exterior of the enclosure to the enclosure inner space. The detecting unit is configured to detect at least one of pressure of oil in the enclosure inner space and temperature of oil in the enclosure inner space.

A pressure-compensation controlled hydraulic pump, comprising an electric proportional pressure compensator, a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic control reversing valve and a servo cylinder; the electric proportional pressure compensator can be electrically connected to a controller, a first hydraulic control port of the hydraulic control reversing valve is connected to an internal oil drain path, and is connected to an internal output oil path by means of a hydraulic control oil inlet path provided with a first throttle valve, a second hydraulic control port is connected to the internal output oil path, and the pressure difference between an opening pressure of the electric proportional pressure compensator and an oil outlet pressure of the hydraulic pump can drive the hydraulic control reversing valve to perform reversing, and selectively enable a piston chamber of the servo cylinder to be in communication with the internal output oil path or the internal oil drain path.

A working fluid monitoring system for monitoring a working fluid of working fluid system of a piece of equipment is provided. The working fluid monitoring system can include a filter member having an inlet, an outlet, and a filter media disposed between the inlet and the outlet. The filter member can be configured to permit fluid communication of the working fluid of the working fluid system from the inlet, through the filter media, and out the outlet of the filter member. A sensor is in operable communication with the working fluid within the filter member and is configured to monitor in situ a parameter of the working fluid and/or the working fluid system.