A system and method for determining eccentricity of a casing and a rotor of a gas turbine includes a plurality of stationary distance detectors coupled to the casing at known circumferential positions and a rotating distance detector coupled to the rotor or a blade in or near an axial plane defined by the stationary distance detectors. The stationary distance detectors transmit wireless signals to one another to determine a first series of distance measurements between each pair of stationary distance detectors. The rotating distance detector transmits wireless signals to each of the stationary distance detectors, as the rotor is spun, to generate a second series of distance measurements. The measurements are transmitted, over a wireless local area network, to a remote computing device that processes the distance measurements into an eccentricity plot. An optional base station may be used to generate the wireless network.

A roundness measuring machine includes: a base; a table rotatable relative to the base; a probe configured to scan a surface of a workpiece mounted on the table; a motor configured to rotate the table; and a control device configured to control a rotation of the motor. The control device includes: a starting current detector configured to detect a starting current of the motor; and an acceleration/deceleration time setting unit configured to detect at least one of acceleration time and deceleration time for the motor in accordance with the starting current. The roundness measuring machine can suitably set the acceleration time and the deceleration time for the motor corresponding to the inertia moment of the workpiece mounted on the table.

There are provided a detector, a surface property measuring machine and a roundness measuring machine for automatically measuring a plurality of surfaces to shorten the time necessary for measurement. This problem is solved by a detector provided with a stylus for supporting a contact coming in contact with a surface of an object to be measured, a holder configured to hold the stylus, a measuring part configured to hold the holder to be capable of swinging by a rotating shaft and detect a displacement of the holder, and a body configured to accommodate the measuring part, wherein the holder holds the stylus such that a stylus axis as an axis of the stylus and a body axis as an axis of the body are in parallel, and the stylus axis and the body axis are offset in a first direction perpendicular to the body axis and the rotating shaft.

A system and method for determining eccentricity of a casing and a rotor of a gas turbine includes a plurality of stationary distance detectors coupled to the casing at known circumferential positions and a rotating distance detector coupled to the rotor or a blade in or near an axial plane defined by the stationary distance detectors. The stationary distance detectors transmit wireless signals to one another to determine a first series of distance measurements between each pair of stationary distance detectors. The rotating distance detector transmits wireless signals to each of the stationary distance detectors, as the rotor is spun, to generate a second series of distance measurements. The measurements are transmitted, over a wireless local area network, to a remote computing device that processes the distance measurements into an eccentricity plot. An optional base station may be used to generate the wireless network.

The present invention discloses a sensing circuit, a processing method of the sensing circuit and a curved surface profile measuring method. Conductors of the sensing circuit are arranged in flexible protection bodies in a braiding manner, and the conductors and the flexible protection bodies are at a compressed state. Therefore, the sensing circuit of the present invention has better flexibility and tensile property, can be attached to a surface of equipment, can be used for sensing multiple situations of the equipment, such as slight touch and collision of a large displacement, and can also be applied to precise measurement of a size of a curved surface profile.

The present invention discloses a sensing circuit, a processing method of the sensing circuit and a curved surface profile measuring method. Conductors of the sensing circuit are arranged in flexible protection bodies in a braiding manner, and the conductors and the flexible protection bodies are at a compressed state. Therefore, the sensing circuit of the present invention has better flexibility and tensile property, can be attached to a surface of equipment, can be used for sensing multiple situations of the equipment, such as slight touch and collision of a large displacement, and can also be applied to precise measurement of a size of a curved surface profile.

A roundness measuring device includes an annular ring, and a plurality of displacement sensors (comparative length measuring devices) provided on the ring at predetermined intervals. The displacement sensors are arranged such that lines along which measurement axes of the displacement sensors extend intersect at a single point.

An automation cell for performing a plurality of secondary operations on manufactured parts is for use with a manufacturing machine operable to perform primary manufacturing of the parts. The automation cell includes a cell housing, a robot with a gripper mechanism capable of loading and unloading a part between the manufacturing machine and the automation cell, a gauging station being a secondary operation device and operable to gauge a parameter of a manufactured part, a marking device for marking the manufactured part, and a vision system for verifying the marking of the manufactured part.

Provided are a method and a system for detecting bend in the rotating shaft of magnetic bearing. The system comprises a first displacement sensor, a second displacement sensor, and a processor electrically connected with the first displacement sensor and the second displacement sensor; the processor comprises a calculating unit, a first judging unit and a second judging unit; the calculating unit is configured to calculate center positions of the rotating shaft stopping at different positions during rotating a circle; the first judging unit judges whether the rotating shaft is bent or not according to a curve of the changed center positions, and outputs a test result of qualification if the rotating shaft is not bent. Users are able to determine whether the rotating shaft needs to be processed or not, to avoid causing destructive effects on the magnetic bearing system due to excessive bend degree of the rotating shaft.

An automation cell incorporating elements for performing secondary operations on a machined part is adapted to be disposed adjacent to a machining center for performing the primary operations on the part. The cell incorporates a robotic arm capable of being moved into position with respect to the machining center so as to load machined parts into the machining center and unload primarily machined parts for the performance of secondary operations in the cell. In a preferred embodiment the automation cell performs roll check operations on the primarily machined gear by bringing it into meshed engagement with a master gear and rotating the meshed gears and employing a sensor to monitor the roll-out of the machined gear.