A robot system includes: a robot arm; a drive unit; an encoder; a drive control unit transmitting and receiving a first communication packet and a second communication packet in this order to and from the encoder and controlling an operation of the drive unit, based on a content of the first communication packet and the second communication packet; a storage unit storing the first communication packet and the second communication packet; a first timer unit having a time making a cycle of a finite time period, the first timer unit causing the storage unit to store a first time when the first communication packet is stored into the storage unit and a second time when the second communication packet is stored into the storage unit; and a second timer unit measuring an elapsed time of a state of no communication after the first communication packet is detected.

A control apparatus for controlling an industrial machine includes a deterioration diagnostic unit that has a diagnostic function, which is repeatedly executed at predetermined timing, for diagnosing deterioration of each component of the industrial machine and outputs an alarm signal in response to deterioration equal to or more than a predetermined level in each component, an alarm control unit that outputs a stop command to the industrial machine based on the alarm signal and informs that the industrial machine is in an alarm stop state, and a cancellation operation receiving unit that receives the cancellation operation for cancelling the alarm stop state regardless of deterioration of each component. The deterioration diagnostic unit cancels the alarm stop state brought on by the diagnostic function based on the cancellation operation, and allows the industrial machine to operate until the diagnostic function is executed next.

A system for detecting the operating condition of components of an implement may include an implement, a first sensor comprising one of an acoustic sensor or a vision-based sensor, a second sensor comprising the other of the acoustic sensor or the vision-based sensor, and a controller communicatively coupled to the first and second sensors. The controller may receive performance data from the first sensor indicative of a performance of the implement. The controller may further monitor the performance data received from the first sensor and identify an area of interest relative to the implement. Additionally, the controller may control an operation of the second sensor to collect component data indicative of an operating condition of at least one component of the implement located within the area of interest.

An information processing device determines, based on a preset threshold, whether the production index belongs to either a first section or a second section contained in one maintenance cycle of the member, wherein a change in the production index is larger in the second section than in the first section. The information processing device executes at least one of first processing in which the production index determined to belong to the first section is used and second processing in which the production index determined to belong to the second section is used.

Methods and systems for a monitoring system for data collection in an industrial environment including a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels connected to data collection points operatively coupled to at least one of an oil production component or gas production component; a data storage structured to store a plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges for the at least one of an oil production component or gas production component; a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the plurality of input channels; and a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the plurality of detection values to determine measured frequency band data and compare the measured frequency band data to the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges, and to diagnose an operational parameter of the least one of an oil production component or gas production component in response to the comparison.

A data collection system in an industrial environment includes a data collector coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein at least one is connected to a vibration detection facility for detecting a noise pattern from a first industrial machine of a plurality of industrial machines; a data storage structured to store a plurality of noise patterns from the plurality of industrial machines in a library; a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data; and a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the collected data to determine if the noise pattern from the first industrial machine matches a noise pattern of a second industrial machine stored in the library, wherein if it matches an alarm condition is set to indicate the first industrial machine is experiencing a condition characteristic of the machine performance category of the second industrial machine.

A data collection system in an industrial environment includes a data collector coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein a collector route determines a subset of the input channels for data collection, the collector route selected based on a data marketplace indicator; a data storage structured to store a plurality of collector routes and collected data that correspond to the input channels, each comprising a different data collection routine for the input channels; a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data, each corresponding to at least one of the input channels; and a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the collected data from the input channels and evaluate a selected collection routine of the data collector based on the analyzed collected data, wherein the selected collection routine is switched to a second collection routine based on a received data marketplace indicator.

An apparatus, methods, and systems for data collection in a production environment are described. The system may include a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein a first subset of the plurality of input channels are connected to a first set of sensors measuring operational parameters from a production component, a data storage structured to store a plurality of collector routes and collected data, a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data of the production component, and a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the collected data and evaluate a first collection routine of the data collector based on the analyzed collected data, wherein based on the analyzed collected data the data collector makes a collection routine change.

A system for synchronous control of a plurality of sensors for sensing at least one characteristic such as temperature, vibration or movement, of at least one bearing, is provided. The system includes the plurality of sensors, which are in association with at least one machine. The system also includes a management device communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors. The system provides, to the plurality of sensors, a measurement command to instruct the plurality of sensors to perform synchronous measurements of the at least one machine. The system receives, from the plurality of sensors, a plurality of measurement values corresponding to the synchronous measurements.

A method for monitoring an oscillatory signal from an oscillating device includes filtering the oscillatory signal to within a desired frequency band to provide a filtered signal and extracting an amplitude from the filtered signal. The method further includes switching control of the oscillating device when the amplitude exceeds a predetermined amplitude requirement for a predetermined duration. An oscillatory signal monitor includes a first controller and a second controller each configured to independently control an oscillating device. An oscillatory signal based on a position of the oscillating device is filtered to a desired frequency band, and an amplitude is extracted from the filtered signal. A switch is provided for switching control of the oscillatory device from the first controller to the second controller when the amplitude exceeds a predetermined amplitude requirement for a predetermined duration.