OT: MECOS frequency device ?

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Mon Jul 15 11:17:00 2002

Hi
 It might be some kind of bearing failure detection
devise. The switches would be to select the frequency
to listen at. In a large shop, with a lot of machines
running ( like a printing press ), one needs something
check each bearing to see if it about to fail. When
a bearing is just starting to go bad, it growls.
The frequencies mentioned are in the range one would
expect for larger bearings.
Dwight


>From: "Lawrence Walker" <lgwalker_at_mts.net>
>
> No the LED is in the chassis. I started thinking it might be some sort of
heart
>device timer as the deceased former owner of the auctioned items was quite
>elderly. I guess you could use it as a timer strobe.
>
>Lawrence
>
>> On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Lawrence Walker wrote:
>>
>> > Likely way off topic, but I acquired some sort of frequency device in
>> > an auction junk box. It's a well machined device made by MECOS, made
>> > in W.Germant. It's about 2" square by 1/2" powered by a Li. battery
>> > and has micro-switches labelled 3 hz, 7.8 hz, 14.0 hz and a small led
>> > that flashes at the selected frequency. Anyone have any idea what it
>> > might be ?
>> >
>> > A search turned up that MECOS makes Active Magnetic Bearings and
>> > control boards and programs.
>>
>> Could this be some sort of timing device used for calibrating the speed of
>> something? Is the led separate from the chassis?
>>
>> -Toth
>>
>
>
>lgwalker_at_mts.net
>bigwalk_ca_at_yahoo.com
>
Received on Mon Jul 15 2002 - 11:17:00 BST