OT: MECOS frequency device ?

From: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker_at_mts.net>
Date: Mon Jul 15 23:16:01 2002

 That sounds plausable since MECOS makes Active Magnetic Bearings.

 I drove taxi part-time some 20 years ago and listened in fascination to a
software engineer who had developed a program to use frequencies to check
for metal stress on large process machines thereby eliminating regular
inspections with expensive shutdowns . His manufacturer host had just flown
him in to Toronto from the US and they were discussing the process.

Lawrence
 


> 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
> >
>
>


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