1. A probe support carriage for use during probing an electrical device, comprising:
a body having a first end and a second end;
means for supporting and positioning said body;
a plurality of flux sensors operatively connected to and extending from said body via a plurality of probe extension pieces, each flux sensor of said plurality of flux sensors comprising a probe having a core structure of a material having high initial permeability and high resistivity characteristics, and a coil structure separate from said core structure and disposed with said core structure, said probe adapted to being supported so that a sensing portion of said core structure is maintained in a contact-free spaced relationship between a predetermined surface of the electrical device and said sensing portion of said core structure; and
a position sensor adapted to determine position along a longitudinal axis of the electrical device.
2. The probe support carriage of claim 1, wherein said each flux sensor is moved through the electrical device to scan the electrical device for a fault which produces a change in a leakage flux.
3. The probe support carriage of claim 1, wherein one extension piece of said plurality of extension pieces connecting one of said plurality of flux sensors to said body is disposed at said first end of said body and another extension piece of said plurality of extension pieces connecting another of said plurality of flux sensors to said body is disposed at said second end of said body allowing an entirety of said predetermined surface of the electrical device to be scanned without flipping the probe support carriage.
4. The probe support carriage of claim 1, wherein said each flux sensor is receptive to a vertical adjustment to position said each flux sensor at a predetermined distance from said predetermined surface of the electrical device.
5. The probe support carriage of claim 1, wherein said core structure in said each flux sensor at least partially comprises an iron.
6. The probe support carriage of claim 5, wherein said core structure varies in length from about 1 cm to about 7.6 cm based on a characteristic of the electrical device.
7. The probe support carriage of claim 1, wherein said predetermined surface comprises opposed surfaces of the electrical device, said leakage flux passes between said opposed surfaces and through an air gap defined between said opposed surfaces and said sensing portion of said core structure.
8. The probe support carriage of claim 1, wherein said means for supporting and positioning said body comprises wheels.
9. The probe support carriage of claim 8, wherein said wheels are disposed near a bottom portion of said body and said wheels comprise at least a wheel disposed on each side of a longitudinal centerline of said body.
10. The probe support carriage of claim 9, wherein a width between said wheels is adjustable.
11. The probe support carriage of claim 10, wherein said width between said wheels is selected to span a distance between said opposed surfaces.
12. The probe support carriage of claim 10, wherein an axle of said wheels is in mechanical communication with a guidance plate, said guidance plate is disposed in communication with at least one of inboard sidewalls of said predetermined surface and outboard sidewalls of said predetermined surface to prevent tilting of said body.
13. The probe support carriage of claim 1, wherein said position sensor comprises an inductive sensor.
14. The probe support carriage of claim 13, wherein said inductive sensor is an eddy current type sensor adapted to distinguishing air from metal, said inductive sensor is able to sense a ventilation space of said predetermined surface.
15. The probe support carriage of claim 14, wherein said inductive sensor counts a plurality of ventilation spaces to determine position along said axis of the electrical device.
16. The probe support carriage of claim 1, wherein said body includes a light assembly adapted to indicate a status of said each flux sensor.
17. A method of detecting an electrical fault in an electrical device comprising:
extending plurality of probes from a trolley via a plurality extension pieces, each probe of said plurality of probes having a solid core structure and a coil structure separate from said solid core structure and disposed with said solid core structure;
maintaining a sensing portion of said solid core structure in a contact-free, spaced relationship between opposed surfaces of members of the electrical device and through which a leakage flux passes;
inducing energization of the electrical device to a predetermined level which is lower than a normal operating level and thus produce said leakage flux;
detecting said leakage flux using said each probe at a first position;
moving said trolley to a second position with respect to said opposed surfaces and detecting said leakage flux at said second position;
monitoring a fluctuation in output of said each probe and detecting the fault in response to an abnormal leakage flux; and
determining an axial position of said trolley within the electrical device.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
disposing a first extension piece of said plurality of extension pieces at a first end of said trolley, said first extension piece connecting a first probe of said plurality of probes to said first end of said trolly; and
disposing a second extension piece of said plurality of extension pieces at a second end of said trolley, said second extension piece connecting a second probe of said plurality of probes to said second end of said trolly.
19. The method of claim 17, wherein said determining said axial position further comprises:
sensing a difference between a metal surface and a ventilation space on said opposed surfaces of the electrical device; and
counting a number of a plurality of said ventilation spaces.
20. The method of claim 17, wherein said inducing energization of the electrical device comprises inducing energization of less than about 4% of said normal operating level.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system for installing and deploying within an organization a domain environment employing service oriented architecture on a general purpose computer, the system comprising:
an application component, providing at least two processes relevant for the organization;
a process integration component for integrating the at least two processes;
a service consumption component for using the at least two processes; and
a user interface component for receiving information from a user activating at least one of the at least two processes, thereby providing a service-oriented-architecture (SOA) for the organization,
wherein the application component, the process integration component, the service consumption component and the user interface component are entirely pre-configured and ready to operate together as an executable program on a general purpose computer; and
further comprising an installation deployment component for deploying the application component, the process integration component; the service consumption component; or the user interface component.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the application component is selected from the group consisting of: a process component providing business functionality;
a service component providing infrastructure functionality;
a component for communicating with a customer or partner application; and
a component for communicating with a legacy system.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein the process integration component is selected from the group consisting of:
a system management component;
a service locator component; and
a service and event enablement component.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein the service consumption component is selected from the group consisting of:
a business process composition component;
a user interface composition component; an event composition component; and information composition component.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the user interface component is selected from the group consisting of:
a form;
a portal;
dedicated graphic user interface (GUI);
mobile GUI; and
a business client component.
6. The system of claim 1 further comprising a development environment for adding a business process to the environment.
7. The system of claim 1 further comprising a database and an operating system.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the application component, the process integration component, the service consumption component and the user interface component are pre-configured to communicate with at least one other component.
9. The system of claim 1 further comprising exemplary data associated with the environment.
10. The system of claim 1 wherein the environment is a banking environment.
11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing a set of instructions for installing and deploying a domain environment system employing service oriented architecture on a general purpose computer, wherein the set of instructions comprises:
an application component, providing at least two processes relevant for an organization;
a process integration component for integrating the at least two processes;
a service consumption component for using the at least two processes;
a user interface component for receiving information from a user activating at least one of the at least two processes; thereby providing a service-oriented-architecture (SOA) for the organization;
wherein the application component, the process integration component, the service consumption component and the user interface component are entirely pre-configured and ready to operate together as an executable program on a general purpose computer; and
further comprising an installation deployment component for deploying the application component, the process integration component; the service consumption component; or the user interface component.
12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11 further comprising exemplary data associated with the environment.