Rotating machinery diagnostic system

Claim 1

A diagnostic system for evaluating rotating machinery of the type wherein two machines have rotating shafts coupled to each other, the diagnostic system being able to be customized for particular rotating machinery comprising a. a keypad having numerical keys and function keys for selecting programs and responding to messages; b. a display of sufficient size to display messages and numbers; c. a face plate to which the keyboard and display are attached having thereon at least one illustration of two machines having interconnected shafts; d. a plurality of indicators attached to the face plate at various positions around the illustration to indicate points where measurements must be taken and adjustments be made in the machines in a sequence compatible with a program; e. a first memory storing at least one program and having a means of receiving and storing input from the keyboard and external sources; f. an application specific removable card containing a memory having a program which contains instructions applicable to particular rotating machinery said program for receiving and processing information about the particular rotating machinery entered by a user; g. a processing unit connected to the keyboard, display, indicators, first memory and application specific removable card for receiving data, performing calculations and other operations according to at least one program in at least one of the first memory and the application specific removable card and transmitting a result to at least one of the display, the first memory, the application specific removable card and an external receiver; h. a decoding unit connected to the processing unit, display, indicators, first memory and application specific removable card for receiving signals from the processing unit to actuate the indicators and the first memory; and i. means for receiving data from at least one of electronic measurement devices, optical sensors, temperature probe, modem, bar code reader, external memory and external computer connected to at least one of the processing unit, first memory and application specific removable card.