METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT

599241 Disclosed is a condition assessment system (10) for monitoring the operation of at least one of a plurality of units included within a fleet of substantially similar units. The system (10) is comprised of a fleet of units (72-80, 110-118, 140-148), an input device (96) configured to receive a selection of at least one source of data related to the operation of at least first and second (72 and 74, respectively) units of the fleet of units (72-80, 110-118, 140-148), at least one sensor (82-90, 122-130, 152-160) and a condition assessment device (12, 70, 120, 150, 170). The fleet of units (72-80, 110-118, 140-148) includes the first and second units (72, 74) which are of the same type which is different from the type of the other units. The at least one sensor (82-90, 122-130, 152-160) is associated with the at least one source of data and is configured to sense data related to the operation of at least the first and second units (72, 74). The condition assessment device (12, 70, 120, 150, 170) is configured to receive data from said at least one sensor (82-90, 122-130, 152-160), sample data associated with at least one data parameter from the received data and generate a baseline parametric curve from the data associated with the at least one sampled data parameter.