Order Tracking Filtering for Rotating Machinery Diagnosis Based on Zero Phase Distortion Digital Filtering

A new method for order tracking filtering of rotating machinery based on instantaneous frequency estimation and zero-phase distortion digital filtering is proposed. Compared with the traditional methods for order tracking filtering, the new method has a number of attractive features such as tacholess, no hardware-based tracking filter and no frequency shift to the original sampling data. The theorems and algorithms of the method are discussed. Filtering of overlapped data blocks, used to restrain the edge effect, which is caused by digital filtering, is introduced. An actual test example of run-up and coast down vibration of a motor is presented to demonstrate the validity of the method.