Vibration Diagnosis of Electric Motor’s Bearings

Abstract:

Recently technologies like vibration monitoring or acoustic measurement help the maintenance to improve the OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) factor. For example SKF company uses for fault detection vibration and temperature sensors and vibration signal processing techniques that differentiate between normal machinery process vibrations and abnormal vibrations caused by machinery faults. The fault can be eliminated or monitored until maintenance and repairs can be organized in a cost-effective way. The type of pattern with frosted or fluted features on the bearing inner or outer race it's often found on the electrical motors bearings due to electric discharge inside motor. This defect can decrease the asset life time from months to days and could lead to catastrophic defects.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 463-464)
• Pages: 1725-1728
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.463-464.1725
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Liviu Ciupitu, Andrei Tudor, Doru Turcan, Daniel Sandor
• Keywords: Bearing, Diagnosis, Electric Motor

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