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VibrationMatters
The Vibration Analysts Newsletter
In this issue: Series 3, Issue 5 June 2016

Featured Lesson:
Rolling Element Bearings
Vibration; the complete picture FEATURED LESSON
page 1

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Rolling Element Bearings: Vibration;
Featured Training Video:
the complete picture
Bearing Failure, Detection and
Prevention In our last issue of Vibration Matters, we mentioned the high frequency vibration
page 2 looked at bearing installation errors and that is generated, but as we will learn in
bearing looseness. We also included an greater detail, we can break this vibration
---------------------------- interesting case study by Simon Hurricks up into four components:
where a machine was rebuilt, balanced
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& IMVAC and aligned to the point that the bearings Friction
page 3 were insufficiently loaded, causing
catastrophic failure in just a matter of There will always be some friction
---------------------------- months! If you missed the last issue, you between surfaces, regardless of how good
can download it here. the lubricant may be. As the lubricant
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degrades (too much, too little, lubricant
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Page 4 additive pack degradation, or
contamination), friction will increase.
---------------------------- Frictional vibration is non-periodic.
Friction generates broadband noise
vibration at a wide range of frequencies.

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If we have metal-to-metal contact we will
---------------------------- generate very high frequency, very short

It is important to understand the nature duration pulses. These pulses, or shock

of the vibration generated by rolling waves, may be random in nature or

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 periodic it depends upon the reason for very high in frequency, but low in
the metal-to-metal contact. amplitude. The frequency generated will
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be over 20 kHz in the earliest stage

Bearing Failure, Periodic vibration some systems look at much higher

frequencies to detect the first signs of
Detection and When an even occurs periodically, at a bearing wear. We need techniques to
sufficient amplitude to be detected, the remove the low frequency, high amplitude
Prevention vibration will be present in the time vibration in order to detect this source of
record and a peak will appear in the vibration. Techniques such as acoustic
spectrum. Common examples are the emission, Shock Pulse, Spike Energy, and
vibration related to unbalance or the vane PeakVue are designed to do just that.
pass rate, however when there is damage
on the inner race of a bearing, for Enveloping and demodulation are also
example, a periodic source of vibration designed to monitor high frequency
will also be generated. vibration and detect first stage bearing
wear, however some systems are not
Resonance designed to monitor such high
frequencies, and many systems capable of
In this webinar, Jason Tranter first
When surfaces impact they generate detecting these high frequencies are not
discusses the most common
vibration, and the structure and machine set up to do so.
reasons why rolling element
bearings fail, including lubrication components (and the attached
As the fault develops the vibration
problems, lubricant contamination, accelerometer) will resonate as a result.
generated is lower in frequency. The high
excessive loading, and installation The natural frequency may be quite high
frequencies are still generated, however
and handling. Next, the webinar when dealing with vibration from
now lower frequency vibration (over 2
summarizes how a variety of bearings. We can detect the vibration
kHz) is generated. Time waveform
condition monitoring technologies from those resonances because the
analysis and spectra (in units of
can be utilized to determine the vibration is amplified and because the
acceleration) can be used to detect the
condition of rolling element frequencies are distinct from the much
fault and enveloping/demodulation can
bearings, including basic and higher amplitude vibration that masks the
be used.
advanced vibration analysis, oil lower frequency vibration generated by
analysis, wear particle analysis, and the bearing.
With increased wear comes higher
thermography. amplitude, lower frequency vibration.
Detection Now the conventional velocity spectra will
Length: 47 min
display signs of bearing wear.
This vibration can be detected using a
number of techniques, summarized And finally, as the fault develops further,
below: and damage becomes more severe, low
frequency noise is generated, and some
of the characteristic patterns we expect to
see begin to change to vibration patterns
normally associated with looseness. At
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this stage we may not measure the high
frequency vibration; there is too much
damage.
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The vibration generated due to poor

lubrication or minor bearing damage is
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October 31-November 2, 2016
Orlando, FL, USA 2016 IMVAC Conference Orlando, USA
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The International Machine Vibration Analysis Conference (IMVAC) will be held October 31
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Institute. IMVAC will have 5 keynote sessions and 3 streams of workshops, presentations
& case studies, exposition, round-table discussions and Awareness Day hands-on
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Electric Motor Analysis July 2016 Johannesburg, ZA 7/13/2016 2 days

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