Rolling Element Bearings for Induction Motors

Author(s):  
Mohamed Boudiaf Koura ◽  
Ahmed Hamida Boudinar ◽  
Ameur Fethi Aimer ◽  
Mohammed-el-Amine Khodja

Several researches claim that the vibration technique, widely used in industry, is more efficient compared to the stator current analysis in the diagnosis of mechanical faults. On the other hand, researches show that the current technique is more advantageous especially in the diagnosis of electrical faults, in addition to the simplicity of the sensor positioning. The aim of this paper is to show that both diagnosis techniques can be complementary. For this, a comparative analysis of both diagnosis techniques performances is achieved. To this end, fault diagnosis of rolling element bearings used in induction motors is taken as an example, given the importance of bearings in energy transfer. Experimental results obtained show the complementarity of both techniques and their performances according to the faulty element of bearings.


2021 ◽  
pp. 107754632110161
Author(s):  
Aref Aasi ◽  
Ramtin Tabatabaei ◽  
Erfan Aasi ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Jafari

Inspired by previous achievements, different time-domain features for diagnosis of rolling element bearings are investigated in this study. An experimental test rig is prepared for condition monitoring of angular contact bearing by using an acoustic emission sensor for this purpose. The acoustic emission signals are acquired from defective bearing, and the sensor takes signals from defects on the inner or outer race of the bearing. By studying the literature works, different domains of features are classified, and the most common time-domain features are selected for condition monitoring. The considered features are calculated for obtained signals with different loadings, speeds, and sizes of defects on the inner and outer race of the bearing. Our results indicate that the clearance, sixth central moment, impulse, kurtosis, and crest factors are appropriate features for diagnosis purposes. Moreover, our results show that the clearance factor for small defects and sixth central moment for large defects are promising for defect diagnosis on rolling element bearings.


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