Analysis of Ball Bearing Vibrations Caused by Outer Race Waviness
Abstract Even with the use of highly efficient machine, the manufacturing of rolling elements bearings still results in defective bearings. The defects could be on the race track or the rolling elements. A common problem with defective bearing is the generating waviness on the outer race track during the manufacturing process. The vibrations caused by rolling elements rolling over the waviness surface is transmitted to the passenger cabin and produced unwanted noise. In this paper an analytical study was first undertaken to evaluate the effect of waviness number, radial gap and shaft unbalance on the vibration spectrum. Experimental investigation was carried out to confirm the analytical study. The experimental results agreed very well with the numerical analysis.