ROLLING BEARING TECHNICAL CONDITION FORECASTING USING VIBRATION ACCELERATION OVERALL LEVEl
Traditionally, the assessment of changes in the technical condition of individual components and mechanisms of rotation machines in industry is associated with trends analysis of various vibration parameters. Over the decades of using vibration analysis, we have accumulated extensive experience in faults locating and critically determining, however, it is the assessment of the remaining life that regulates the timing of maintenance and repair activities that is of great practical importance. This article uses the example of a pump unit rolling bearing to consider approaches to predicting the growsup stage of defects based on the analysis of values of vibration acceleration levels. The stages of normal operation and other stages of bearing damage are highlighted, threshold values are calculated and dependences of changes in diagnostic criteria for each stage of the life cycle are constructed. The obtained dependencies show results that are similar in general, but individual in their values, therefore, the accumulation of possible scenarios of events allows creating a knowledge base for predicting the behavior of a mechanical system. The necessary tools for multifactor forecasting were implemented within the SAFE PLANT software platform (LLC SPA DIATECH, Moscow) and are successfully applied at Uralkali PJSC for monitoring the technical condition of all technological equipment and managing MRO processes by integrating the results of diagnostics and forecast assessments into the ORACLE corporate system.