scholarly journals The Exploitation of Wavelet De-Noising To Detect Bearing Faults

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Khalid Al-Raheem ◽  
Asok Roy ◽  
K. Ramachandran ◽  
David Harrison ◽  
Steven Grainger
Keyword(s):  
Fault Detection ◽  
Vibration Signal ◽  
Damping Factor ◽  
Wavelet Base ◽  
Base Function ◽  
Bearing Faults ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Bearing Fault ◽  
Detection Process ◽  
Bearing Vibration

The Exploitation of Wavelet De-Noising To Detect Bearing Faults Failure diagnosis is an important component of the Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) activities for most engineering systems. Rolling element bearings are the most common cause of rotating machinery failure. The existence of the amplitude modulation and noises in the faulty bearing vibration signal present challenges to effective fault detection method. The wavelet transform has been widely used in signal de-noising due to its extraordinary time-frequency representation capability. In this paper, we proposed new approach for bearing fault detection based on the autocorrelation of wavelet de-noised vibration signal through a wavelet base function derived from the bearing impulse response. To improve the fault detection process the wavelet parameters (damping factor and center frequency) are optimized using maximization kurtosis criteria to produce wavelet base function with high similarity with the impulses generated by bearing defects, that leads to increase the magnitude of the wavelet coefficients related to the fault impulses and enhance the fault detection process. The results show the effectiveness of the proposed technique to reveal the bearing fault impulses and its periodicity for both simulated and real rolling bearing vibration signals.

Research of Rolling Bearing Fault Feature Extraction Based on EMD and Choi-Williams

2013 ◽  
Vol 694-697 ◽  
pp. 1377-1381
Author(s):  
Xing Chun Wei ◽  
Yu Lin Tang ◽  
Tao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Vibration Signal ◽  
Rolling Bearing ◽  
Outer Ring ◽  
Intrinsic Mode Functions ◽  
Linear Superposition ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Bearing Fault ◽  
Rolling Element ◽  
Bearing Vibration

Aiming at rolling bearing fault signal of the non stationary feature, Apply a new method to the rolling bearing vibration signal of feature extraction, which is combined the Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) and the Choi-Williams distribution. Firstly, original signals were decomposed into a series of intrinsic mode functions (IMF) of different scales. To the decomposed each IMF component for Choi-Williams time-frequency analysis, Then take the linear superposition, finally obtained the rolling bearing vibration signal of Choi-Williams distribution. After the analyses of the rolling bearing inner ring, outer ring and rolling element fault signal ,the results show that this method can effectively suppress the frequency aliasing and interference caused by cross terms. And be able to accurately extract the fault frequency of the bearing inner ring, outer ring and rolling element, lay the foundation for the subsequent rolling bearing state recognition.

Algorithm for Multiple Time-Frequency Curve Extraction From Time-Frequency Representation of Vibration Signals for Bearing Fault Diagnosis Under Time-Varying Speed Conditions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huan Huang ◽  
Natalie Baddour ◽  
Ming Liang
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Vibration Signal ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Bearing Fault ◽  
Bearing Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Order Tracking ◽  
Frequency Representation ◽  
Bearing Vibration ◽  
Fault Characteristic

Bearing fault diagnosis under constant operational condition has been widely investigated. Monitoring the bearing vibration signal in the frequency domain is an effective approach to diagnose a bearing fault since each fault type has a specific Fault Characteristic Frequency (FCF). However, in real applications, bearings are often running under time-varying speed conditions which makes the signal non-stationary and the FCF time-varying. Order tracking is a commonly used method to resample the non-stationary signal to a stationary signal. However, the accuracy of order tracking is affected by many factors such as the precision of the measured shaft rotating speed and the interpolation methods used. Therefore, resampling-free methods are of interest for bearing fault diagnosis under time-varying speed conditions. With the development of Time-Frequency Representation (TFR) techniques, such as the Short-Time Fourier Transform (STFT) and wavelet transform, bearing fault characteristics can be shown in the time-frequency domain. However, for bearing fault diagnosis, instantaneous time-frequency characteristics, i.e. Time-Frequency (T-F) curves, have to be extracted from the TFR. In this paper, an algorithm for multiple T-F curve extraction is proposed based on a path-optimization approach to extract T-F curves from the TFR of the bearing vibration signal. The bearing fault can be diagnosed by matching the curves to the Instantaneous Fault Characteristic Frequency (IFCF) and its harmonics. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is validated by experimental data collected from a faulty bearing with an outer race fault and a faulty bearing with an inner race fault, respectively.

scholarly journals Feature Extraction Using Sparse Kernel Non-Negative Matrix Factorization for Rolling Element Bearing Diagnosis

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 3680
Author(s):  
Lin Liang ◽  
Xingyun Ding ◽  
Fei Liu ◽  
Yuanming Chen ◽  
Haobin Wen
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Fault Detection ◽  
Matrix Factorization ◽  
Vibration Signal ◽  
Frequency Bands ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Bearing Fault ◽  
Fault Features ◽  
Sparse Kernel ◽  
Non Negative Matrix Factorization

For early fault detection of a bearing, the localized defect generally brings a complex vibration signal, so it is difficult to detect the periodic transient characteristics from the signal spectrum using conventional bearing fault diagnosis methods. Therefore, many matrix analysis technologies, such as singular value decomposition (SVD) and reweighted SVD (RSVD), were proposed recently to solve this problem. However, such technologies also face failure in bearing fault detection due to the poor interpretability of the obtained eigenvector. Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF), as a part-based representation algorithm, can extract low-rank basis spaces with natural sparsity from the time–frequency representation. It performs excellent interpretability of the factor matrices due to its non-negative constraints. By this virtue, NMF can extract the fault feature by separating the frequency bands of resonance regions from the amplitude spectrogram automatically. In this paper, a new feature extraction method based on sparse kernel NMF (KNMF) was proposed to extract the fault features from the amplitude spectrogram in greater depth. By decomposing the amplitude spectrogram using the kernel-based NMF model with L1 regularization, sparser spectral bases can be obtained. Using KNMF with the linear kernel function, the time–frequency distribution of the vibration signal can be decomposed into a subspace with different frequency bands. Thus, we can extract the fault features, a series of periodic impulses, from the decomposed subspace according to the sparse frequency bands in the spectral bases. As a result, the proposed method shows a very high performance in extracting fault features, which is verified by experimental investigations and benchmarked by the Fast Kurtogram, SVD and NMF-based methods.

scholarly journals Deep Learning-Based Bearing Fault Diagnosis Method for Embedded Systems

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (23) ◽  
pp. 6886
Author(s):  
Minh Tuan Pham ◽  
Jong-Myon Kim ◽  
Cheol Hong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Image Size ◽  
Bearing Faults ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Bearing Fault ◽  
Bearing Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Machine Health Monitoring ◽  
System Resources

Bearing elements are vital in induction motors; therefore, early fault detection of rolling-element bearings is essential in machine health monitoring. With the advantage of fault feature representation techniques of time–frequency domain for nonstationary signals and the advent of convolutional neural networks (CNNs), bearing fault diagnosis has achieved high accuracy, even at variable rotational speeds. However, the required computation and memory resources of CNN-based fault diagnosis methods render it difficult to be compatible with embedded systems, which are essential in real industrial platforms because of their portability and low costs. This paper proposes a novel approach for establishing a CNN-based process for bearing fault diagnosis on embedded devices using acoustic emission signals, which reduces the computation costs significantly in classifying the bearing faults. A light state-of-the-art CNN model, MobileNet-v2, is established via pruning to optimize the required system resources. The input image size, which significantly affects the consumption of system resources, is decreased by our proposed signal representation method based on the constant-Q nonstationary Gabor transform and signal decomposition adopting ensemble empirical mode decomposition with a CNN-based method for selecting intrinsic mode functions. According to our experimental results, our proposed method can provide the accuracy for bearing faults classification by up to 99.58% with less computation overhead compared to previous deep learning-based fault diagnosis methods.

Sensitivity Assessment of Wound Rotor Induction Generator Bearing Fault Detection Using Machine Electrical Quantities

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damian S. Vilchis-Rodriguez ◽  
Sinisa Djurović ◽  
Alexander C. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Fault Detection ◽  
Induction Machines ◽  
Spectral Signature ◽  
Bearing Faults ◽  
Bearing Fault ◽  
Bearing Fault Detection ◽  
Induction Generators ◽  
Sensitivity Assessment ◽  
Bearing Failures ◽  
Processing Techniques

This paper investigates the sensitivity of machine electrical quantities when employed as a means of bearing fault detection in wound rotor induction generators. Bearing failure is the most common failure mode in rotating AC machinery. With the widespread use of wound rotor induction machines in modern wind power generation, achieving effective detection of bearing faults in these machines is becoming increasingly important in order to minimize wind turbine maintenance related downtime. Current signature analysis has been demonstrated to be an effective technique for achieving detection of different fault types in ac machines. However, this technique lacks sensitivity when used for detection of bearing failures and therefore sophisticated post processing techniques have recently been suggested to improve its performance. As an alternative, this paper investigates the sensitivity of a range of machine electrical quantities to bearing faults, with the aim of examining the possibility of achieving improved bearing fault detection based on identifying a clear fault spectral signature. The reported signatures can be subjected potentially to refined processing techniques to further improve fault detection.

A NewFault Detection and Diagnosis Method Based on Wigner-Ville Spectrum Entropy for the Rolling Bearing

2012 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 346-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Xie ◽  
Yu Xin Yang ◽  
Guo Qian Jiang ◽  
Yi Hao Du ◽  
Xiao Li Li
Keyword(s):  
Fault Detection ◽  
Rolling Bearing ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Fault Detection And Diagnosis ◽  
Vibration Signals ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Diagnosis Method ◽  
Bearing Vibration ◽  
Detection And Diagnosis ◽  
Critical Components

The rolling bearings are one of the most critical components in rotary machinery. To prevent unexpected bearing failure, it is crucial to develop the effective fault detection and diagnosis techniques to realize equipment’s near-zero downtime and maximum productivity. In this paper, a new fault detection and diagnosis method based on Wigner-Ville spectrum entropy (WVSE) is proposed. First, the local mean decomposition (LMD) and the Wigner-Ville distribution (WVD) are combined to develop a new feature extraction approach to extract the fault features in time-frequency domain of the bearing vibration signals. Second, the concept of the Shannon entropy is integrated into the WVD to define the Wigner-Ville spectrum entropy to quantify the energy variation in time-frequency distribution under different work conditions. The research results from the bearing vibration signals demonstrate that the proposed method based on WVSE can identify different fault patterns more accurately and effectively comparing with other methods based on singular spectrum entropy (SSE) or power spectrum entropy (PSE).

scholarly journals Cyclostationary Analysis for Gearbox and Bearing Fault Diagnosis

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhipeng Feng ◽  
Fulei Chu
Keyword(s):  
Rolling Element Bearing ◽  
Bearing Faults ◽  
Bearing Fault ◽  
Bearing Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Cyclic Frequency ◽  
Fm Signals ◽  
Rolling Element ◽  
Element Bearing ◽  
Bearing Vibration ◽  
Cyclic Spectrum

Gearbox and rolling element bearing vibration signals feature modulation, thus being cyclostationary. Therefore, the cyclic correlation and cyclic spectrum are suited to analyze their modulation characteristics and thereby extract gearbox and bearing fault symptoms. In order to thoroughly understand the cyclostationarity of gearbox and bearing vibrations, the explicit expressions of cyclic correlation and cyclic spectrum for amplitude modulation and frequency modulation (AM-FM) signals are derived, and their properties are summarized. The theoretical derivations are illustrated and validated by gearbox and bearing experimental signal analyses. The modulation characteristics caused by gearbox and bearing faults are extracted. In faulty gearbox and bearing cases, more peaks appear in cyclic correlation slice of 0 lag and cyclic spectrum, than in healthy cases. The gear and bearing faults are detected by checking the presence or monitoring the magnitude change of peaks in cyclic correlation and cyclic spectrum and are located according to the peak cyclic frequency locations or sideband frequency spacing.

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