Analysis of Heating Performances for Ultra-High Speed Electric Spindle Bearings Based on the Energy Theory of TEHL in Point Contact State

To analyze the lubricating state and the heating performances of the spindle bearings in ultra-high speed electric spindles, taken the characteristics of oil-air lubrication into account and based on the theories about rolling bearing dynamics and thermal elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication in point contact state, a model was built with the energy method for analyzing the heating performances the ball elements on both raceways in spindle bearings. An equation was derived for calculating the total quality of heat produced in a bearing. The influences of some basic factors such as the running speed, the axial preload, the oil viscidity, the design contact angle of bearing, and the ball materials and so on are analyzed on the heating performances in a bearing. The results show that it is easy to come into being elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication state for a bearing running in an ultra high-speed and lubricated by oil-air. It is also shown that the higher speed is, the more the quality of heat produced inside the oil films in the elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication state will be, which will bring the bearings working conditions worse.

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Impulse Response of the Elasto-Hydrodynamic Lubrication Film of a Rolling Bearing to Dynamic Excitation of a Flat Belt Drive

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma13204533 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (20) ◽

pp. 4533

Author(s):

Pavel Adamčík ◽

Zuzana Murčinková

Keyword(s):

Impulse Response ◽

High Speed ◽

Hydrodynamic Lubrication ◽

Rolling Bearing ◽

Radial Deformation ◽

Belt Drive ◽

Angular Contact Ball Bearing ◽

Lubrication Film ◽

Dynamic Excitation ◽

Testing Bench

The impulse response of a rolling bearing and its principal component, the elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication film (EHDL), are analysed. When measuring the vibrations of bearings, we observed that the impulse response was mostly caused by defects (fatigue damage) on the raceways and/or rolling elements. However, this phenomenon can also occur in new defect-free roller bearings, where it is not commonly expected. This study presents an experiment that identifies the conditions of dynamic excitation for the impulse response of the EHDL, the source of which is not defects, but the EHDL itself. The EHDL responds in the form of impulses in case the velocity of its radial deformation is too fast. This is an unfavourable phenomenon that significantly shortens the service life of bearings. To analyse the dynamic excitation conditions, a testing bench at speeds up to 135,000 rpm with a flat belt drive was used. The testing bench enabled the formation of the so-called beat excitation from two harmonic excitation forces close in rotational frequency. The subject of this study is a defect-free high-speed double-row angular contact ball bearing used in the textile industry. We also present other physical conditions for the occurrence of undesired impulse responses that are caused by the EHDL.

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Investigation of the High Speed Rolling Bearing Temperature Rise With Oil-Air Lubrication

Journal of Tribology ◽

10.1115/1.4003501 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 133 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Shuyun Jiang ◽

Hebing Mao

Keyword(s):

Temperature Rise ◽

High Speed ◽

Ball Bearing ◽

Rotation Speed ◽

Rolling Bearing ◽

Operating Conditions ◽

Steel Ball ◽

Pipe Length ◽

Air Lubrication ◽

Hybrid Ceramic

The oil-air lubrication system has been widely used for rolling ball bearing. However, as the rotation speed increases, the temperature rise will increase dramatically, resulting in shortening the service life of the ball bearing. The existing literature has offered valuable fundamental data about the oil-air lubrication of rolling bearing; however, there are still some problems that concerned the oil-air lubrication, which are not addressed. In this study, an experiment setup to investigate the oil-air lubrication for the high speed ball bearing has been developed, and performance tests of hybrid ceramic and steel ball bearings under the extensive operating conditions including oil-air supply pipe length, bearing preload, lube interval, oil type, oil viscosity, nozzle design, and rotation speed have been conducted. The test results show that the bearing has the lowest temperature rise with the pipe length of 1.5 m. For the steel ball bearing, the proper preload decreases with increasing of the rotating speed, and the temperature rise of the hybrid ceramic ball bearing is not sensitive to the axial preload. There exists a proper amount of lubricant for the bearing at each rotational speed; and a larger amount of lubricant is required for the bearing as the rotating speed increases. The tested bearings under different speeds have almost the same lowest temperature rise under the lubricant with the viscosity of 100 cSt; a higher or lower viscosity will increase the bearing temperature rises. The nozzle design is an important factor to affect the temperature rise of the ball bearing, and the suitable geometric parameter of the nozzle is closely related to the cage landing method of the bearing. The temperature rise of tested bearings increases with the increase in the rotation speed; and the hybrid ceramic ball bearing always has a lower temperature rise than that of the steel ball bearing at the same operating conditions.

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Energy-efficient PLIA-RWA algorithms for transparent optical networks

10.51415/10321/2470 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

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Andrew Mutsvangwa

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Optical Networks ◽

High Speed ◽

Physical Layer ◽

Transparent Optical Networks ◽

Blocking Probabilities ◽

All Optical ◽

Physical Layer Impairments ◽

To Come

The tremendous growth in the volume of telecommunication traffic has undoubtedly triggered an unprecedented information revolution. The emergence of high-speed and bandwidth-hungry applications and services such as high-definition television (HDTV), the internet and online interactive media has forced the telecommunication industry to come up with ingenious and innovative ideas to match the challenges. With the coming of age of purposeful advances in Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology, it is inherently practicany possible to deploy ultra-high speed all-optical networks to meet the ever-increasing demand for modern telecommunication services. All-optical networks are capable of transmitting data signals entirely in the optical domain from source to destination, and thus eliminate the incorporation of the often bulky and high-energy consuming optical to-electrical-to-optical (OEO) converters at intermediate nodes. Predictably, all-optical networks consume appreciably low energy as compared to their opaque and translucent counterparts. This low energy consumption results in lower carbon footprint of these networks, and thus a significant reduction in the greenhouse gases (GHGs) emission. In addition, transparent optical networks bring along other additional and favourable rewards such as high bit-rates and overall protocol transparency. Bearing in mind the aforementioned benefits of transparent optical networks, it is vital to point out that there are significant setbacks that accompany these otherwise glamourous rewards. Since OEO conversions are eliminated at intermediate nodes in all-optical networks, the quality of the transmitted signal from source to destination may be severely degraded mainly due to the cumulative effect of physical-layer impairments induced by the passage through the optical fibres and associated network components. It is therefore essential to come up with routing schemes that effectively take into consideration the signal degrading effects of physical -layer impairments so as to safeguard the integrity and health of transmitted signals, and eventually lower blocking probabilities. Furthermore, innovative approaches need to be put in place so as to strike a delicate balance between reduced energy consumption in transparent networks and the quality of transmitted signals. In addition, the incorporation of renewable energy sources in the powering of network devices appears to gain prominence in the design and operation of the next-generation optical networks. The work presented in this dissertation broadly focuses on physical-layer impairment aware routing and wavelength assignment algorithms (PLIA-RWA) that attempt to: (i) achieve a sufficiently high quality of transmission by lowering the blocking probability, and (ii) reduce the energy consumption in the optical networks. Our key contributions of this study may be summarized as follows: Design and development of a Q-factor estimation tool. Formulation, evaluation and validation of a QoT-based analytical model that computes blocking probabilities. Proposal and development of IA-RWA algorithms and comparison with established ones. Design and development of energy-efficient RWA schemes for dynamic optical networks.

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