Vibration Analysis Lab

Subtitle
Vibration Analysis
Using Envelope Analysis for the early detection
of faults in rolling-element bearings
› The Efficient Tool for
› Detection and analysis of
› –Rolling Element Bearing faults
› –Repeated Impacts
› –Modulated Random Noise
Envelope analysis
› Envelope analysis is a special kind of representation in the frequency range.
› It is very well suited for identifying impacts in the machine
› - Gear wheel damage
› - Bearing damage
› - Excessive bearing clearance
› Other analysis methods generally fail to cope with this.
› Impacts generate a broad frequency spectrum.

› Since the energy of the impact is spread over a wide frequency range, the spectral power
density is very low.

› The effects of the impact in the frequency range that is of interest for impact excitation are
so weak that they are masked by other vibrations such as out of-balance vibrations in the
spectrum from the FFT, and therefore cannot bedentified.
› Envelope analysis exploits the fact that other causes of vibration such as out-ofbalance
› vibrations are not represented in the higher frequency range. This means that
› here the frequency components of impacts are not masked.
› This spectrum now shows only the impact consequence frequency f and not other
› signals such as out-of-balance vibrations.

Rectification
High frequency input
signal

Creation of envelope by Envelope spectrum with

low-pass filtering damage frequencies
Selective Envelope Detection Principle
Envelope Analysis
Bearing Faults
Bearing Faults
Bearing Faults
Bearing Faults
4. Cage Defects:
 Example Bearing

No defect
Example Bearing

Outer
race
problem
Example Bearing

Outer
race
problem
Example Bearing

Inner race
problem
Example Bearing

Inner race
problem
Example Bearing

Ball
bearing
problem
Example Bearing

Ball
bearing
problem
Example Bearing

Outer,
Inner and
Ball
bearing
problem
Example Bearing

Outer,
Inner and
Ball
bearing
problem
Example Bearing

Wear
problem
Example Bearing

Wear
problem