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Ultrasound and Vibration analysis: two key elements of predictive maintenance
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Vibration analysis has been for many years the technology of choice for maintenance professionals to moniter the condition of rotating
‘the last years ultrasound has also emerged as avery popula technology for condition monitoring. The question that many are now asking themselves is:
‘which one Is best? Ultrasound ovbraton? In ths article we wl focus on the role of ultrasound as condition monitoring tol, and why using vibration and
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Why vibration analysis?
‘ration analyses an increta oa: detect ahd messes sal vbvatios a whats causing them hus alowing mabtnance professionals to detect ety atures on
toting equpment Futhemare, wration arabe gve va avery deep agnostic and allow us to deny te flue’ root cae, and thus crest 0 avld further lsu Inthe
future. Plus, thee ar a gret ruber of woration sensors and sltons onthe market to choose fo so malntenance team can find 2 sluton thats utable forthe needs
Why Ultrasound?
Utrasoundis considered by many the fst ne of defence when tomes to bearing ales since it can pve avery ary warning ofa potential problem even wth Mbrcation issues
‘The way ulresouns does tha by montring the ton lovls on ating eavpment The concept ssl: a # beating stats oa oft has ol been reatea prope
(vider or over ubieated, th ition evel ie Fieion reatesutraound emission that canbe pikes unt an uvaoni hall device o: seer andeaslted oom
frequency sounds thatthe iepectr can het Uttascund equipment wl also provide a decibel lve ~ and the igher te deste the highe the tonCeol
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Ultrasound or vibration?
‘There easy answer to this question, but one things fr sure: fa maintenance eam wants to teach excellence both technologies shouldbe use Utrascurd wil pondethe
‘eatlst warning ffl andi ala very easy use sie eles on seply vending decbellevele. Vibration alysis is extremely complete and wll gvemattenance
professionals a Seep overview ofthe ese andthe root cave of euch eeu, most ef ulraeovnd ithe doctor ho detect the problem and ration ethe hea specialist hat
‘ll eiagrose propery. We willow tac abot a few stuatons wherein general. uvasound can be used instead of wration analy,
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Slow speed bearings
‘Slow sped bearings are ticul to mnitor. Sine they rotate vey sony te ficult fr vibration sensor lek up slgfcant changes in vbration. Even with an utrasound
instrument maybe aul to plc up eure we ely only on deel vel sne extreme slow spesdbeerng spplcation (usualy leas tan 25rpr). the beating wll produce
lle no erasenc nose. However high-end ulvasniccevies wl abo fr sound recording by recoding the sound ofthe batng and checking tina specu analysis
software, we cen easy find peaks nthe sound spectrum ample whch indicate a fuk inthe Bear.
First line of defence, easy to useFora maltonanesprofesionalto properly work ath vation analysis sgnicant tring and experience ae needed, On the other sid, rasoundhas a eh ike laring
‘ate Bnd this because of ow the ecology work: sine ts monitoring fcton lvls an Vanssting them 08 values, we can easily check or potetia problems wth our
rotating equpment Once we setup a4 baseline for 3 bearing we jl need tote the eB vale overtime. Sa, essen fer «bearing ie 2088, but he Ulasencrsrument
‘ead 32, we already know there problem sina by eorpahg va
Lubrication
‘gin, because ultrasound i based onthe ction lvls, ts erecyadequste fr besring lubrication. the bearing lacking lubietion? Then the friction eels wl ineease and
‘wo can hear that hough the ulvasoni instrument ang seein the evel we star ubvieating the bearing rast ely we wl ee a decease inthe sound testy a hed
Tels. id he bearing receive too much ubricant? Ten ag, ton levels wl rcreese and we wl now thar using the ulesoni istrumet. Thus, lvascund is perfect te aoid
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Versatility
‘te vation ara i an extremely powerful to ts uses ae ited to mechareal equipment On the ther har uvasound has a wide ange of application which mekes ie
very vesaletechnalogy.One af he mest popula aplication of utvesouns besides codon monttig a energy savings. Since turbulence ake cleats tvasound emissions,
‘be ulrasonc instruments can easy be used fr leak detection (compressed a and athe gases), steam Vaps inspection and even fr eecieal inspections detect sues uh
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Conclusion
bole, as many other maintenance professionals nowadays tha sing multiple echnaogies that complement each others he way ogo. Teefore the questions ht
Lraeound ve vation, but instead laze AND wration ad when we sould be sing ane othe other Bath are very power contin montering teeneloges an, when
‘se proper toga can really ake any maintenance ard ela My program tothe excellence lv
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