Comparative study of gearbox fault diagnosis by vibration measurements

Hartono, Dennis; Halim, Dunant; Widodo, Achmad; Roberts, Gethin Wyn

Abstract

Vibration analysis has been demonstrated to be one of the best tools to detect faults in a gearbox by providing abundant information about the operating condition of a gearbox. However, a gearbox generates complex vibration signals, which makes it difficult to diagnose when a fault occurs. There are several fault diagnosis methods that can be utilized to analyze the underlying signals. The time-frequency method has been used and showed some promising results. On the other hand, it also has its drawback when it is applied to a complex mechanical system such as gearboxes. This paper thus attempts to examine the effectiveness of several diagnosis methods to detect faults in a gearbox from vibration measurements. The results show that the cepstrum method can provide a more accurate indication of a faulty gearbox compared to other diagnosis methods.

Citation

Hartono, D., Halim, D., Widodo, A., & Roberts, G. W. (2016). Comparative study of gearbox fault diagnosis by vibration measurements. MATEC Web of Conferences, 65, Article 01003. https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20166501003

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jul 6, 2016
• Publication Date: Jul 6, 2016
• Deposit Date: Oct 12, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 12, 2017
• Journal: MATEC Web of Conferences
• Electronic ISSN: 2261-236X
• Publisher: EDP Open
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 65
• Article Number: 01003
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20166501003
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/801950
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20166501003
• Additional Information: The International Conference on Nanomaterial, Semiconductor and Composite Materials (ICNSCM 2016)