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and reliability
Australian Standard

Rolling bearings—System life

AS 3890—1991
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee ME/37, Rolling Bearings. It was
approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 12 February 1991 and
published on 15 April 1991.

The following interests are represented on Committee ME/37:

Australian British Chamber of Commerce
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Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia

Confederation of Australian Industry
Federation of Automotive Products Manufacturers
Institution of Engineers, Australia
Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia
Railways of Australia Committee
Society of Automotive Engineers—Australasia

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 AS 3890—1991

Australian Standard
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Rolling bearings—System life

and reliability

First publi shed as AS 3890—1991.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 6821 6
 AS 3890—1991 2

PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Rolling Bearings. The method it
describes for calculating life and reliability of systems of rolling bearings is built upon those described in
AS 2729, Rolling bearings — Dynamic load ratings and rating life — Calculation methods, for calculating
life and reliability of individual rolling bearings.

CONTENTS

Page
1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. . 3
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2 REFERENCED DOCUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . 3
3 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . 3
4 NOTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . 3
5 BASIS OF THE ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . . . . . 4
6 RELIABILITY CALCULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . . .. . 4
7 CALCULATION OF THE RELIABILITY OF A SYSTEM OF
ROLLING BEARINGS (R E) WHEN THE SYSTEM IS
MADE UP OF SEVERAL SUB-SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .............. 6
8 CHOICE OF PARAMETER OF FORM (SLOPE) FOR A
WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION (β) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. .... 6
9 CALCULATION METHODS BASED ON HOURS OF OPERATION ................. 7

APPENDIX A INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF THE ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Rolling bearings — System life and reliability

1 SCOPE This Standard provides a method for calculating the rating life of a system of rolling
bearings. It applies to those systems in which the failure of any one component produces failure of the
whole system.
NOTES:
1 The rating lives of component beari ngs, requir ed for the methods in this Standard, would normall y be esti mated using the
methods in AS 2729. The assumptions made in AS 2729 would then also apply here.
2 To maintain consistency wit h AS 2729 the methods in this Standard are based on beari ng revolutions, i.e. L10 lives. In some
cases li ves based on hours of operation, i.e. B10 li ves, might be preferr ed and Clause 9 of this Standard shows how this can be
accommodated, when required.
3 Guidance on application of the analysis, and a sample calculati on are given in Appendix A.
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2 REFERENCED DOCUMENT The document below is referred to in this Standard.

AS
2729 Rolling bearings — Dynamic load ratings and rating life — Calculation methods

3 DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Standard, the following definitions apply:
3.1 System of bearings — a set of bearings included in, or otherwise related to, a specified item of
equipment or a specified installation.
3.2 Nominated bearing — the nominated bearing for a system of bearings is the bearing chosen as
reference when specifying the system life.
3.3 Life for an individual rolling bearing — the number of revolutions (or number of hours of operation)
which one of the bearing rings (or washers) completes in relation to the other ring (or washer) before it
is considered to have failed.
3.4 Life for a system of rolling bearings — either—
(a) the number of revolutions which one of the bearing rings (or washers) of the nominated bearing
completes in relation to the other ring (or washer) before the system is considered to have failed; or
(b) the number of hours of operation of the system before the system is considered to have failed.
3.5 Reliability of an individual rolling bearing — the probability that the bearing will attain or exceed
a specified life.
3.6 Reliability of a system of bearings — the probability that the system will attain or exceed a specified
life.
3.7 Reliability curve — the curve, presented on a graph, of reliability against specified life.
3.8 Basic rating life of an individual bearing — the life of an individual bearing associated with
90 percent reliability.
3.9 Basic rating life of a system of rolling bearings — the life of a system of rolling bearings associated
with 90 percent reliability.

4 NOTATION
BE — Life of a system of rolling bearing (in hours)
B10 — Basic rating life (in hours)
Bi10 — Basic rating life of an individual bearing (in hours)
Ki — Ratio, assumed constant, of individual bearing speed to nominated bearing speed
for any individual bearing in a system
Li — Life of an individual rolling bearing (in revolutions)
LE — Life of a system of rolling bearings (in revolutions)
L10 — Basic rating life (in revolutions)
Li10 — Basic rating life of an individual rolling bearing (in revolutions)
LE10 — Basic rating life of a system of rolling bearings (in revolutions)
n — Number of rolling bearings in a system
n — Number of identical rolling bearings in a system
Ri — Reliability of an individual rolling bearing
RE — Reliability of a system of rolling bearings

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