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established amplitude level pattern-also suggesting misalignment as the cause of vibration. The spectrum of an example boiler feed pump (Figure 3), also contains a large number of harmonic peaks, but the noise floor is highly elevated. The time waveform (Figure 4) shows irregular spacing between peaks with random, variable amplitude levels. Both the spectral and the waveform patterns suggest looseness as the cause of vibration for this machine. Some spectral and time waveform plots will show evidence of both defects. In these cases, misalignment may be driving the looseness, or the looseness may be so severe as to allow misalignment to occur. Because of these types of situations, time waveform criteria do not eliminate spectral analysis, they simply augment the diagnostic process when misalignment or looseness is suspected. Time waveform analysis should be used strictly in combination with spectral analysis as an additional, valuable tool for the analyst.
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