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VibrationMatters
The Vibration Analysts Newsletter
Series 3, Issue 4 April 2016

In this issue:

Featured Lesson: FEATURED LESSON

Rolling Element Bearings
Condition Monitoring Part 2 Rolling Element Bearings Condition Monitoring
page 1

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Featured Training Video:
Bearing Failure Analysis
page 2
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Part 2
In our last issue of Vibration Matters, we will need to find the axis of the angle of
began looking at incipient bearing faults, the bearing. If it was cocked vertically (i.e.
paying attention to their root cause and the top pushed in and the bottom pulled
how we can minimize their reoccurrence. out) then the 180 degree phase difference
We identified cocked bearings, looseness, will be from top to bottom.
lubrication and rotating element skidding.
In this issue, we will continue by looking at
installation issues, excessive clearance
and rotating looseness. If you missed the

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Installation errors
If the bearing is cocked on the shaft, we
expect to see increased amplitude at 1X,
2X and/or 3X. The key indicator is phase
Clearance
take measurements on all four sides of
the shaft. If the bearing is cocked on the Excessive clearance can lead to looseness
shaft, we will see a 180 degree phase shift if there is a driving force and to skidding if
left to right and top to bottom it is there is low load or an incorrect lubricant.
rotating. If the bearing is cocked in the If the bearing is skidding, there will not be
housing, there will be a 180 phase change a periodic frequency; instead high
from one side to the other, however you frequency noise is generated. This is
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because there is a rubbing rather than an
impacting.
Vibration Analysis:
Bearing Failure If bearings are skidding they can heat up
and even catch on fire as you will see in
Analysis the following example.

The cause

The roller bearings in the motor require

This presentation explains why
bearings fail, how to detect the
defects and how to extend the life
of rolling element bearings.
This topic is relevant to our
featured topic; condition
monitoring of rolling element
bearings, and one we would
recommend that you see.
Length: 47 min
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The figure above shows the burnt up
bearing from a condensate extraction
pump motor. The motor had run for 24
years without problems. Recently the
motor was rewound, the rotor was
balanced, new bearings were installed
(cylindrical roller DE) and the unit was
laser aligned. Three months later, the
motor DE bearing over heated and the
motor stopped. Another overhaul was
completed, the rotor was balanced and
aligned again and new bearings were
installed.
Six months later a loud explosion rocked
the whole station. When someone went to
investigate they found the DE bearing on
fire and they shut the machine down.
Both coolers had been blown off the
motor. One of them flew 3 meters away
and just missed a hydrogen carrying pipe.
The whole motor was scrapped.
30% of their design load to operate
correctly. When the load is removed, the
rollers skid and cause heating. When the
machine was balanced and aligned, the
loads were greatly reduced, the bearing
skidded causing the grease to vaporize
and finally ignite. In order to resolve the
problem a new motor was installed with
deep groove bearings on the drive end.
Rotating looseness
Rotating looseness may be the result of
the shaft loose in the bearing or the
bearing loose in the housing. Either way,
rotating looseness results in a series of
high 1x harmonics in the spectrum, often
out to 10x. This may be accompanied by a
raised noise floor as the result of random
vibration or random impacting. If phase
measurements are collected you will
notice that the phase readings do not
remain steady. This is because the phase
reference on the shaft is not remaining
steady because it is loose. In any case, an
unstable phase reading is another
indication of rotating looseness.

Bearing loose in housing or slipping on

shaft

A bearing loose in its housing may result

in a high 4x peak and a bearing slipping
on the shaft may result in a high 3x peak.

*Case study and photos are courtesy of Simon Hurricks,

Genesis Energy, NZ. Thanks Simon!

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