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Orbits and Shaft Centerline

Purpose of Orbits and Shaft Centerline

Bearing cap vibration information (acceleration/velocity) alone
cannot truly indicate a machine shaftss dynamic responses.

Eddy current probes (ECP) measure the direct relative response

of the shaft to the stationary bearing housing.

Orbit displays are useful to study the shafts relative dynamic

movements and clearly show rub, whirl etc. conditions as they happen.

Shaft Centerline displays show the shafts average position with

respect to bearing clearance.

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Eddy current signals

An Eddy Current Probe (ECP) signal can be broken down into two parts:

A DC signal which tracks the shafts average position. An AC signal which tracks the shafts dynamic motion.
The AC part of the signal forms the Orbit display
The DC part of the signal forms the Shaft Centerline display.

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Orbit and Shaft Centerline

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What is an orbit ?
An orbit is the combination of two dynamic time domain signals, creating a graphic of the shafts movement around its center point. The two dynamic time domain signals must be acquired at the same time, with the same Fmax and the same number of data samples.

Data acquisition systems that can be used to create orbits are: GX, DMx, IMx.

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Constructing an Orbit
An orbit plots time domain signals are normally formed by ECP signals mounted under a 90 degree angle. Common sensor positions are: 0 and 90 degrees 45 and 135 degrees

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The Orbit Display

Indication of Sensor locations
Customer programmable Banded time cursor allows for precise selection reference of orbit curve anywhere within the time data.

Flash-Blank in indicates direction of orbit precession. (This is not necessarily the same as the direction of rotation

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Filtered Orbits

Filtered Orbits with the press of a button cycles through 1x, 2x, 3x and raw. Filtered Orbits provide clarity in the synchronous modes of vibration

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Shaft Centerline (SCL)

Speed plotted along the startup center line. Cursor indicates eccentricity value

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Vector and Waveform compensation

The vibration levels seen as slow-roll are typically caused by one or more of the following:

Mechanical run out (e.g., scratches, non-homogenous materials) Electrical run out (e.g., driver noise) Shaft eccentricity
This is not real vibration and should be removed from the actual vibration signal. This process is referred to as run out compensation. @ptitude Analyst supports vector as well as waveform compensation.

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Orbit & SCL POINT setup

Orbit setup allows arbitrary sensor angles. The actual angle is stored with the data so that when probe positions are changed, the data displays remain correct.

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Vector & Waveform setup

Vector compensation is supported for the first three vectors 1x, 2x, 3x. Waveform compensation is also supported.

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Triax POINT setup

Requires triax sensor connected to GX (version 2.0 or higher)

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DMx connectivity to @ptitude Analyst

@ptitude Analyst Client

@ptitude Monitor

@ptitude Analyst Client

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Dual channel GX support

Multi-channel support for Microlog GX and DMx

USB (Active Sync) only

ROUTE based
2-channel and 3-channel (Triax) measurements Applications
Force, Couple and Overhung Rotor Unbalance

Eccentric Rotor
Bent Shaft Angular and Parallel Misalignment

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Two channel data display

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Triax data display

Triaxial support for Microlog GX v2.0

Triax displays

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