Looseness
1. Generated frequency= Generated Frequency=2*RPM (RPM speed of rotating
object)
2. Horizontal and vertical vibration must be high
When a bearing is loose on the shaft, the type of signal generated depends
upon how the unit is installed. If the inner race is turning on the shaft in an
electric motor that is belt driving another unit, the frequency spectra may
appear as imbalance with a high amplitude spectral line at motor speed, as
in Fig. 4-3. However, the time signal may be distorted in some manner. The
time signal may v ary in amplitude, be truncated, contain harmonics, contain
a beat, or the time period may be different at each half cycle. Some of these
characteristics may produce harmonics and other frequencies, such as the
speed of the driven unit. On direct coupled units, if the bearing is turning on
the shaft, the frequency spectra may contain a spectral line at unit speed
and another spectral line a little lower than unit
speed. The lower spectral line is the speed at which the inner race is turning.
The difference frequency or delta F is equal to the unit speed or how fast the
bearing is turning relative to the shaft, as in Fig. 4-9. The time signal will
contain a beat caused by the two frequencies going in and out of phase with
each other.
between the inner and outer races. If either race is turning on the shaft or is loose in
the housing, the bearing frequencies will be less than those calculated. Once again,
care must be used because if
the contact angle is increased, the ball pass frequency of the inner race will
decrease.
The amplitudes of these spectral lines can be quite low because they may not be
present in every time period.