Sensor Relationships

100
Displacement (microns)
10 Acceleration
(g's - 9,81m/sec2)

Amplitude
1.0
(microns, Velocity (mm/sec)
mm/sec, gs

0.1
Common Machinery
1 Operating Range
0.01
10 100 1,000 10,000
Frequency (Hz)
 Multi-Parameter Monitoring
Same Data in Velocity and Acceleration

Velocity
Spectrum
On the same bearing cap,
low freq. events (imbalance,
misalignment, etc.) show
best in the velocity
spectrum; while high freq.
events (bearing faults,
gearmesh) show best in the
acceleration spectrum

Acceleration
Spectrum
Accelerometers

Rugged Devices
Operate in Wide Frequency
Range (Near 0 to above 40 kHz)
Good High Frequency Response
Some Models Suitable For High
Temperature
Require Additional Electronics
(may be built into the sensor housing)
What is vibration?
Complex signal?
 FFT Signal Processing
Amplitude

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Amplitude
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Amplitude

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 Narrow Bands with trend
Sub-
H am
r o n ic 1X 2X B e a r in g B e a r in g G e a rs B e a r in g
Amplitude

1x 2x 10x
T re n d o f
T re n d o f
B e a r in g s
B a la n c e
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in /s e c A la r m
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T im e in /s e c T im e
(D a y s ) (D a y s )