New Feature Extraction Method for the Detection of Defects in Rolling Element Bearings

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Xiang ◽  
Aijun Hu
Keyword(s):  
Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Rolling Element Bearing ◽  
Rolling Element Bearings ◽  
Intrinsic Mode Functions ◽  
Feature Extraction Method ◽  
Outer Race ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Rolling Element ◽  
Envelope Spectrum ◽  
Detection Of Defects

This paper proposes a new method based on ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) and kurtosis criterion for the detection of defects in rolling element bearings. Some intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) are presented to obtain symptom wave by EEMD. The different kurtosis of the intrinsic mode function is determined to select the envelope spectrum. The fault feature based on the IMF envelope spectrum whose kurtosis is the maximum is extracted, and fault patterns of roller bearings can be effectively differentiated. Practical examples of diagnosis for a rolling element bearing are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. The verification results show that the bearing faults that typically occur in rolling element bearings, such as outer-race and inner-race, can be effectively identified by the proposed method.

A fault diagnosis method of rolling element bearings based on CEEMDAN

2015 ◽  
Vol 231 (10) ◽  
pp. 1804-1815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaguo Lei ◽  
Zongyao Liu ◽  
Julien Ouazri ◽  
Jing Lin
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Rolling Element Bearings ◽  
Intrinsic Mode Functions ◽  
Residual Noise ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Rolling Element ◽  
Noisy Signals ◽  
Diagnosis Method

Ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) represents a valuable aid in empirical mode decomposition (EMD) and has been widely used in fault diagnosis of rolling element bearings. However, the intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) generated by EEMD often contain residual noise. In addition, adding different white Gaussian noise to the signal to be analyzed probably produces a different number of IMFs, and different number of IMFs makes difficult the averaging. To alleviate these two drawbacks, complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise (CEEMDAN) was previously presented. Utilizing the advantages of CEEMDAN in extracting weak characteristics from noisy signals, a new fault diagnosis method of rolling element bearings based on CEEMDAN is proposed. With this method, a particular noise is added at each stage and after each IMF extraction, a unique residue is computed. In this way, this method solves the problem of the final averaging and obtains IMFs with less noise. A simulated signal is used to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, and the decomposition results show that the method obtains more accurate IMFs than the EEMD. To further demonstrate the proposed method, it is applied to fault diagnosis of locomotive rolling element bearings. The diagnosis results prove that the method based on CEEMDAN may reveal the fault characteristic information of rolling element bearings better.

Spalling Size Evaluation of Rolling Element Bearing Using Acoustic Emission

2013 ◽  
Vol 569-570 ◽  
pp. 497-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
An Bo Ming ◽  
Zhao Ye Qin ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Fu Lei Chu
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Emission ◽  
Rolling Element Bearing ◽  
Rolling Element Bearings ◽  
Outer Race ◽  
Cepstrum Analysis ◽  
Rolling Element ◽  
Rolling Elements ◽  
Element Bearing ◽  
Envelope Spectrum ◽  
Size Evaluation

Spalling of the races or rolling elements is one of the most common faults in rolling element bearings. Exact estimation of the spall size is helpful to the life prediction for rolling element bearings. In this paper, the dual-impulsive phenomenon in the response of a spalled rolling element bearing is investigated experimentally, where the acoustic emission signals are utilized. A new method is proposed to estimate the spall size by extracting the envelope of harmonics of the ball passing frequency on the outer race from the squared envelope spectrum. Compared with the cepstrum analysis, the proposed procedure shows more powerful anti-noise ability in the fault size evaluation.

Compound faults detection of the rolling element bearing based on the optimal complex Morlet wavelet filter

2017 ◽  
Vol 232 (10) ◽  
pp. 1786-1801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Gu ◽  
Shaopu Yang ◽  
Yongqiang Liu ◽  
Feiyue Deng ◽  
Bin Ren
Keyword(s):  
Particle Filtering ◽  
Morlet Wavelet ◽  
Previous Method ◽  
Rolling Element Bearing ◽  
Rolling Element Bearings ◽  
Wavelet Filter ◽  
Outer Race ◽  
Rolling Element ◽  
Complex Morlet Wavelet ◽  
Envelope Spectrum

Wavelet filter is widely used in extracting fault features embedded in the noisy vibration signal, especially the complex Morlet wavelet. In most occasions, the filter parameters are optimized adaptively with a suitable objective function. And then, with the Hilbert transform demodulation analysis, the single localized fault in rolling element bearings can be detected. To extend it for compound faults detection, a novel index deduced from the different intervals of the prominent bearing fault frequencies and subsequent harmonics in the envelope spectrum is proposed. By maximizing the ratio of correlated kurtosis to kurtosis of the envelope spectrum amplitudes of the filtered signal, the optimal complex Morlet wavelet filters corresponding to the different faults are designed by the particle filtering method, respectively. Two cases of real signals are analyzed to evaluate the performance of the proposed method, which include one case of experiment signal with artificial outer race fault coupled with roller fault, as well as one case of engineering data with outer race fault coupled with inner race fault. Furthermore, some comparisons with a previous method are also conducted. The results demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the method in compound faults diagnosis of the rolling element bearings.

Research on Rolling Element Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on EEMD and Correlated Kurtosis

2014 ◽  
Vol 680 ◽  
pp. 198-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Lin Wang ◽  
Wei Hua Han ◽  
Han Gu ◽  
Cun Hu ◽  
Xing Xing Han
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Vibration Signal ◽  
Rolling Bearing ◽  
Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Rolling Element Bearing ◽  
Intrinsic Mode Functions ◽  
Feature Extraction Method ◽  
Bearing Fault ◽  
Bearing Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Mode Decomposition

In order to extract the faint fault information from complicated vibration signal of bearing, the correlated kurtosis is introduced into the field of rolling bearing fault diagnosis. Combined with ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) and correlated kurtosis, a feature extraction method is proposed. According to the method, by EEMD processing a group of intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) are obtained, then the IMF with maximal correlated kurtosis is selected, and the weak fault signal is clearly extracted. The effectiveness of the method is demonstrated on both simulated signal and actual data.

A Modified EEMD Decomposition for the Detection of Rolling Bearing Faults

2014 ◽  
Vol 548-549 ◽  
pp. 369-373
Author(s):  
Yuan Cheng Shi ◽  
Yong Ying Jiang ◽  
Hai Feng Gao ◽  
Jia Wei Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Rolling Bearing ◽  
Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Intrinsic Mode Functions ◽  
Vibration Signals ◽  
Hilbert Spectrum ◽  
Bearing Faults ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Fault Features ◽  
Rolling Element ◽  
Inner Race

The vibration signals of rolling element bearings are non-linear and non-stationary and the corresponding fault features are difficult to be extracted. EEMD (Ensemble empirical mode decomposition) is effective to detect bearing faults. In the present investigation, MEEMD (Modified EEMD) is presented to diagnose the outer and inner race faults of bearings. The original vibration signals are analyzed using IMFs (intrinsic mode functions) extracted by MEEMD decomposition and Hilbert spectrum in the proposed method. The numerical and experimental results of the comparison between MEEMD and EEMD indicate that the proposed method is more effective to extract the fault features of outer and inner race of bearings than EEMD.

scholarly journals An Improved Method Based on CEEMD for Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Bearing

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 676205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meijiao Li ◽  
Huaqing Wang ◽  
Gang Tang ◽  
Hongfang Yuan ◽  
Yang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Rolling Bearing ◽  
Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Rolling Element Bearing ◽  
Bearing Faults ◽  
Outer Race ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Acceleration Sensors

In order to improve the effectiveness for identifying rolling bearing faults at an early stage, the present paper proposed a method that combined the so-called complementary ensemble empirical mode decomposition (CEEMD) method with a correlation theory for fault diagnosis of rolling element bearing. The cross-correlation coefficient between the original signal and each intrinsic mode function (IMF) was calculated in order to reduce noise and select an effective IMF. Using the present method, a rolling bearing fault experiment with vibration signals measured by acceleration sensors was carried out, and bearing inner race and outer race defect at a varying rotating speed with different degrees of defect were analyzed. And the proposed method was compared with several algorithms of empirical mode decomposition (EMD) to verify its effectiveness. Experimental results showed that the proposed method was available for detecting the bearing faults and able to detect the fault at an early stage. It has higher computational efficiency and is capable of overcoming modal mixing and aliasing. Therefore, the proposed method is more suitable for rolling bearing diagnosis.

Rolling Bearing Localized Defect Evaluation by Multiscale Signature via Empirical Mode Decomposition

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingbo He ◽  
Peng Li ◽  
Fanrang Kong
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Regression Line ◽  
Vibration Signal ◽  
Rolling Bearing ◽  
Rolling Element Bearing ◽  
Intrinsic Mode Functions ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Rolling Element

Measured vibration signals from rolling element bearings with defects are generally nonstationary, and are multiscale in nature owing to contributions from events with different localization in time and frequency. This paper presents a novel approach to characterize the multiscale signature via empirical mode decomposition (EMD) for rolling bearing localized defect evaluation. Vibration signal measured from a rolling element bearing is first adaptively decomposed by the EMD to achieve a series of usable intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) carrying the bearing health information at multiple scales. Then the localized defect-induced IMF is selected from all the IMFs based on a variance regression approach. The multiscale signature, called multiscale slope feature, is finally estimated from the regression line fitted over logarithmic variances of the IMFs excluding the defect IMF. The presented feature reveals the pattern of energy transfer among multiple scales due to localized defects, representing an inherent self-similar signature of the bearing health information that is embedded on multiple analyzed scales. Experimental results verify the performance of the proposed multiscale feature, and further discussions are provided.

scholarly journals Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Bearing based on an Improved Denoising Technique using Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition and Adaptive Thresholding Method

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prashant Kumar Sahu ◽  
Rajiv Nandan Rai
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Signal Reconstruction ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Rolling Bearing ◽  
Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Adaptive Thresholding ◽  
Intrinsic Mode Functions ◽  
Vibration Signals ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Envelope Spectrum

Abstract The vibration signals for rotating machines are generally polluted by excessive noise and can lose the fault information at the early development phase. In this paper, an improved denoising technique is proposed for early faults diagnosis of rolling bearing based on the complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition (CEEMD) and adaptive thresholding (ATD) method. Firstly, the bearing vibration signals are decomposed into a set of various intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) using CEEMD algorithm. The IMFs grouping and selection are formed based upon the correlation coefficient value. The noise-predominant IMFs are subjected to adaptive thresholding for denoising and then added to the low-frequency IMFs for signal reconstruction. The effectiveness of the proposed method denoised signals are measured based on kurtosis value and the envelope spectrum analysis. The presented method results on experimental datasets illustrate that the proposed approach is an effective denoising technique for early fault detection in the rolling bearing.

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