Analysis of common faults and causes of rolling bearings

Fault form
(1) The bearing is difficult to rotate and generates heat;
(2) The bearing operation has a strange sound;
(3) The bearing generates vibration;
(4) The inner race is peeled off and cracked;
(5) Exfoliation and cracking of the outer race;
(6) Indentation is produced in the bearing raceway and the rolling elements.
2. Analysis of the cause of the failure
(1) The inspection before assembly is not careful. The bearings should be cleaned before assembly and carefully inspect the inner and outer races, rolling elements and cages of the bearings for rust, burrs, bumps and cracks; check whether the bearing clearance is suitable and rotate. Whether it is brisk and free, whether there is sudden locking; at the same time, check the size of the shaft diameter and the housing hole, roundness and cylindricity and whether the surface has burrs or unevenness. For the split bearing housing, between the bearing surface of the bearing cap and the bearing base and the outer circular surface of the outer race, a clearance of 0.1mm~0.25mm should be reserved to prevent the "waist" on both sides of the outer seat from being clipped. The gap caused by the phenomenon of “help” is reduced, the wear is accelerated, and the bearing is damaged prematurely.
(2) Improper assembly. Improper assembly can result in the various failure modes described above for the bearing, as well as the following:
A. Improper cooperation
The inner hole of the bearing and the shaft are matched by the base hole, and the outer circumference of the bearing and the bearing housing hole are made by the base shaft. Generally, the shaft and bearing inner race of centrifugal pump, centrifuge, reducer, motor and centrifugal compressor working under normal load conditions are matched with j5, js5, js6, k5, k6, m6, bearing housing bore and bearing The outer race is made of j6 and j7. Rotating races (the inner race of most bearings is a rotating race, the outer race is not a rotary race, and the other races are the opposite). Usually an interference fit is used to avoid the race diameter of the race under load. Rolling and sliding occur on the mating surface of the housing bore.
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The generation and diagnosis of locomotive rolling bearing faults

3 Bearing fault detection and diagnosis

At present, the method of detecting bearing faults in China generally has methods for measuring temperature, noise and vibration parameters. The method of measuring temperature and noise is relatively simple, but it lacks effective preventive effect. Once the bearing temperature is too high and noise is high during operation, It is generally believed that the locomotive bearings have reached a relatively serious degree of damage. The method of measuring vibration parameters is to test the bearing when the locomotive is in the middle and small repairs. Because it is convenient and simple to obtain and collect information in the test, it is more suitable for the use of the repair section, which is a simple and practical detection method. .

3.1 Diagnostic methods for locomotive bearings

There are two main methods for locomotive bearing: (1) simple diagnosis of locomotive bearings, and (2) locomotive bearing resonance demodulation spectrum analysis technology-----precise diagnosis.

3.1.1 Simple diagnosis is that in the vibration detection, the size of some vibration parameters is generally tested, and the state of the bearing is judged by comparison with the standard value (threshold value). In the simple diagnosis of the locomotive bearing, the main selection time is The KV, and the acceleration effective value parameter Xrms of the domain wave kurtness coefficient parameter are used as the fault judgment parameters. The kurtosis index KV is a dimensionless parameter, which is sensitive to the early fault of the bearing and is not sensitive to the operating conditions. When the working surface of the bearing tooth surface fails, the impact pulse at the working surface defect will be generated every revolution. The larger the fault, the larger the amplitude of the impact response, the faster the KV value rises, but the serious deterioration of the bearing fault later. The KV value is reduced, while the opposite is the opposite. It is not sensitive enough to early failures, but it rises with the bearing failure and the stability is better. In short, it is appropriate to obtain a reliable diagnosis of simple diagnosis, and it is appropriate to apply the kurtosis coefficient and the comparison value. It takes into account the sensitivity and stability of the diagnostic parameters.

Traction motor bearing ground detection threshold


Dongfeng 4 locomotive axlebox bearing top wheel detection threshold


Simple diagnosis has a better side, but there are also many shortcomings. When the bearing is easily diagnosed, the following situations will occur; (1) The bearing parameter value is faulty, but the fault location cannot be determined. (2 The bearing itself is faultless but due to failures during assembly (such as rotor dynamic imbalance, shaft misalignment, etc.). (3) When the sensor is placed in the machine base, the measured fault signal is strong and weak (the inner ring is the smallest, the roller is strong, and the outer ring is large), so the error is judged according to the parameters. Through the analysis of the above three cases, the simple diagnosis does not determine the method of the bearing component failure, and can not solve the problem of "depending on the situation". Therefore, it is not enough to judge the presence or absence of the fault by simple diagnosis. It is necessary to carry out precise diagnosis.

3.1.2 Precision diagnosis

When the bearing surface is damaged, such as fatigue peeling, local wear, surface corrosion, etc., the bearing and the rolling and rotating rotation will take turns to crush these surface damages. The high-speed inner ring rotation will cause the crushing to impact. The longitudinal wave caused by the impact is emitted outward at the speed of sound before the material has been deformed. It has a steep frontal waveform and an extremely rich spectrum. With the internal damping of the material, the longitudinal wave of the shock is sharply attenuated, so that the sensor receives the impact force. Pulse signal. The impact pulse waveform is approximately rectangular, the fault frequency of the rectangular pulse is extremely wide, and the natural frequency of the bearing system and various types of sensors is very low, so the natural frequency of the bearing system and various types of communication chamber sensors are affected by the fault pulse frequency. Covered, the fault frequency provokes the resonance of the bearing system and various types of sensors, and the use of a passband filter to filter out unwanted low- and high-frequency noise (such as various types of noise such as mechanical vibration) only causes the fault shock pulse to provoke the bearing outer ring or The sensor resonance response waveform passes, and the low frequency fault shock signal is amplified and increased to a higher frequency response attenuation oscillation of the vibration system, and the envelope demodulation amplifies the higher frequency response into an expanded low frequency signal, after frequency analysis. The instrument is transformed into a low spectrum, which is the demodulation spectrum.

4 locomotive bearing diagnosis case

The following case is the fault case detected by the fourth left axlebox bearing of Dongfeng 7D0034 locomotive on January 27, 2002. The bearing type is 752732. Tested using a JL-501 bearing test stand with a speed of 500 rpm.


The diagnostic parameters detected by the time domain waveform have a kurtosis coefficient of 6.63, and the high kurtosis is also seriously exceeded, so the test result is unqualified. At the same time, the peak of the demodulation spectrum is 60HZ, and the peak interval of 1, 2, and 3 is 60HZ. The frequency of the bearing fault is calculated according to the locomotive bearing fault frequency table: 500×0.12=60HZ From the table, the faulty part is found to be the outer ring of the bearing. In the subsequent disassembled bearing, the outer ring raceway is found to be somewhat eroded and crushed.

5 Conclusion

The locomotive rolling bearing diagnostic method described in this paper has been carried out in the past two years. I have two sets of equipment: JL-201 locomotive bearing diagnostic instrument and JL-501 locomotive bearing diagnostic table. JL-201 is mainly used for traction motor bearing ground detection and locomotive bearing top wheel inspection. JL-501 is mainly used for dynamic detection of rolling bearings of medium repair locomotives. In the past two years, 2,318 sets of bearings have been tested for other sections and this section of the locomotive. A total of 189 sets of unqualified bearings have been detected. Among them, from 2001 to the present, there has been no bearing failure or machine breakage caused by bearing failure. It has reached a significant fruit.
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