Condition monitoring of lift gear boxes by means of sound analysis

Mustafa Ozkirim*, C. Erdem Imrak, Hakan Uzunoglu

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The method of Condition Monitoring (CM) or Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) of machinery is straightforward since it aims to identify the changes in the condition of a machine during operation that will indicate some potential failure. This is achieved by utilizing various techniques such as Thermography, Oil Analysis and Ultrasonics. For all maintenance engineers' diagnosis of gear defects by using sound analysis may be an effective technique in that it provides economic and continuous fault monitoring. In the study, in order to detect the defects in worm gears driven by electric motors, the samples of the sound vibrations emitted from the gears with and without defects are recorded by means of a sound recorder. The comparison of these sound records proved that the acoustic condition monitoring system is able to detect the faulty gears of the elevator drive units.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2004
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pages115-118
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)0791841731, 9780791841730
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004
EventProceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis - 2004 - Manchester, United Kingdom
Duration: 19 Jul 200422 Jul 2004

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2004
Volume3

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis - 2004
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityManchester
Period19/07/0422/07/04

Keywords

  • Condition monitoring
  • Elevator
  • Gear box
  • Maintenance

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