Failure Analysis of a High Pressure Descaling Pump Using Envelope Analysis

Author(s):  
Yimin Shao ◽  
Wennian Yu ◽  
Qing Chen ◽  
Huifang Xiao ◽  
Xiangzhi Yu

A high pressure descaling pump was used to remove scale in a hot rolled band furnace. This pump was the key piece of equipment in this process which maintained the surface quality of the hot rolled band steel. Over a period of three years one pump continued to work normally, but the other pump vibrated vigorously. The motor, pump and the other system equipment were changed repeatedly, but the abnormal vibration was not eliminated. Vibration data from the two pumps was obtained, the modulation phenomenon existed in the vibration signal caused by the gear coupling misalignment was found, thus the envelope analysis based on the Hilbert transform was presented to demodulate the vibration signal. The frequency spectrum of the demodulated signal showed that the second order frequency characteristic was more obvious, which effectively revealed the fault information related with the gear coupling misalignment. It was found that the abnormal vibration was caused by coupling misalignment between the motor and the pump. After applying a more advanced alignment technique to thoroughly eliminate the misalignment in the coupling, the vibration was considerably reduced and the pump could work normally. This convincingly verified our analysis results and would dramatically reduce the ongoing maintenance cost for the descaling pump system.

2015 ◽  
Vol 779 ◽  
pp. 145-150
Author(s):  
Zi Wang ◽  
Yu Dong Yang ◽  
Jing Liu ◽  
Xiao Ping Qu ◽  
Yan Yang Zhou

Dust-removing blower is a key equipment in sintering plants, which can provide enough wind and negative pressure. It can also improve the efficiency of dust-removing. The vibration level of a dust-removing blower in a sintering plant is very high, which is beyond its normal value. Due to the complex working condition and strong background noise, it is difficult to extract fault features from the vibration signal of the dust-removing blower. Therefore, fault analysis of the blower is very difficult. Since the modulation phenomenon existed in the vibration signal of the blower is found, the envelope analysis based on the Hilbert transform is proposed to demodulate the vibration signal. The frequency spectrum of the demodulated signal shows that the first order frequency characteristic is obvious, which can effectively reveal the dynamic unbalance of the rotor system is the main reason of the abnormal vibration of the blower. According to this diagnosis, some possible reasons for the unbalance are proposed, as well as advices regarding to the repair of the blower system. Moreover, the test and analysis are conducted on the repaired blower system. The results show that the unbalance problem is eliminated and the blower can work normally, which can validate the accuracy and reliability of the proposed diagnosis method for fault analysis of the dust-removing blower.Keywords: dynamic unbalance; modulation; dust-removing blower; Hilbert Transform


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 8131
Author(s):  
Eugenio Brusa ◽  
Fabio Bruzzone ◽  
Cristiana Delprete ◽  
Luigi Gianpio Di Maggio ◽  
Carlo Rosso

Predictive maintenance strategies are established in the industrial context on account of their benefits in terms of costs abatement and machine failures reduction. Among the available techniques, vibration-based condition monitoring (VBCM) has notably been applied in many bearing fault detection problems. The health indicators construction is a central issue for VBCM, since these features provide the necessary information to assess the current machine condition. However, the relation between vibration data and its sources intimately related to bearing damage is not effortlessly definable from a diagnostic perspective. This study discloses a diagnostic investigation performed both on the vibration signal and on the contact pressure signal that is supposed to be one of main forcing terms in the dynamic equilibrium of the damaged bearing. Envelope analysis and spectral kurtosis (SK) are applied to extract and compare diagnostic features from both signals, referring to the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) case-study. Namely, health indicators are constructed by means of physical considerations based on the effect of faults on the signal power contents. These indicators show to be promising not only for damage detection but, also, for damage severity assessment. Moreover, they provide an invaluable reading key of the link occurring between the contact pressure path and the vibration response.


Alloy Digest ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  

Abstract SAF 1039 steel can be used in the hot-rolled, normalized, oil-quenched-and-tempered or water-quenched-and-tempered condition for general-purpose construction and engineering. Its manganese content is a little higher than some of the other standard carbon steels with comparable carbon levels; this gives it slightly higher hardenability and hardness. It provides medium strength and toughness at low cost. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: CS-66. Producer or source: Carbon steel mills.


Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 307
Author(s):  
Makoto Inoue ◽  
Atsushi Ugajin ◽  
Osamu Kiguchi ◽  
Yousuke Yamashita ◽  
Masashi Komine ◽  
...  

In this study, we investigated the effects of the Tibetan High near the tropopause and the North Pacific High in the troposphere on occurrences of hot or cool summers in Japan. We first classified Japan into six regions and identified hot and cool summer years in these regions from a 38-year sample (1980–2017) based on the monthly air temperature. To investigate the features of circulation fields over Asia during hot and cool summers in Japan, we calculated the composite differences (hot summer years minus cool summer years) of several variables such as geopotential height, which indicated significant high-pressure anomalies in the troposphere and lower stratosphere. These results suggest that both the North Pacific and the Tibetan Highs tend to extend to Japan during hot summer years, while cool summers seem to be associated with the weakening of these highs. We found that extension of the Tibetan High to the Japanese mainland can lead to hot summers in Northern, Eastern, and Western Japan. On the other hand, hot summers in the Southwestern Islands may be due to extension of the Tibetan High to the south. Similarly, the latitudinal direction of extension of the North Pacific High is profoundly connected with the summer climate in respective regions.


2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (18) ◽  
pp. 2491-2497 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. ZHU ◽  
L. C. CHEN ◽  
R. C. YU ◽  
F. Y. LI ◽  
J. LIU ◽  
...  

In situ high pressure energy dispersive X-ray diffraction measurements on layered perovskite-like manganate Ca 3 Mn 2 O 7 under pressures up to 35 GPa have been performed by using diamond anvil cell with synchrotron radiation. The results show that the structure of layered perovskite-like manganate Ca 3 Mn 2 O 7 is unstable under pressure due to the easy compression of NaCl-type blocks. The structure of Ca 3 Mn 2 O 7 underwent two phase transitions under pressures in the range of 0~35 GPa. One was at about 1.3 GPa with the crystal structure changing from tetragonal to orthorhombic. The other was at about 9.5 GPa with the crystal structure changing from orthorhombic back to another tetragonal.


2004 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Salvioli-Mariani ◽  
L. Toscani ◽  
D. Bersani

AbstractThe lamproite of Gaussberg is an ultrapotassic rock where leucite, olivine and clinopyroxene microphenocrysts occur in a glass-rich groundmass, containing microliths of leucite, clinopyroxene, apatite, phlogopite and rare K-richterite.Abundant silicate melt inclusions occur in olivine, leucite and, rarely, in clinopyroxene microphenocrysts. Raman investigations on melt inclusions showed the presence of pure CO2 in the shrinkage bubbles. On the other hand, the glass of the groundmass is CO2-poor and contains up to 0.70 wt.% of dissolved H2O, as estimated by infrared spectra. It is inferred that CO2 was released at every stage of evolution of the lamproite magma (CO2-rich shrinkage bubbles), whereas H2O was retained for longer in the liquid. At Gaussberg, CO2 seems to have a major role at relatively high pressure where it favoured the crystallization of H2O-poor microphenocrysts; the uprise of the magma to the surface decreased the solubility of CO2 and caused a relative increase in water activity. As a consequence, phlogopite and K-richterite appeared in the groundmass.The glass composition of both the groundmass and melt inclusions suggests different evolutions for the residual liquids of the investigated samples. Sample G886 shows the typical evolution of a lamproite magma, where the residual liquid evolves toward peralkaline and Na-rich composition and crystallizes K-richterite in the latest stage. Sample G895 derives from mixing/mingling of different batches of magma; effectively glasses from melt inclusions in leucite and clinopyroxene are more alkaline than those found in early crystallized olivine. Leucite and clinopyroxene crystallized early from a relatively more alkaline batch of lamproite magma and, successively, a less alkaline, olivinebearing magma batch assimilated them during its rise to the surface.


2018 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
pp. 06006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthimos Georgiadis ◽  
Xiaoyun Gong ◽  
Nicolas Meier

Vibration signal analysis is a common tool to detect bearing condition. Effective methods of vibration signal analysis should extract useful information for bearing condition monitoring and fault diagnosis. Spectral kurtosis (SK) represents one valuable tool for these purposes. The aim of this paper is to study the relationship between bearing clearance and bearing vibration frequencies based on SK method. It also reveals the effect of the bearing clearance on the bearing vibration characteristic frequencies This enables adjustment of bearing clearance in situ, which could significantly affect the performance of the bearings. Furthermore, the application of the proposed method using SK on the measured data offers useful information for predicting bearing clearance change. Bearing vibration data recorded at various clearance settings on a floating and a fixed bearing mounted on a shaft are the basis of this study


2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (6) ◽  
pp. 1191-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Fujioka ◽  
Tomotsugu Sakai

Structures composed of a rotary disk and a shaft, which are fastened with bolts and nuts having tapered bearing surfaces, are loaded with a rotating-bending force. Upon investigation, two rotating mechanisms of the nut were derived. In one mechanism a high-pressure contact area is formed at the nearest loading point on threads and bearing surfaces. This leads to a difference in the curvature radii between the bearing surface of the disk and that of the nut. During the revolution of the disk, two friction torques occur in opposite directions on the bearing surface and the threads, respectively. The relative rotating direction of the nut is dominated by the greater torque. The other mechanism is due to the eccentricities caused by dimensional errors of the bolt, nut, and disk. By combining the two mechanisms, the rotations of the nuts either cause a loosening or tightening after many revolutions of the disk.


1963 ◽  
Vol 4 (36) ◽  
pp. 809-812
Author(s):  
R. L. Shreve

AbstractIn August 1961 an aluminum pipe (3.5 cm. internal diameter, 4.2 cm. external diameter) having 92 specially modified socket couplings (5.0 cm. external diameter) sealed with a quick-polymerizing synthetic rubber was sunk 226 m. in a vertical water-filled bore hole in Blue Glacier, Washington. U.S.A. The geometry of threads and mating surfaces of pipe and coupling was designed to cause increasing external water pressure to tighten the seal. One joint at a depth of 66 m. immediately developed an extremely slow leak (probably because of faulty cleaning), but the other 91 joints apparently were sound, as the pipe was free of water to a depth of at least 157 m. when resurveyed after one year.


2015 ◽  
Vol 724 ◽  
pp. 279-282
Author(s):  
Chun Hua Ren ◽  
Xu Ma ◽  
Ze Ming Li ◽  
Yan Hong Ding

In this paper, the defect sheet was captured coincidentally. According to the defective product’s characteristics, we suspected to be caused by the vertical vibration of the roll. When the rolling speed reached a certain value, the vibration of the fourth stand can be feel. The experiment of the vibration data collection was taken to compare the vibration parameters of rolling operating side with those of drive side by wavelet analysis. The result states that the abnormal vibration signal features can be extracted in a special frequency segment of wavelet decomposition, and the vibration frequency to the roll is confirmed which appeared product defects.


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