Method for analysing regularly recurring mechanical vibrations

• US 5,698,788 A
• Filed: 11/21/1995
• Issued: 12/16/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: SKF Industrial Trading and Development Company BV
• Original Assignee: SKF Industrial Trading and Development Company BV
• Inventors: Van Nijen, Gerrit Cornelis, Mol, Hendrik Anne
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Hezron E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MOLLER, RICHARD ALAN
• Application Number:
  US08/561,333
• Time in Patent Office: 756 Days
• Field of Search: 73/659, 73/660, 73/593, 73/597, 73/602, 364/507, 364/508, 364/576
• US Class Current: 73/659
• CPC Class Codes: G01H 1/12 of longitudinal or not specified vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: G01H 3/08 Analysing frequencies present in complex vibrations, e.g. comparing harmonics present acoustic presence detection G01V1/001
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 13/045 Acoustic or vibration analysis

Abstract

A method for analysing regularly recurring mechanical vibrations comprises the steps of plotting an amplitude/time spectrum associated with the vibrations, dividing the amplitude/time spectrum into time intervals shorter than the shortest time lapse between two consecutive excitations, subjecting those parts of the amplitude/time spectrum defined by each time interval to a Fourier transformation in order to obtain an amplitude/vibration-frequency interval spectrum associated with each time interval, and subjecting those amplitudes in each amplitude/vibration frequency interval spectrum associated with certain vibration frequencies to a Fourier transformation in order to obtain an excitation-frequency spectrum associated with the respective vibration frequency.

Claims

1. Method for analysing regularly recurring mechanical vibrations, comprising the steps of

plotting an amplitude/time spectrum associated with said vibrations,

dividing the amplitude/time spectrum into time intervals shorter than the shortest time lapse between two consecutive excitations, the start times of the time intervals being consecutive and the time intervals overlapping one another,

subjecting those parts of the amplitude/time spectrum defined by each time interval to a Fourier transformation in order to obtain an amplitude/vibration-frequency interval spectrum associated with each time interval, and

subjecting those amplitudes in each amplitude/frequency interval spectrum associated with certain vibration frequencies to a Fourier transformation in order to obtain an excitation-frequency spectrum associated with said respective vibration frequency.

2. Method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of

collecting a number of excitation-frequency spectra associated with consecutive frequencies in a vibration-frequency/excitation-frequency spectrum, and

displaying the amplitude associated with each combination of vibration frequency and excitation frequency.

3. Method according to claim 2, comprising the step of displaying the magnitude of the amplitudes by means of various colours.