Device and method for evaluating rigidity of bearing device, device and method for manufacturing bearing device, and bearing device

• US 7,503,216 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2002
• Issued: 03/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NSK Limited
• Original Assignee: NSK Limited
• Inventors: Yamada, Hitoshi, Joko, Ichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Kwok; Helen C.
• Application Number:
  US10/492,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20050041898A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,351 Days
• Field of Search: 735/93, 735/87, 736/02, 736/60, 736/59, 738/653, 738/624.9, 738/625.9
• US Class Current: 73/593
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 19/52 with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 19/54 Systems consisting of a plurality of bearings with rolling friction spindle bearings F16C35/08
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 35/06 Mounting or dismounting of ball or roller bearings; Fixing them onto shaft or in housing
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 35/061 mounting a plurality of bearings side by side
• CPC Class Codes: G01H 13/00 Measuring resonant frequency
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 13/045 Acoustic or vibration analysis

Abstract

An apparatus of producing bearing device having a bearing, a shaft attached to an inner ring and an outer ring attaching member attached to an outer ring. The apparatus includes a vibrating unit of giving a radial input vibration to each inner ring or both ends of the shaft, and an input vibration detecting unit of detecting vibration of each inner ring or both ends of the shaft, an adding unit of calculating the output of the input vibration detecting unit, a vibration detecting unit of detecting the vibration of a mass attached to the outer ring attaching member, a transfer function calculating unit of determining the transfer function from the output of the vibration detecting unit and the adding unit to calculate the resonance frequency and a rigidity calculating unit of determining the rigidity of the bearing device on the basis of the resonance frequency.

Claims

1. An apparatus for evaluating a radial rigidity of a bearing device including a bearing having an inner ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring, an outer ring and an outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring, comprising:

a mass attached to the outer ring attaching member;

an input vibration unit for giving a radial input vibration to one of the inner ring and the shaft attached to the inner ring;

a vibration detecting unit for detecting a vibration of one of the outer ring attaching member and the mass;

a transfer function calculating unit for calculating a transfer function from an output of the vibration detecting unit and the radial input vibration to determine a resonance frequency of the bearing device; and

a radial rigidity calculating unit for determining a radial rigidity of the bearing device on the basis of the resonance frequency of the bearing device determined by the transfer function calculating unit.

2. An apparatus for evaluating a radial rigidity of a bearing device including a pair of bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring and an outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring, comprising:

a mass attached to the outer ring attaching member;

an input vibration unit for giving a radial input vibration to one of the each inner ring and both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring;

a pair of vibration detecting units for detecting a vibration of one of the each inner ring and the both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring;

an adding unit for adding an output of the pair of vibration detecting units;

a vibration detecting unit for detecting a vibration of one of the outer ring attaching member and the mass;

a transfer function calculating unit for calculating a transfer function from an output of the vibration detecting unit and the output of the adding unit to determine a resonance frequency of the bearing device; and

a radial rigidity calculating unit for determining a radial rigidity of the bearing device on the basis of the resonance frequency of the bearing device determined by the transfer function calculating unit.

3. A method for evaluating a radial rigidity of a bearing device including a pair of bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring and an outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring, comprising the steps of:

attaching a mass to the outer ring;

giving a radial input vibration to one of each inner ring and both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring;

detecting a vibration of the one of each inner ring and both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring so that a first vibration detecting value and a second vibration detecting value are obtained;

adding a first vibration and a second vibration so that an added value of the first vibration detecting value and the second vibration detecting value is obtained;

detecting a vibration of one of the outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring and the mass so that a third vibration detecting value is obtained;

calculating a transfer function from the third vibration detecting value and the added value so that a resonance frequency of the bearing device is determined; and

calculating a rigidity of the bearing device from the transfer function.

4. An apparatus for producing a bearing device including a bearing having an inner ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring, an outer ring and an outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring, comprising:

an input vibration unit for giving a radial input vibration to one of the each inner ring and the shaft;

a vibration detecting unit for detecting a vibration of one of the outer ring attaching member and a mass attached to the outer ring attaching member;

a transfer function calculating unit for calculating a transfer function from an output of the vibration detecting unit and the radial input vibration to determine a resonance frequency of the bearing device; and

a radial rigidity calculating unit for determining a radial rigidity of the bearing device on the basis of the resonance frequency of the bearing device determined by the transfer function calculating unit.

5. An apparatus for producing a bearing device including a pair of bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring, and an outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring, comprising:

a mass attached to the outer ring attaching member;

an input vibration unit for giving a radial input vibration to one of each inner ring and both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring;

a pair of vibration detecting units for detecting a vibration of one of the each inner ring and the both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring;

an adding unit for adding an output of the pair of vibration detecting units;

a vibration detecting unit for detecting a vibration of one of the outer ring attaching member and the mass;

a transfer function calculating unit for calculating a transfer function from an output of the vibration detecting unit and the output of the adding unit to determine a resonance frequency of the bearing device; and

a radial rigidity calculating unit for determining a radial rigidity of the bearing device on the basis of the resonance frequency of the bearing device determined by the transfer function calculating unit.

6. A method for producing a bearing device including a pair of bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring and an outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring, comprising the steps of:

attaching a mass to the outer ring;

giving a radial input vibration to one of each inner ring and both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring;

detecting a vibration of one of the each inner ring and the both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring so that a first vibration detecting value and a second vibration detecting value are obtained;

adding a first vibration and a second vibration so that an added value of the first vibration detecting value and the second vibration detecting value is obtained;

detecting a vibration of one of the outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring and the mass so that a third vibration detecting value is obtained;

calculating a transfer function from the third vibration detecting value and the added value so that a resonance frequency of the bearing device is determined; and

calculating a radial rigidity of the bearing device from the transfer function.

11. A bearing device, comprising:

the bearing device having a radial rigidity value set by the method according to claim 6.

7. An apparatus for producing a bearing device including a bearing having an inner ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring, an outer ring and a housing fitted to the outer ring, comprising:

a detecting unit for detecting at least one of a radial rigidity, a resonance frequency and an anti-resonance frequency;

wherein a press-fitting operation is finished when the at least one of the radial rigidity, the resonance frequency and the anti-resonance frequency become a predetermined value.

8. The Apparatus for producing a bearing device including a bearing having an inner ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring, an outer ring and a housing fitted to the outer ring according to claim 7, further comprising:

an input vibration unit for giving a radial vibration to one of the inner ring and a shaft inwardly fitted to the inner ring;

a loading unit for press-fitting;

a vibration detecting unit for detecting a vibration of at least one of one of the each inner ring and the shaft and one of the outer ring and the housing; and

a calculating control unit for calculating one of a rigidity of the bearing device and both a resonance frequency and an anti-resonance frequency from a signal detected by the vibration detecting unit.

9. The Apparatus for producing a bearing device including a bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring and a housing fitted to the outer ring according to claim 7, further comprising:

a transfer function calculating unit for calculating a transfer function.

10. A method for producing a bearing device, comprising the step of:

producing the bearing device by the apparatus according to claim 7.

12. An apparatus for evaluating a radial rigidity of a bearing device including a bearing having an inner ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring, an outer ring and an outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring, comprising:

an input vibration unit for giving a radial input vibration to the inner ring and the shaft attached to the inner ring;

a vibration detecting unit for detecting a vibration of the outer ring attaching member;

a transfer function calculating unit for calculating a transfer function from an output of the vibration detecting unit and the radial input vibration to determine a resonance frequency of the bearing device; and

a radial rigidity calculating unit for determining a radial rigidity of the bearing device on the basis of the resonance frequency of the bearing device determined by the transfer function calculating unit.

13. An apparatus for evaluating a radial rigidity of a bearing device including a pair of bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring and an outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring, comprising:

an input vibration unit for giving a radial input vibration to one of the each inner ring and both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring;

a pair of vibration detecting units for detecting a vibration of one of the each inner ring and the both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring;

an adding unit for adding an output of the pair of vibration detecting units;

a vibration detecting unit for detecting a vibration of the outer ring attaching member;

a transfer function calculating unit for calculating a transfer function from an output of the vibration detecting unit and the output of the adding unit to determine a resonance frequency of the bearing device; and

a radial rigidity calculating unit for determining a rigidity of the bearing device on the basis of the resonance frequency of the bearing device determined by the transfer function calculating unit.

14. A method for evaluating a rigidity of a bearing device including a pair of bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring and an outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring, comprising the steps of:

giving a radial input vibration to one of each inner ring and both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring;

detecting a vibration of the one of each inner ring and both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring so that a first vibration detecting value and a second vibration detecting value are obtained;

adding a first vibration and a second vibration so that an added value of the first vibration detecting value and the second vibration detecting value is obtained;

detecting a vibration of the outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring so that a third vibration detecting value is obtained;

calculating a transfer function from the third vibration detecting value and the added value so that a resonance frequency of the bearing device is determined; and

calculating a radial rigidity of the bearing device from the transfer function.

15. An apparatus for producing a bearing device including a bearing having an inner ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring, an outer ring and an outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring, comprising:

an input vibration unit for giving a radial input vibration to one of the each inner ring and the shaft;

a vibration detecting unit for detecting a vibration of the outer ring attaching member;

a transfer function calculating unit for calculating a transfer function from an output of the vibration detecting unit and the radial input vibration to determine a resonance frequency of the bearing device; and

a radial rigidity calculating unit for determining a radial rigidity of the bearing device on the basis of the resonance frequency of the bearing device determined by the transfer function calculating unit.

16. An apparatus for producing a bearing device including a pair of bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring, and an outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring, comprising:

an input vibration unit for giving a radial input vibration to one of each inner ring and both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring;

a pair of vibration detecting units for detecting a vibration of one of the each inner ring and the both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring;

an adding unit for adding an output of the pair of vibration detecting units;

a vibration detecting unit for detecting a vibration of the outer ring attaching member;

a transfer function calculating unit for calculating a transfer function from an output of the vibration detecting unit and the output of the adding unit to determine a resonance frequency of the bearing device; and

a radial rigidity calculating unit for determining a radial rigidity of the bearing device on the basis of the resonance frequency of the bearing device determined by the transfer function calculating unit.

17. A method for producing a bearing device including a pair of bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring, a shaft attached to the inner ring and an outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring, comprising the steps of:

giving a radial input vibration to one of each inner ring and both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring;

detecting a vibration of one of the each inner ring and the both ends of the shaft attached to the inner ring so that a first vibration detecting value and a second vibration detecting value are obtained;

adding a first vibration and a second vibration so that an added value of the first vibration detecting value and the second vibration detecting value is obtained;

detecting a vibration of the outer ring attaching member attached to the outer ring so that a third vibration detecting value is obtained;

calculating a transfer function from the third vibration detecting value and the added value so that a resonance frequency of the bearing device is determined; and

calculating a radial rigidity of the bearing device from the transfer function.