Investigating Vibration Sources of Faulty Gear Units

摘要

A crack in the tooth root is the least desirable damage of gear units, which often leads to failure of gear unit operation. A possible damage can be identified by monitoring vibrations. The influences that a crack in the tooth root of a single-stage gear unit has upon vibrations are dealt with. Changes in tooth stiffness are much more expressed in relation to a fatigue crack in the tooth root, whereas in relation to other faults, changes of other dynamic parameters are more expressed. Signal analysis has been performed in relation to a non-stationary signal, by means of the Time Frequency Analysis tool, such as Wavelets. Typical scalogram patterns resulting from reactions to faults or damages indicate the presence of faults or damages with a very high degree of reliability.