Three ways to identify bearing faults

Bearings are precision parts of mechanical equipment. How to increase productivity in factories, first of all, the performance of mechanical equipment must be good, and the TIMKEN bearing is closely related to the performance of mechanical equipment. Therefore, the factory must carry out necessary inspections of the bearings in the mechanical equipment during production and processing. The following three methods to identify bearing failures are shared, and I hope it will be helpful to everyone.

1. Recognition by voice

Recognition by voice requires extensive experience. It must be fully trained to be able to distinguish between bearing sounds and non-bearing sounds. Therefore, as far as possible, a dedicated person should carry out this work. You can clearly hear the sound of the bearing with a listening device or a listening stick attached to the shell.

2. Identify by working temperature

This method is a comparative identification method and is limited to occasions where the operating state is not very changed. For this reason, the temperature must be continuously recorded. When a fault occurs, the temperature will not only increase, but also irregular changes. It is appropriate to use this method together with the voice recognition method.

3. Identify by the state of the lubricant

The lubricant is sampled and analyzed to determine whether it is mixed with foreign matter or metal powder based on its degree of contamination. This method is particularly effective for bearings that cannot be observed close or large bearings.