Title: Gearbox degradation diagnosis using supplementary approaches based on the stator current analysis: experimental research

Authors: Abdelkarim Bouras; Slimane Bouras; Aoul Elias Hadjadj; Samir Kerfali

Addresses: Electromechanical Systems Laboratory, Department of Electromechanical, BadjiMokhtar – Annaba University, P.O. Box 12, 23000 Annaba, Algeria ' Electromechanical Engineering Laboratory, Department of Electromechanical, Badji Mokhtar – Annaba University, P.O. Box 12, 23000 Annaba, Algeria ' Electromechanical Systems Laboratory, Department of Electromechanical, BadjiMokhtar – Annaba University, P.O. Box 12, 23000 Annaba, Algeria ' Electromechanical Engineering Laboratory, Department of Electromechanical, Badji Mokhtar – Annaba University, P.O. Box 12, 23000 Annaba, Algeria

Abstract: Monitoring and diagnosis of a reduction gear via the characteristic information of tooth decay that can provide the signal of the stator current seems to be a complicated task. This work targets the detection of the tooth surface decay by means of spectral analysis of the phase current and that of the neutral one supplemented by a signature recognition of the operator to clean the failure pattern. The interpretation of the patterns corresponding to each failure can isolate faults and therefore make a reliable diagnosis. For this, a series of tests was performed on a 3 kW induction motor coupled to a gearbox with three floors.

Keywords: fault diagnosis; monitoring; induction motors; MCSA; neutral current; pattern recognition; gearbox faults; gearbox degradation; stator current analysis; tooth surface decay.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2016.073962

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2016 Vol.22 No.2, pp.191 - 206

Received: 19 Feb 2014
Accepted: 01 May 2014
Published online: 31 Dec 2015 *

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