Generation of reproducible and scalable local damage to rolling bearings for the development of condition monitoring systems through the use of laser technology
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Manuel Bauer
Manuel Bauer is currently a research assistant at the IAA - Institute for Drive Technology in Aalen. He is doing his doctorate at the University of Stuttgart. Previously, he studied Technology Management in the Master’s programme at Aalen University. His research interests lie in rolling bearing technology and condition monitoring of machine elements.
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Maximilian Schlotz
Maximilian Schlotz is currently a Research Master student at the IAA – Institute for Drive Technology at the Aalen University. He previously completed his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Aalen University and also achieved an apprenticeship in the metal industry. His research focuses on the condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of machine components.
Kai Blessing previously achieved his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at Aalen University and is currently working on his master’s thesis as part of the research master at the IAA - Institute for Drive Technology at Aalen University. His research focus is the prediction of the thermal behavior of asynchronous machines using neural networks.
Fabian Wagner is a research assistant at the Faculty for Electronics and Computer Science at Aalen University. He previously completed his Research Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Aalen University. His research focuses on the condition monitoring of machine components.
Markus Hofele completed his bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering in 2014. After this he did his Master Advanced Materials and Manufacturing with a research focus on laser hot brazing welding of stainless steel tubes. Afterwards, he started as an employee at the LaserApplicationCenter (LAZ) at Aalen University and worked on several public funded research projects in the fields of laser based joining techniques (brazing and welding), laser polishing and cleaning as well as laser hardening. Since February 2018 he is a PhD student in the field of laser based post-processing of L-PBF Aluminum parts.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Riegel is the rector of Aalen University and Head of the Laser Application Center (LAZ). Before he started as a professor at Aalen University in 2009 he worked 14 year at company Behr in Stuttgart (Germany) and Troy (Mi, USA) and at company Endress+Hauser in Gerlingen. His academic education includes a Master (Diplom) in physics from University of Würzburg. He studied also at Rice University (Houston, Tx, USA) und Max-Planck-Institute (Stuttgart). He graduated with a PhD (Dr.-Ing) from University of Stuttgart.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Kley is Professor for Design Theory and Drive Technology at the IAA - Institute for Drive Technology at Aalen University. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart and engineering and mechanics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. His doctoral thesis was on the influence of transmission damage in city buses. He is responsible for several test benches at the IAA. His research interests focus on the development and testing of future powertrain technologies.
Abstract
In the context of the fourth industrial revolution, condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of machines are becoming increasingly important, as unplanned machine failures can lead to high costs for the operator. Many of these machine failures can be traced back to bearing damage, which must be prevented. In order to be able to make reliable statements about the remaining service life of the bearings, a condition monitoring system is required. For the development of these systems, bearings with a defined level of damage are needed. Since there are not enough reproducible methods for bearing damage so far, the defined generation of reproducible, local bearing damage is researched by using laser technology. The damage caused is checked and evaluated by means of vibration analysis and white light interferometry. The results confirm a reproducibility and scalability of the bearing damages by means of laser technology. The damaged bearings can be used for research-based development as well as in industrial implementations of condition monitoring systems.
Kurzfassung
Im Rahmen der vierten industriellen Revolution werden die Zustandsüberwachung und die vorausschauende Wartung von Maschinen immer wichtiger, da ungeplante Maschinenausfälle zu hohen Kosten für den Betreiber führen können. Viele dieser Maschinenausfälle lassen sich auf Lagerschäden zurückführen, die es zu verhindern gilt. Um verlässliche Aussagen über die Restlebensdauer der Lager treffen zu können, ist ein Zustandsüberwachungssystems erforderlich. Für die Entwicklung dieser Systeme werden Lager mit einer definierten Schädigung benötigt. Da es bisher nicht ausreichend reproduzierbare Methoden zur Lagerschädigung gibt, wird das definierte Erzeugen reproduzierbarer, lokaler Lagerschäden durch den Einsatz von Lasertechnik untersucht. Die eingebrachten Schädigungen werden mittels Schwingungsanalyse und Weißlichtinterferometer überprüft und ausgewertet. Die Ergebnisse bestätigen eine Reproduzier-und Skalierbarkeit der Lagerschäden mit Hilfe von Lasertechnik. Die geschädigten Lager können sowohl für die forschungsbasierte Entwicklung als auch in der industriellen Inbetriebnahme von Zustandsüberwachungssystemen eingesetzt werden.
About the authors
Manuel Bauer is currently a research assistant at the IAA - Institute for Drive Technology in Aalen. He is doing his doctorate at the University of Stuttgart. Previously, he studied Technology Management in the Master’s programme at Aalen University. His research interests lie in rolling bearing technology and condition monitoring of machine elements.
Maximilian Schlotz is currently a Research Master student at the IAA – Institute for Drive Technology at the Aalen University. He previously completed his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Aalen University and also achieved an apprenticeship in the metal industry. His research focuses on the condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of machine components.
Kai Blessing previously achieved his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at Aalen University and is currently working on his master’s thesis as part of the research master at the IAA - Institute for Drive Technology at Aalen University. His research focus is the prediction of the thermal behavior of asynchronous machines using neural networks.
Fabian Wagner is a research assistant at the Faculty for Electronics and Computer Science at Aalen University. He previously completed his Research Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Aalen University. His research focuses on the condition monitoring of machine components.
Markus Hofele completed his bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering in 2014. After this he did his Master Advanced Materials and Manufacturing with a research focus on laser hot brazing welding of stainless steel tubes. Afterwards, he started as an employee at the LaserApplicationCenter (LAZ) at Aalen University and worked on several public funded research projects in the fields of laser based joining techniques (brazing and welding), laser polishing and cleaning as well as laser hardening. Since February 2018 he is a PhD student in the field of laser based post-processing of L-PBF Aluminum parts.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Riegel is the rector of Aalen University and Head of the Laser Application Center (LAZ). Before he started as a professor at Aalen University in 2009 he worked 14 year at company Behr in Stuttgart (Germany) and Troy (Mi, USA) and at company Endress+Hauser in Gerlingen. His academic education includes a Master (Diplom) in physics from University of Würzburg. He studied also at Rice University (Houston, Tx, USA) und Max-Planck-Institute (Stuttgart). He graduated with a PhD (Dr.-Ing) from University of Stuttgart.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Kley is Professor for Design Theory and Drive Technology at the IAA - Institute for Drive Technology at Aalen University. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart and engineering and mechanics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. His doctoral thesis was on the influence of transmission damage in city buses. He is responsible for several test benches at the IAA. His research interests focus on the development and testing of future powertrain technologies.
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Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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- The influence of workpiece surface texture on visual measurement of roughness
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- Quality analysis for condition monitoring of a manufacturing process integrating acoustic processing based on three distinct ML algorithms
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- Verzeichnungskorrektur einer omnidirektionalen Kamera durch 3D-Referenzobjekte
- The influence of workpiece surface texture on visual measurement of roughness
- Deploying the high-power pulsed lasers in precision force metrology – Towards SI traceable and practical force quantization by photon momentum
- Quality analysis for condition monitoring of a manufacturing process integrating acoustic processing based on three distinct ML algorithms
- Three-dimensional finite element analysis and research of leakage magnetic field of flake, pit, through-hole defect in petroleum pipelines
- Generation of reproducible and scalable local damage to rolling bearings for the development of condition monitoring systems through the use of laser technology
