Assessment of the lubrication condition of a bearing using spectral analysis of the stator current

SPEEDAM 2010 - International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1160-1165

  Morinigo Sotelo, D ^a   Duque Perez, O ^a   Perez Alonso, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b Dirección de Desarrollo Tecnológico   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bearing; Condition monitoring; Lubrication; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

BEARING; CURRENT CONSUMPTION; DAMAGING EFFECTS; HEAT EVACUATION; LUBRICATION CONDITION; SHORT TERM; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STATOR CURRENTS;

INDUCTION MOTORS; LUBRICATION; POWER ELECTRONICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STATORS;

CONDITION MONITORING;

EID: 77956578643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPEEDAM.2010.5544958     Document Type: Conference Paper

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