Thousands of hits: On inverter-induced bearing currents, related work, and the literature

Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik

Volumn 128, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 382-388

  Mutze A ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bearings (mechanical); Condition monitoring; Variable frequency drives

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL FILTERS; BEARING CURRENTS; BEARINGS (MECHANICAL); FILTER TOPOLOGY; INVERTER-INDUCED BEARING CURRENTS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES;

CONDITION MONITORING;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS);

EID: 84855963242     PISSN: 0932383X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00502-011-0053-1     Document Type: Article

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