posted on 2018-09-06, 15:47authored bySebastien M.E. Salvan
This thesis describes a methodology to monitor the condition of rolling-element bearings
rotating inside an industrial machine. More precisely, the machine looked at is a mail processing
machine which has to sort mail for Royal Mail continuously over many hours
every day (twenty-two hours per day on average).
For such utilisation, machine availability is critical hence the necessity to monitor the
condition of every rolling-element bearing during the production time. This would enable
maintenance action to be taken on a rolling-element bearing detected as damaged before
its critical failure which would cause the machine to stop (safe mode). [Continues.]
Funding
EPSRC. Royal Mail plc. Holroyd Instruments Ltd.
History
School
Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
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Publication date
2004
Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.