A step increase in peak acceleration trend was detected, indicating an inner race defect. Urgent action was taken, and the bearing was changed during a scheduled maintenance outage, avoiding costly damage and downtime.
Large mixer ball bearing defect
detection:
Findings, Actions and Outcome
A step increase in peak acceleration trend detected
The trend continued to rise
Spectral analysis revealed ‘text book’ inner race defect signature on the demodulated acceleration spectrum
Urgent action note raised with our client
Bearing change implemented during a scheduled maintenance outage day
Costly secondary asset damage and downtime avoided