@inproceedings{a284361e6f104247a0ae8b482c364a03,
title = "Planetary gearbox fault diagnosis using an on-rotor MEMS accelerometer",
abstract = "Conventional accelerometers installed on housing often give out less accurate diagnostic results for planetary gearbox because the mesh excitation of planet gears change with carrier movement. Recent significant advancements in low-power and low-cost Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technologies make it possible and easier to mount MEMS accelerometers directly on the rotating shaft, enabling more accurate dynamic characteristics of the rotating machine to be acquired and used for condition monitoring. In this paper, two tiny MEMS accelerometers are installed diametrically opposite each other on the low-speed input shaft of a planetary gearbox to measure the acceleration signals. The acceleration signals sensed by each MEMS will contain both the tangential acceleration and gravitational acceleration, but the latter can be removed by summing the acceleration signals from both sensors in order to characterise the rotor dynamics precisely. The experimental results show that the tangential acceleration measured on the low-speed input shaft of a planetary gearbox can clearly indicate faults, thus providing a reliable and low-cost method for planetary gearbox condition monitoring.",
keywords = "Condition monitoring, MEMS accelerometer, On-rotor measurement, Planetary gearbox",
author = "Z. Mones and Q. Zeng and L. Hu and X. Tang and F. Gu and Ball, {A. D.}",
year = "2017",
month = oct,
day = "26",
doi = "10.23919/IConAC.2017.8081995",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-5090-5040-6",
series = "ICAC 2017 - 2017 23rd IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing: Addressing Global Challenges through Automation and Computing",
publisher = "IEEE",
editor = "Jie Zhang",
booktitle = "ICAC 2017 - 2017 23rd IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing",
address = "United States",
note = "23rd IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing, ICAC 2017 ; Conference date: 07-09-2017 Through 08-09-2017",
}