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The DATS Rotating Machinery option contains a complete set of tools for analyzing the sources of vibration and noise caused by cyclic forces such as those found in engines, gearboxes and wheel excitation.
Prosig acquisition software has additional realtime displays for use with Rotating Machinery Analysis.
Discover how to analyze rotating machinery data step-by-step.
The Time Sampled analysis enables a user to carry out classical Waterfall analysis, producing frequency spectra related to the speed of rotation. It includes comprehensive tacho conditioning software. The software allows waterfalls and orders to be visualized in many ways. Band-pass filtering and envelope analysis can be carried out for bearing analysis.
Various synchronous analyses can be used to view the data in the order domain. In particular a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) can be used to extract orders directly. Data which has been sampled using a fixed time sample rate can be resampled using the tacho as the synchronous marker, so that the same number of samples are generated for each cycle.
Software includes...
Average Waterfalls
Speed Signal from Tacho
Extract Orders and Overall Level
Generate Waterfall
Generate Waterfall with phase
Equalisation Order Filter
Angular Vibration from Tacho
Tacho Crossing times
Tacho Ideal Equivalent
Tacho to time periods
Raw Speeds
Average period Speeds
Smooth Curve Fitted Speeds
Interpolated Speeds
Tacho Crossing Checks
Angular Vibration of Shaft
Asynchronous to Synchronous
Order Waterfall
Order Waterfall with Phase
Synchronous Orders
Calculate Average Cycle
Calculate Cycle Statistics
Tacho Synthesis
Auto Spectral Density
Cross Spectral Density
DFT
FFT
Multiple Spectrum RMS Level
Spectrum Level
Spectrum RMS Over Order Range
Transfer Function
Zoom Transfer
Zoom Auto Spectral Density
Zoom Cross Spectral Density
In this article we will look at the basic steps behind a simple rotating machinery study. We won’t look in great detail at some of the techniques involved – these are dealt with elsewhere on the blog. This material should be suitable for a newcomer to the field who understands the basic concepts of noise & vibration analysis, but has not dealt with rotating machinery before.
Visit the Prosig Signal Processing Blog and discover many more articles on the application of signal processing techniques to noise and vibration problems.