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News Release from: SKF UK | Subject: BearingDetective
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 July 2004
SKF BearingDetective prevents bearing
failures
SKF has developed BearingDetective, an advanced 'expert' system for identifying bearing failure modes; the system will save time and costs associated with unplanned machine stoppages
SKF has developed BearingDetective, an advanced 'expert' system for identifying bearing failure modes The system will help customers prevent recurring bearing damage and failures, thus saving on the time and costs associated with unplanned machine stoppages
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 1 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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As SKF BearingDetective is a web-enabled system, it allows SKF engineers all over the world to remotely assist in bearing failure analysis.
SKF BearingDetective is a decision support system that allows consistent, fast and accurate assessments of rolling bearing damage or failure.
It is a knowledge-based system that searches its information base and offers a number of possible causes of the bearing damage found in individual situations.
The causes are ranked, with the highest probability ranked first.
The system overcomes the shortcomings of previous expert systems, which are structured as decision trees with symptoms shown branching off to possible causes.
Instead, the SKF BearingDetective is structured from possible causes to symptoms.
This structure, combined with the degree of uncertainty about possible failure states, achieves a more accurate analysis of the physical phenomena that occur during bearing service life.
At the core of the system is a wealth of knowledge gathered from basic rolling bearing principles to practical engineering and application results.
The probabilistic network is a visual network in which nodes are connected by causal relationships, and probability calculations applied.
The network for bearing failure analysis has four node categories; conditions, internal mechanisms, failure modes and observed symptoms.
The combination of these nodes ensures all possible factors are evaluated including bearing speeds and loads, corrosion, sliding contact and lubricant film disruption. Request a free brochure from SKF UK ...
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