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Title: Bearing Fault Detection and Wear Estimation Using Machine Learning

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1557163· OSTI ID:1557163

Unpredicted bearings failures can be costly and dangerous. Current methods have been examining the use of machine learning algorithms to automatically detect bearing faults. Vibration specialists must react daily, as the sheer number of bearings and the machines they operate are critical and any downtime will result in loss of productivity and endanger personal. The method presented in this paper utilizes a novel approach to detect and determine bearings fault diameters. The detection algorithm uses the cubic support vector machine (SVM) for high accuracy inner and outer race fault detection. After detecting the type of fault, the data is then passed through a second layer that uses a modified K-means clustering and a linear interpolation to accurately estimate the diameter of the fault that was detected.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1557163
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-27700
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English