GEG8054

Machine condition monitoring and fault diagnosis

R Beebe

6 points · Full-year subject · Gippsland/distance · Prerequisite: GEG7024

Objectives The student is expected to acquire understanding of maintenance philosophies, the application of condition monitoring of rotating and stationary machinery, including effects of hostile environments and approaches to fault diagnosis. The student will also recognise the importance of predictive maintenance and be able to set up and run a condition monitoring program.

Synopsis This subject examines maintenance strategies and looks at basic Weibull analysis to find which stage of the machine lifecycle is occurring. Students will also study the benefits of condition monitoring, visual inspection techniques, non-destructive testing, analysis techniques for wear debris/contaminants in lubricants and fault diagnosis from gaseous products in insulating oils. Students will also be introduced to condition monitoring of electrical machinery, measurement of pressure, temperature, flow and variables, performance analysis applied to common machine types, overall vibration level and severity, frequency analysis and vibration phase angle. Other topics to be studies include: monitoring rolling element bearings, balancing methods, how to justify investment in condition monitoring, applying condition monitoring, systematic ways of diagnosing faults in physical assets, effects on plant life of hostile environments such as temperature and corrosive surroundings and how the effects are detected, monitored and controlled.

Assessment Examinations: 40% · Assignments: 60%

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Back to the 1999 Engineering Handbook