Gearbox failure prediction using infrared camera

Chi-Man Kwan; Roger Xu; Leonard S. Haynes

doi:10.1117/12.421003

23 March 2001 Gearbox failure prediction using infrared camera

Chi-Man Kwan, Roger Xu, Leonard S. Haynes

Proceedings Volume 4360, Thermosense XXIII; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.421003
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

This paper summarizes our results on gearbox failure prediction using infrared camera. Experimental data was taken at the Mechanical Diagnostic Test Bed (MDTB) of the Penn State University. It was observed that there is thermal growth before a gearbox failure occurs. One explanation is that friction between gears increases before the gear breaks. A neural net based image-processing tool was developed by Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) to process the infrared images in real-time. Results show that our tool can detect unusual thermal growth five hours before one of the gear teeth was broken.

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Chi-Man Kwan, Roger Xu, and Leonard S. Haynes "Gearbox failure prediction using infrared camera", Proc. SPIE 4360, Thermosense XXIII, (23 March 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.421003

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