ANALYSIS OF DEFECTS AND FAILURES OF HYDRAULIC GEAR PUMPS WITH THE USE OF SELECTED QUALITATIVE METHODS

摘要

The paper presents an analysis of the defects and failures of a gear pump using the FMEA matrix analysis and error diagram. For each pump component, functions that are performed and potential defects were identified. Failures and defects that are typical for gear wheels were found as the main problem that influences pump malfunction. Therefore, using the error diagram, the main categories of causes were determined. In the next step, the identified causes and subcauses were assigned to defects with the highest possibility of occurrence, which allowed us to specify preventive and corrective actions.