Gearbox condition monitoring maximises machinery efficiency

摘要

With two in every three manufacturers unaware of the true cost of system downtime and mechanical failure, we asked the experts at Gill Sensors and Controls to explain how condition monitoring sensors help reduce downtime and associated costs, and improve the reliability of large manufacturing gearboxes The most common cause of machine failure is surface degradation, making up a significant 70% of failures - a large majority a direct result of mechanical wear and metallic debris build-up. Various factors trigger the build-up of metallic debris including inadequate lubrication, contamination, bearing spalling, gear polishing, pitting and overload. Each of these causes has their own attributed risk level from a small part or oil change to the urgent replacement of gears.