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SKF Machine Condition Advisor
User
Manual
Overview
SKF’s Machine Condition Advisor easily provides two
important machinery health vibration readings and a
temperature measurement, and automatically
provides alarm information when your machinery’s
vibration readings exceed accepted guidelines.
Vibration measurements include:
•
A reading for overall “velocity” vibration, which
indicates general machinery condition. This
“overall” reading shows a total value for all
vibration signals emanating from all machinery
components within the instrument’s sensor
range. The instrument compares the overall
vibration value to limits established by ISO
10816-3 guidelines. Measurement values
exceeding limits are automatically indicated.
•
An “enveloped acceleration” (bearing) vibration
reading that filters out all machinery vibration
signals except those emanating from rolling
element bearings and gearboxes. Bearing
vibration readings are automatically compared
to limits established by SKF based upon years of
statistical analysis of existing databases. This
reading helps detect bearing faults in their early
stages.
When used together, these two vibration
measurements and their alarm comparisons can
provide detection of most general machinery faults,
and importantly, detection of rolling element bearing
faults.
