Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0455693

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0455693

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Condition monitoring of large, horizontal low speed slew bearings. Remote sensing has often been used to collect vibration data .To date, no current analysis technique has produced results that appear consistent due to the low speed (less than 1 Hz), and the acyclic characteristic of the rolling element anti-friction bearing. The contact vibration energy between rolling elements and races is low due to the low speed of the motion, and thus the vibration produced is masked by the general running vibration and is not readily distinguishable from the background vibration of the rotating structure. The aim of this project is to use remote sensors to collect information about the state of horizontal slew bearings and develop an analysis technique that will predict the short to medium term behaviour of horizontal slew bearings. The technique has the potential of saving $3.2 million in loss production per an unplanned breakdown of a slew bearing in a steel plant.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 09-2004

End Date: 12-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $169,040.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Manufacturing Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Manufacturing Engineering | Industrial Engineering |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Precious metals (e.g. refined bullion, wire and strip) | Sheet metal products

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