Vibration Analysis

What is vibration analysis

Vibration analysis is the very important and essential technique used in industry for the last few decades to diagnose and troubleshoot rotating machinery.  The MCA and ESA are new technologies which are in concept since 1900; both of them have been practically available and in practice in the mid of 1980s.  Vibration analysis technique had been introduced in the industrial market somewhere in 1940 to 1950. A lot of research had been made to purify the knowledge and practices used to analyze the vibration and resonance related problems.  Vibration analysis had been used to detect machine health, rotating machines defects and it is useful to plan and schedule the maintenance routines for machines. Vibration analysis is basically the technology to diagnose and pin point mechanical problems in rotating machinery but it can also be implemented to see the electrical problems related to rotating magnetic flux through vibration spectrum in electrical machines.  

Newer vibration analysis uses accelerometers to collect vibration reading from bearing housings of rotating machines. Then this data is wirelessly shared on iCloud to use this data through ipads and iPhones for further analysis. Data is collected from motors, fans, generators and wind turbines.