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Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2014
Applicant:

Aktiebolaget Skf, Göteborg, SE;

Inventors:

Allan Thomson, Lanark, GB;

Joseph Erskine, Falkirk, GB;

Donald Howieson, Livingston, GB;

Assignee:

Aktiebolaget SKF, Göteborg, SE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/14 (2006.01); G01M 13/045 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 13/045 (2013.01); G01N 29/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process for monitoring for the presence of fretting and/or smearing with false brinelling potential in a non-rotating bearing provides the steps of: acquiring acoustic emission data emanating from the non-rotating bearing under an alternating load; and comparing the acoustic emission data with a threshold indicative of fretting and/or smearing.


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