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Multiple Motor Analysis Techniques
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Rotor Bar Analysis
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Rotor Bar Analysis
Can be performed by two methods:
1) Current Measurement
2) Flux Measurement
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Vocabulary
Rotor bar slip frequency
= LF - (poles x slip)
unbalanced current
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Limitations of Motor Current
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Diagnosing Rotor Bar Problems.
The life of a rotor is directly proportional to
the number of starts and stops of a motor.
To diagnose rotor problems with flux we
capture a baseline current reading to
normalize flux measurements.
Then we trend the flux measurement and
look for side bands of (slip frequency X
#poles) about Line Frequency.
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Lets Look at an example
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35 dB down shows broken rotor bars
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MotorView II diagnosed data
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side bands
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Bad rotor bars current data on same machine
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Current good rotor bars
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FLUX
Use 343 Flux Coil
Position on the fan shroud of a motor
Measures magnetic flux signature of ac
induction motors
Detects
rotor bar faults
stator faults
unbalanced voltage
motor speed
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FLUX Notes
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FLUX Benefits
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Using Flux to Analyze Motor
Problems
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Flux Reading with Small Short
increase decrease
in flux in flux -4xLF
-2xLF
4xLF 8xLF
6xLF 10xLF
-10xLF -6xLF
-8xLF
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We see 4.3 times increase in flux data
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Flux Reading with Medium Short
2xLF
Slot Pass
increase decrease
in flux in flux -2xLF
-4xLF 4xLF
8xLF
-6xLF 6xLF
-10xLF
-8xLF 10xLF
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Flux showed 8 times increase over baseline
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Test Measurement #3
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Surge Test Results
Close Up
Small
Medium
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Severe Stator Short
Flux Reading with Severe Short
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23 X increase shown here
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Trend of 2xLF Sideband of Slot Pass
25
23.5
20
Ratio to Baseline
15
10
8.1
5 4.3
1.1
0
No Small Medium Severe
Short Short Short Short
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Voltage Imbalance
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Flux Analysis and Unbalanced
Voltage
Must take baseline flux reading. All
trending flux readings must be taken from
the same location.
Increase in LF+(#poles/2 x RPS) flux
peak with increase in voltage unbalance.
Data taken from low frequency flux
information.
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Motor Running with Unbalanced Voltage
LF+RPM
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6.3 % Voltage Imbalance
Shaft Current/Voltage
Measurement
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Shaft Current and Voltage
Faulty Rotor Isolation
Measure current
and voltage
present on shaft
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Bearing Damage
Excess voltage builds up on bearing inner race
Phenomenon knows as
Electric Discharge Machining
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Measure Directly on Shaft
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Example of Equipment for Shaft
Measurement
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Fluted Bearing from EDM
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Shaft Probe Applications
Electrical Test Engineer
Maintenance Crews
Predictive Maintenance Specialist
Machine Operators
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Temperature Measurement
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Normalized Thermal Parameter
Tpt - Tamb
Tn = X 100
% Load
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Temperature Measurement Locations
TAF
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Common Causes of Overheating
Overloading
Bearing seizure
Misalignment
Restricted ventilation
Single phasing
High ambient temperature
Excessive duty cycles
Power supply variations
Winding faults
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MVII
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MVII
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Summary
Flux data is a new technology, but it clearly
provides an early warning for stator faults in
electric motors
Flux provides a way trend voltage
imbalance, rotor bar analysis, and stator
problems on-line in a non-intrusive manor.
MotorView II provides a time saving way to
measure and trend this information.
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MotorView II
Software features
Automatic measurement point, analysis
parameter, alarm limit, and fault
frequency setup.
Automatic Electrical Diagnostics
Trend plots of rotor condition
Trend plots of stator condition
Trend plots of voltage balance
Normalized temperature trending
Shaft voltage/current trending and
recording
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