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how to find out oil whirl problem in bearing through vibration?
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The frequency would be unique. Just less than 0.5 times running speed according to the "charts".
I think you posted in the wrong place. This belongs in the vib forum, not the motor forum. |
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If one distinguishes between oil whirl and oil whip, then oil whirl will appraximately track a fraction of running speed on coastdown until it stabilizes; this is a rigid rotor issue. Oil whip will not track (much); this is a flexible rotor issue - on motors whirl is most likely because you don't operate above 2 X the shaft flexible resonance. Both are related to resonances (eigenvalues), like control instabilities.
Particularly on vertical motors, these can lock into high structural vibration (the casing shakes a lot). Otherwise, shaft relative probes may be the best measurement device to see this. Regards, Bill Bill.Foiles@bp.com |
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