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The power of Acoustic Emission (AE) lies in the fact that
it directly detects the physical processes such as friction, impacts and metal removal which occur when machinery degrades.
Because of this it can be applied to virtually all rotating machinery including those traditionally difficult areas such as
slow speed machinery, plain bearings and complex gearboxes. The key to the success of AE in the industrial environment lies
not only in its high sensitivity to machine faults, but also in its inherent immunity to audible noise and low frequency vibrations.
Because of this, AE is ideally suited to the shop floor where the background levels of noise and vibration are likely to be
high and variable.
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Typical uses
■ Instantly
categorises machines as 'OK' or 'Suspect'.
■ Rank 'Suspect' machines in terms of problem severity
■ Monitor the rate of degradation of 'Suspect' machines.
■ Set levels at which action needs to be taken.
AE gives you these important benefits:
■ Lower cost - both purchase and
ownership costs.
■ Simpler
to set-up - no need to feed in machine design details
■ Easier
to interpret - common interpretation across different machines.
■Wider application - gearboxes, RE & plain
bearings, slow speed etc..
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