Author(s)

A. Azovtsev & A. Barkov

Abstract

Within recent years the commercial success of the computer systems for the diagnostics of rolling element bearings by the analysis of vibration signal excited by friction forces is growing rapidly. Originally such systems were developed in Russia and afterwards due to their unique features, such as a possibility to provide detailed diagnostics and long term condition prediction of a bearing by a single vibration measurement combined with the simplicity in application that does not require special training in diagnostics from the operator, came into use in the West. Nowadays, the experience in application of such system on transport, in particular on railways, was accumulated only in Russia where this system was tested during a year in a number of railway divisions. During th

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