An intelligent system for faulty-bearing detection based on vibration spectra

In this paper, a new detection and classification system of faulty bearings is presented. This system is based on artificial intelligent techniques and vibration signals in the frequency domain produced by the faulty bearings. The system consists of several neuro-fuzzy systems in cascade, along with measurement equipment for the vibration spectral data. These neuro-fuzzy systems have been used as bi-classifiers. That is, each neuro-fuzzy system is specialized in the classification between two different types of rolling bearing status. A careful selection process for rules has been included in the learning algorithm. Moreover, the demodulated vibration signal has been used as input to the neuro-fuzzy systems based on the Sugeno approach. Several trials were carried out, taking into account the vibration spectral data collected by the measurement equipment for each bearing. Different results with three types of faulty bearings using the proposed approach are shown, where satisfactory results have been achieved.