Method for Determining Starting Point of Rolling Bearing Life Prediction Based on Linear Regression

Aimed at addressing the problem that the subjective selection of start prediction time (SPT) in rolling bearing remaining useful life (RUL) prediction will lead to excessive noise in the prediction signal, a linear-regression-based SPT point determination was proposed. The sliding window linear regression method was used to establish sliding windows in the root mean square (RMS) range to obtain the RMS gradient domain. The threshold for the RMS gradient was set, and the continuous trigger threshold mechanism to determine the SPT point was used. The experimental results show that the linear-regression-based method can adaptively determine the SPT point and improve the accuracy of life prediction.