This paper describes the development of a failure diagnosis technique for V-belts through vibration monitoring. The V-belt vibration is monitored at a driven bearing body attached to a power transmission device. Seven basic causes of belt failure and their combinations are considered. Power spectra of the vibration data are calculated through noise reduction by a cross-spectnnn method. Six parameters characterizing the vibration data are extracted, and 16 typical combinations of the basic causes and a normal belt state are diagnosed successfully by a Bayes' discriminant function approach. Two types of incorrect diagnosis are examined: Type I leaves a failed belt not repaired, and type II causes overmaintenance. A risk ratio for the Bayes' discriminant function is determined to minimize the two types of incorrect diag-nosis. Moreover, the risk ratio is determined to minimize type I error.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.