In-Line Oil Debris Monitor (ODM) for the Advanced Tactical Fighter Engine

Muir, Dave; Howe, B.

doi:10.4271/961308

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“…2). This sensor employs the same technology as a commercially available sensor used for on-line wear debris monitoring for aircraft engines and gearboxes, industrial gas turbines, wind turbine gearboxes, podded marine propulsion systems, et al The on-line line sensor data can be compared to the counts and sizes obtained from the filter debris analysis sensor [6,7].…”

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“…The outcome of the project was the development and production of the FilterCHECK 200. This instrument was simple to operate and in 15 min, could efficiently clean a filter, quantitatively count and size the ferrous and non-ferrous debris via the inline particle debris monitor [6,7] and prepare a patch of the debris for SEMEDX analysis. The FDA instrument's expert system accurately and repeatedly determined the gearbox serviceability [8].…”

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Filter Debris Analysis for Aircraft Engine and Gearbox Health Management

Toms¹,

Cassidy²

2008

J Fail. Anal. and Preven.

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Oil filters capture a tremendous amount of tribology information about the operation of a machine. Removal and analysis of the filter debris has proved to be an effective tool for engine health management by determining wear modes and observing failure progression providing long lead times for maintenance remediation. The process of manual debris removal and analysis in a laboratory, however, is tedious. An automated filter debris analysis system provides a repeatable process for at-line or laboratory use. The filters are automatically cleaned; the particles are counted and sized utilizing a quantitative oil debris sensor; and the debris is deposited on a patch for automatic analysis by an integral energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. The XRF analysis procedure provides metallurgical analysis and an expert determination of engine condition. The system has been successfully applied to two operational aircraft fleets, the Canadian Forces S-61 Sea King helicopter fleet and the US Navy EA-6B Prowler aircraft fleet. In both applications, significant benefits have been realized.

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Filter Debris Analysis for Aircraft Engine and Gearbox Health Management

Toms¹,

Cassidy²

2008

J Fail. Anal. and Preven.

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“…With this technique, it is possible to appreciate the component status and in particular to identify possible onset failures by monitoring and analyzing the debris present in the lubricant oil (oil debris monitoring (ODM)). 1,2 This analysis is done by means of a dedicated sensor and the relative data acquisition system (oil debris system (ODS)).…”

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“…3 ODM devices may be installed on a vehicle or machine (in particular, in aerospace applications) for the real-time health monitoring, [6][7][8] or on a test rig to analyze the debris production. 9 In particular, considering the applications on test rigs, few works are available in literature about the debris monitoring as some examples: Dempsey et al 9 developed a diagnostic tool for detecting fatigue damage to tapered roller bearings by collecting oil debris data from failure progression tests 10 ; Peng and Kessissoglou 11 correlated a vibration analysis and wear debris of a worm gearbox to determine possible wear mechanisms; Loutas et al 12 used ODM and other two on-line monitoring techniques to increase the diagnostic capacity and reliability of the condition monitoring of gearboxes; Dempsey 13 analyzed the accumulated mass, measured by an oil debris sensor, to predict the gears pitting damage and to identify a method to set threshold limits for damaged gears.…”

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Oil debris monitoring in misaligned spline couplings subjected to fretting wear

Cuffaro

Curá

Mura

2014

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C:

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Mechanical components may be subjected to wear damage that may cause the component failure. From the experimental point of view, the wear damage may be detected by analyzing the debris produced by the wear phenomena into the lubrication oil. This technique may be used to monitor the structural integrity of bearings and gear health by means of dedicated sensors. In this work, the oil debris production due to fretting wear in spline couplings has been investigated; in particular, the aim of this work is to identify both entity and onset phase of the surface damage by means of parameters obtained from the oil debris monitoring. Experimental tests have been performed by means of a dedicated test that allows to reproduce the real working conditions on spline coupling specimens, by varying both transmitted torque and misalignment angle. The oil debris production has been monitored by means of an optical sensor, in terms of particles size and numerosity. Results show that the wear damage may be identified by monitoring the variation of both Kurtosis of the particle distribution and amount of the particles production, both for as concerns phenomenon entity and corresponding onset.

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“…2 One recent development in the detection of incipient faults in oil-wetted machinery is the in-line, fullflow inductive wear debris sensor (hereafter referred to as an inductive wear debris sensor). 4,5 These sensors are generally located in the lubricating oil scavenge line and detect metallic particles as they transit through the sensor and disturb a balanced magnetic field. The ability to monitor the generation of wear particles and progress of incipient failures in real-time offers a significant advantage over traditional wear debris analysis techniques and allows the useful life to be truly maximized.…”

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Determining inductive sensor wear debris limits for rolling contact fatigue of bearings

Becker

Abanteriba

Forrester

2014

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J:

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A relatively recent development for the condition monitoring of oil-wetted machinery has been the in-line full-flow inductive wear debris sensor (hereafter referred to as inductive wear debris sensors). These sensors detect a disturbance to a magnetic field caused by metallic wear debris shed from deteriorating dynamic components that is entrained in the lubricant. Applications for these sensors currently include (but are not limited to) aviation machinery, wind-turbine generators, marine propulsion systems, and locomotives. Inductive wear debris sensors can distinguish between ferromagnetic and nonferromagnetic particles as well as providing size and other related information. One of the primary advantages of this sensor type is that the detectable size range is broad and may be used to track the progress of an incipient failure such as the rolling contact fatigue of a bearing or gear as it occurs. One aspect that has received little attention in the literature is the methodology for determining a suitable limit for a particular application. Limits are a critically important aspect of machinery condition monitoring and need to be established by a robust and reliable method otherwise unnecessary maintenance can occur or an incipient fault may be missed. This paper describes a generic method for determining a physically meaningful debris limit for a deteriorating rolling element bearing when utilizing an inductive wear debris sensor.

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In-Line Oil Debris Monitor (ODM) for the Advanced Tactical Fighter Engine

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Filter Debris Analysis for Aircraft Engine and Gearbox Health Management

Filter Debris Analysis for Aircraft Engine and Gearbox Health Management

Oil debris monitoring in misaligned spline couplings subjected to fretting wear

Determining inductive sensor wear debris limits for rolling contact fatigue of bearings

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