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Detect incipient bearing wear
A permanently rising vibration level or new frequency components can indicate damage to raceways, rolling bodies or lubrication.
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Bearing and vibration monitoring
Severe bearing damage often develops over time. A reliable trend helps identify changes before they become audible or cause a shutdown.
4–20 mATypical signal
10 sVisualization grid
24/7Monitoring
Why monitor?
What this parameter reveals about your compressed air station.
Vibration reveals mechanical changes well before they cause noticeable noise, heat or failure. Comparison at similar speed and load matters more than a single instantaneous reading.
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Distinguishing unbalance and misalignment
Speed-dependent patterns help to limit unbalance, clutch errors or misalignment of engine and compressor.
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Find relaxations and resonances
Sudden or load-dependent changes can occur due to loose attachments, foundation problems, pipe forces or resonances.
In practice
The consequences of bearing damage.
If a bearing fails, the rotors can contact each other or the housing. These damage examples show why an unusual vibration trend deserves early investigation.
Damaged bearing
Visible damage to the raceway and rolling elements of a removed bearing.
Damaged airend
Bearing damage can cause severe consequential damage to the screw rotors.
In practice
Measure vibration at the compressor block.
The installed vibration sensor detects changes directly at the machine. In Airleader, readings are compared at similar speed and load, and suitable alarm limits are configured.
Installation example from an existing system.
Original measurement report; source units and scales are retained in the image.
Open full-size imageCase study presentation
The story of compressor damage
The presentation documents vibration trends before a bearing failure and shows installation, alarms and lessons from the case.
- Format
- PowerPoint · PPTX
- Length
- 14 slides · English
In the Airleader system
One signal – multiple uses.
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Live display
Current measured value and status are visible directly in the web visualization.
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Long-term trend
10-second averages make deviations, shifts and recurring patterns comparable.
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Alerts & Report
limit violations are reported; Values are included in energy, quality or maintenance certificates.
Initial technical consultation
Which solution fits your station?
In 30 minutes we clarify the station, load situation and the most sensible next step – free of charge and without preparation.