MAINTENANCE OF

BEARINGS
Prem Bahadur Chhetri (41098)
Milan Pathak (41107)
Mukunda Adhikari (41092)
Ishan Tamrakar (41115)

Maintenance Engineering (MEPP 427)

Course Instructor: Asst. Prof. Bijendra Shrestha

30 January 2020
INTRODUCTIO
N
• Definition 01
• Types

MAINTENANCE
ASPECTS
02 TABLE OF
• Mounting/Dismounting
• Lubrication
• Preventive Maintenance
CONTENTS

CASE STUDY
03 • Bearing Failures
• Solutions to Failures
• A case study review
  Provides free rotation around desired axis
 Reduce friction between moving parts

01
INTRODUCTION
 BEARING
BALL S TAPERED
ROLLER ROLLER THRUST
BEARING BEARING BEARING

ROLLER BALL THRUST

BEARING BEARING
 02
MAINTENANCE
ASPECTS
Preparing for Mounting

Mounting Guideline
BEARINGS
MOUNTING OF
A good mounted bearing should have: After Mounting, Check:
 No strange noise  If Bolts have been well tight
 No high temperature  Bearing Radial Clearance
 No vibration, lubricant leakage  Bearing rotation by hand (If possible)
 DISMOUNTING OF
BEARINGS

During Dismounting:
 Don’t damage shaft or housing  Protect yourself (PPE)
 Don’t damage surrounding parts  Use bearing puller
 Ensure cleanliness  Avoid using hammers
 LUBRICATION
Factors Causing Bearing Failure
Contamination
PERCENTAGE]
Causes of high temperature:
 Extremely insufficient or Excessive
Lubricant
Poor Lubrication
 Poor Installation
[PERCENTAGE]
 Load more than rated load
 Improper lubricant type
E]

Lubrication Effects
 Reduce friction
 Dissipate heat and cooling
 Seals (from contamination)
 Extends fatigue life
 BEARING LUBRICATION
OIL
• Requires a device that continuously
feeds oil
• Significant amount of oil required
• Complex lubrication system
• Can be used for high speed application
• Contaminants removed by filtration or
centrifuge
• High cooling capacity
• Friction loss lower than grease
lubrication
• Applications that require low torque
• Applications with high speed and high
temperatures
• Applications where space needed to
lubricate is limited
• Applications with lower operating speeds
• Applications that require protection from
moisture and contaminants
• Applications where lubricant is needed to stay
in place
• Does not require relubrication for an
extended period of time
• Consumption can be kept to the
minimum necessary
• Simple lubrication system
• Limited use for high speed application
• Does not remove contaminants
• No cooling capacity
• Friction loss higher than oil lubrication
GREASE
 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
ELECTRONIC
STETHOSCOP
E ENDOSCOPE
INFRARED
• A miniature
• Able to measure camera with LED,
• Sensitive temperature from
listening device enveloped in a
distance flexible tube.
• Used to locate • Temperature
all kinds of • Produce images
measurement directly on
machinery without contact
noise screen or on a
with the object computer from
THERMOCOUP spaces hard to
LE THERMAL reach
• Instrument for CAMERA
measuring • Creates an
temperature image with
• Thermocouple accurate ACCELEROMET
must be in contact temperature ER
with the object data • Accurately
• Can inspect the measure
equipment Vibration, Shock,
more safely at Acceleration and
peak operation Motion

Preventive Maintenance techniques employed to ensure that a bearing operates properly

 Case Study
03
https://www.ritbearing.com/media/1459/urb-service-engineering-mounting-lubrication-dismounting-and-maintenance-of-bearing
s_may-2016.pdf

https://www.ntn-snr.com/sites/default/files/2017-03/care_and_maintenance_of_bearings_en.pdf

https://www.eatechnology.com/americas/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/Turbine-Bearing-Failure-Case-Study.pdf
 BEARING FAILURES AND SOLUTION
Bearings are usable up to the end of the rolling fatigue life if handled
properly
FLAKING
Condition Cause Solution
Raceway Rolling fatigue, Early Use bearing with
surface is overload, Rusting larger capacity
flaked excessive load due to Improve lubrication
Surface after improper handling system
flaked is very Poor shaft or housing Eliminate installation
rough accuracy errors
Installation error
Ingress of foreign
objects

Inner ring raceway of a deep groove

ball bearing
 PEELING

Condition Cause Solution

 Cluster of very  If surface of opposite  Control of surface
small spalls part is rough roughness and
 Include very  Poor lubrication dust
small cracks characteristics  Selection of
which develop  Peeling may develop appropriate
into spalls into flaking lubricant

Rollers of spherical roller bearing

 SPECKLES &
DISCOLORATION

Condition Cause Solution

Speckles- Ingress of foreign Improvement in
clusters of tiny objects sealing efficiency
dents Poor lubrication Filtration of oil
Raceway Temper color by Improvement in
surface matted overheating lubrication system
and speckled Deposition of
Discoloration deteriorated surface
– the surface
color has
changed
Ball of deep groove ball bearing
 INDENTATION
S

Condition Cause Solution

Hollows in Ingress of solid Keeping out of
raceway foreign objects foreign objects
surface Trapped of flaked Check involved
produced by particles bearing and other
solid foreign Impacts due to bearings for flaking if
objects careless handling dents are produced by
trapped or metal particles
impacts Filtration of oil
Improvement in
handling and
mounting process Inner ring of tapered roller bearings
 WEAR AND
CHIPPING

Condition Cause Solution

Partial Trapping of large Trouble shooting and

chipping of solid foreign objects improvements of
inner ring, Impacts or excessive impacts and
outer ring or load excessive load
rolling Poor handling Improvement in
elements handling
Improvement in
sealing
characteristics
Inner ring of tapered roller bearings
 CRACKIN
G

Condition Cause Solution

Splits and Excessive load Examination and

cracks in Excessive impacts prevention of large
bearing rings Overheating by load
and rolling creeping and rapid Prevention of crap
elements. cooling Correction of lift
Very lose fit
Large flaking

Outer ring of angular contact ball

bearing
 RUST AND CORROSION

Condition Cause Solution

 Rusting at the  Ingress of water or  Improving in sealing
spacing equal corrosive material effect
to the (Acid)  Periodic inspection of
distances  Condensation of lubricating oil
between the moisture contained in  Careful handling of
rolling the air bearing
elements  Poor packaging and  Measures for
storing conditions and preventing rusting
handling with bare when not operating
hands for a long period of
time
Inner ring of tapered roller bearing
 SEIZIN
G

Condition Cause Solution

Bearing Dissipation of heat Improve dissipation
generates heat generated by bearing of heat from bearing
and is seized is not enough. Selection of suitable
up by heat Poor lubrication lubricant and
disabling Clearance excessively determination of
spinning small optimum lubricant
Softening, and Excessive load feeding rate
welding of Prevention of
raceway misalignment
surface, Improvement in
clearance
Inner ring of tapered roller bearing
CASE STUDY ON “WIND TURBINE BLADE BEARING
FAILURE”
 DISMOUNTING
THE
AND
ASSET
INSPECTION
 Vibration of turbine
 Seizing of 2 of the
blades
 Multiple pitch errors

 Blade Pitch revolving • Dismounting using proper tools

bearing
 In service for 10 years
 Maintenance period –
every 6 months
 Actual Maintenance -
Unknown
such as pullers
• General external inspection
• Gasket assessment
• Ball bearing, raceway and cage
ISSUES assessment
 BALL BEARING CAGE
• Rolling contact fatigue
• Low level vibration
corrosion – false
brinelling
• Spawling and break up

• Severe scoring
• Material loss
• Discoloration due to heat
• Rusting and
• Chipping
• Grease with foreign Corrosion
contaminant

RACEWAY
 ASSESSMENT ROOT CAUSE

 Dark fluid, slightly thickened suggests aging  Poor/inadequate maintenance policy

 Some but not significant amount of material and/or inadequate lubrication
debris
 Ingress of water and rusting suggests
weather protection not in place
SOLUTION
 Adequate maintenance policy
 Continuous online monitoring w CMMS
 Vibration detection
 Torque, Lubrication quality and temperature detection
 Automatic grease systems
 THANKS
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