How To Use This Severity Chart: Example Fan 625 Um (25 Mils)
How To Use This Severity Chart: Example Fan 625 Um (25 Mils)
How To Use This Severity Chart: Example Fan 625 Um (25 Mils)
EXAMPLE FAN
625 um (25 mils)
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REFERENCE MATERIAL
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12.5 (.5)
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5
2.
EXAMPLE FAN ROUGH
7.5 mm/s
10
(.3 ips), pk
G
FAIR
ACCEPTABLE
2.5 (.1)
DESIRABLE
1)
(.0
5
.2
1.2 (.05)
1 MIL = 0.001 INCH (25.4 UM)
1 UM = 10-6 M (0.03937 MIL)
1G
1 IPS = 1 IN/SEC (25.4 MM/S)
1 MM/S = 1 MILLIMETER/SEC
= (0.03937 IPS)
1G = ACCEL.DUE TO GRAVITY
= 386 IN/SEC2 (9.81 M/S2)
.25 (.01) 1 CPM = 1 CYCLE PER MINUTE
2 3 4 5 6 789 2 3 4 5 6 789 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 = CYCLES/SEC (HZ) X 60
100 RMS = PK X .707 (FOR SINE WAVE)
.1
.0
.0
1000 100K
1G
G
01
NOTES for determining a setpoint (e.g. alarm and/or danger limit) for machine protection monitoring:
1) Metrix Instrument Co. will not be held liable for setpoint determination.
2) Consult machinery manufacturer (OEM) for recommendations. They know their machinery best.
3) As a starting point only, the following is from over 30 years of company field experience and is offered free from charge.
Hydrodynamic, .8 - 1.2 mil, 20 - 30 um, 2.0 - 2.5 mil, 50 - 75 um, 3.0 - 4.0 mil, 75 - 100 um,
Non-contact pk-pk pk-pk pk-pk pk-pk pk-pk pk-pk
Journal Bearings
4K < RPM < 80K Proximity Displacement
(thru case) .2 - .3 mil, 5 - 8 um, .8- 1.2 mil, 20 - 30 um, 1.0 - 1.5 mil, 25 - 40 um,
pk-pk pk-pk pk-pk pk-pk pk-pk pk-pk
> 100,000 CPM Gearmesh Acoustic atop gears Acceleration 3 - 8 g,pk 2 - 6 g,RMS 10 - 25 g,pk 7 - 18 g,RMS 15 - 40 g,pk 10-28 g,RMS
*Refers to constant speed machines. For variable speed machines, velocity severity is constant. Note from the chart that the displacement and
acceleration measureands vary with speed and are not normally used due to complex severity determination.
REFERENCE MATERIAL
- - D = 0.3183 V/f g = 9.807 m/sec2
73.3 100 - 148 93.3 200 392
D = 0.4968 g/f2
121 250 482
- 62.2 - 80 - 112 149 300 572
- 53.9 - 65 - 85 204 400 752
- 51.1 - 60 - 76 160 500 932 Constants for True Sine Waves Only
- 40.0 - 40 - 40.0 316 600 1112
- 28.9 - 20 - 4.0 399 750 1382 rms value = 0.707 x peak value
427 800 1472 rms value = 1.11 x average value
- 23.3 - 10 + 14.0 538 1000 1832 peak value = 1.414 x rms value
- 5 peak value = 1.57 x average value
- 20.6 23.0 649 1200 2192 average value = 0.637 x peak value
- 17.8 0 32.0 760 1400 2552 average value = 0.90 x rms value
peak-to-peak = 2.0 x peak value
IPS (in/sec)
1.0
Gear Boxes, Electric Motors
0.5
Machine tools (unloaded)
Recips: Compressors,
& Pumps:Gear & Cent.
Packaging Machinery
Crushers (unloaded)
Cent. Compressors
0.1
Pumps & Engines
& Steam Turbines
Conveyors
(unloaded)
0.05
0.0
Velocity