New techniques of local damage detection in machinery based on stochastic modelling using adaptive Schur filter

Reflection coefficients describing the signal model, defined with the use of Schur algorithm, may be applied in a variety of ways, giving a chance of employing different solutions in different conditions. In the first proposed solution, detection is based on the weighted sum of derivatives of reflection coefficients, while in the other one - on new signal obtained as power in frequency bands calculated from a parametric spectrogram, whose starting point are reflection coefficients. All these operations are aimed at enhancing changes that occur in the signal at the moments when damage-induced impulses appear. The article also presents guidelines for methods of determining parameter values in the employed analyses. The proposed solutions have been applied for analysing signals coming from a two-stage gearbox of a large machine driving a mining belt conveyor and the obtained results were analysed. They prove the effectiveness of the proposed techniques. It is worth emphasizing that these techniques can be easily adapted for monitoring machinery in varying operating conditions.