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Fault classification in three-phase motors based on vibration signal analysis and artificial neural networks

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Competition in the industrial environment is increasingly intense, so it is of utmost importance that organizations keep their assets in operation as much as possible (in order to produce more). In this context, there is a need for predictive maintenance, a technique that detects the health of assets in real time, allowing failures to be diagnosed before they can interrupt the operation of the assets, avoiding high financial losses. This study uses a sixteen-motor experimental setup with four different known operating conditions. The vibration signal of these motors, through signal analysis, both in time and frequency domains, is performed to evaluate the types and severities of the defects. An artificial neural network (ANN) is used to classify these defects. Considering the vibration analysis, mechanical faults can be identified quickly and conveniently. For the development of the ANN, it was necessary to perform a preprocessing of the vibration signal (response in time) due to the data size, which overwhelms the network. Thus, statistical data were used to extract key information from the vibration signal. Finally, the neural network created based on this study’s methodology presents extremely reliable results, allowing a quick and robust diagnosis of the motor operating condition.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Brazilian agency CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico), CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) and FAPEMIG (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais - APQ-00385-18).

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Institute, Federal University of Itajubá – UNIFEI, Itajubá, Brazil

    Ronny Francis Ribeiro Junior & Guilherme Ferreira Gomes

  2. Institute of Industrial Engineering and Management, Federal University of Itajubá – NIFEI, Itajubá, Brazil

    Fabrício Alves de Almeida

  3. PS Solutions, Itajubá, Brazil

    Ronny Francis Ribeiro Junior

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Appendix: Analysis of variance of the main effects

Appendix: Analysis of variance of the main effects

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Ribeiro Junior, R.F., de Almeida, F.A. & Gomes, G.F. Fault classification in three-phase motors based on vibration signal analysis and artificial neural networks. Neural Comput & Applic 32, 15171–15189 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-020-04868-w

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