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Condition monitoring of monorail guidance systems

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Reliable machine tools play a crucial role in the productivity of industrial facilities. In spite of high-quality machines, unscheduled downtimes are often caused by damaged machine components. A new diagnosis tool for machine components is outlined in this paper, with the main focus on monorail guidance systems. Based on sensor signals and information from the machine control system, the method enables the condition of the monorail guidance system to be evaluated in a simplified way. Typical types of damage and the diagnosis tool that has been developed are presented. The way in which the diagnosis tool may be used for detecting different types of damage is described. Using the condition monitoring method, it should be possible to estimate the service limit of the monorail guidance system.

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The authors would like to thank the EU, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Project Management Agency Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe for the financial support for and supervision of the research work presented in this paper within the framework of the integrated project “Zuverlässige Produktionsanlage—ZuPro” (reliable production facilities) (http://www.zupro.de) and the integrated project “NEXT-Next Generation Production Systems” (IP 011815).

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  1. Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    C. Brecher, S. Witt & W. Klein

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Brecher, C., Witt, S. & Klein, W. Condition monitoring of monorail guidance systems. Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 2, 333–337 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-008-0107-3

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