Rotating machinery vibration analysis of the rotary-laser scanning measurement system

The workshop Measurement and Positioning System (wMPS) based on the rotary-laser scanning technology has been widely applied in the manufacturing industry to provide an accurate and robust coordinate measurement. However, some vibration-related problems in the rotating machinery inevitably exist. These problems influence the measurement accuracy of wMPS and even reduce its service life. In this paper, the rotating machinery vibration analysis of wMPS is introduced. Some significant factors causing vibrations, such as the mass imbalance of the rotor, are discussed. The vibration signals of rotating machinery are captured experimentally by the three-axis accelerometer. These raw vibration signals are processed by the data pretreatment, the time-domain analysis and the frequency-domain analysis. Based on these analyses, some evaluation criteria of rotating machinery vibration are introduced. These criteria provide guidance to the fault detection and ensure the ongoing operational condition of wMPS.