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Table 4 Gear and bearing fault types

From: Fault Diagnosis Method for Rotating Machinery Based on Multi-scale Features

Fault type

Description

Gear

Miss

Missing one of feet in the gear

Chipped

Crack occurs in the gear feet

Root

Crack occurs in the root of gear feet

Surface

Wear occurs in the surface of gear

Eccentric

Geometric center of the gear does not coincide with rotating center of the shaft

Bearing

Ball

Crack occurs in the ball

Inner

Crack occurs in the inner ring

Outer

Crack occurs in the outer ring

Combination

Crack occurs in the both inner and outer ring