A newly developed on-line visual ferrograph（OLVF） gives a new way for engine wear state monitoring. However, the reliability of on-line wear debris image processing is challenged in both monitoring ship engines and ...A newly developed on-line visual ferrograph（OLVF） gives a new way for engine wear state monitoring. However, the reliability of on-line wear debris image processing is challenged in both monitoring ship engines and the Caterpillar bench test, which weren＇t reported in previous studies. Two problems were encountered in monitoring engines and processing images. First, small wear debris becomes hard to be identified from the image background after monitoring for a period of time. Second, the identification accuracy for wear debris is greatly reduced by background noise because of oil getting dark after nmning a period of time. Therefore, the methods adopted in image processing are examined. Two main reasons for the problems in wear debris identification are generalized as follows. Generally, the binary threshold was determined by global image pixels, and was easily affected by the non-objective zone in the image. The boundary of the objective zone in the binary image was misrecognized because of oil color becoming lighter during monitoring. Accordingly, improvements were made as follows. The objective zone in a global binary image was identified by scanning a column of pixels, and then a secondary binary process confined in the objective zone was carried out to identify small wear debris. Linear filtering with a specific template was used to depress noise in a binary image, and then a low-pass filtering was performed to eliminate the residual noise. Furthermore, the morphology parameters of single wear debris were extracted by separating each wear debris by a gray stack, and two indexes, WRWR （relative wear rate） and WRWS （relative wear severity）, were proposed for wear description. New indexes were provided for on-line monitoring of engines.展开更多
The technique of ferrography has been applied to study the wear particles in synovial fluid of human knee joints. As a result some discrete, identifiable kinds of wear particles were found and various wear mechanisms,...The technique of ferrography has been applied to study the wear particles in synovial fluid of human knee joints. As a result some discrete, identifiable kinds of wear particles were found and various wear mechanisms, for example, adhesive wear, fatigue wear,etc. were revealed. Ferrographic techique may provide a method for early differential diagnosis, and prognostication concerning the future course of the disease.展开更多
In order to improve an on-line ferrograph, this paper simulates a three-dimensional magnetic field distribution of an electromagnet, builds a sinking motion model of a wear particle, and investigates the motion law of...In order to improve an on-line ferrograph, this paper simulates a three-dimensional magnetic field distribution of an electromagnet, builds a sinking motion model of a wear particle, and investigates the motion law of wear particles under two different conditions. Both numeric results and experimental results show that the on-line ferrograph is capable of monitoring machine wear conditions by measuring the concentration and size distribution of wear particles in lubricating oil.展开更多
基金supported by National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, Grant No. 2009CB724404)National Hitech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, Grant No. 2006AA04Z431)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50905135)
文摘A newly developed on-line visual ferrograph（OLVF） gives a new way for engine wear state monitoring. However, the reliability of on-line wear debris image processing is challenged in both monitoring ship engines and the Caterpillar bench test, which weren＇t reported in previous studies. Two problems were encountered in monitoring engines and processing images. First, small wear debris becomes hard to be identified from the image background after monitoring for a period of time. Second, the identification accuracy for wear debris is greatly reduced by background noise because of oil getting dark after nmning a period of time. Therefore, the methods adopted in image processing are examined. Two main reasons for the problems in wear debris identification are generalized as follows. Generally, the binary threshold was determined by global image pixels, and was easily affected by the non-objective zone in the image. The boundary of the objective zone in the binary image was misrecognized because of oil color becoming lighter during monitoring. Accordingly, improvements were made as follows. The objective zone in a global binary image was identified by scanning a column of pixels, and then a secondary binary process confined in the objective zone was carried out to identify small wear debris. Linear filtering with a specific template was used to depress noise in a binary image, and then a low-pass filtering was performed to eliminate the residual noise. Furthermore, the morphology parameters of single wear debris were extracted by separating each wear debris by a gray stack, and two indexes, WRWR （relative wear rate） and WRWS （relative wear severity）, were proposed for wear description. New indexes were provided for on-line monitoring of engines.
文摘The technique of ferrography has been applied to study the wear particles in synovial fluid of human knee joints. As a result some discrete, identifiable kinds of wear particles were found and various wear mechanisms, for example, adhesive wear, fatigue wear,etc. were revealed. Ferrographic techique may provide a method for early differential diagnosis, and prognostication concerning the future course of the disease.
文摘In order to improve an on-line ferrograph, this paper simulates a three-dimensional magnetic field distribution of an electromagnet, builds a sinking motion model of a wear particle, and investigates the motion law of wear particles under two different conditions. Both numeric results and experimental results show that the on-line ferrograph is capable of monitoring machine wear conditions by measuring the concentration and size distribution of wear particles in lubricating oil.
