Fluke VIB 5.310, User Manual

Page 1: ...Data Collector Vibration Analyzer VIBXPERT II Users Manual ...

Page 2: ...PN5178694 12 2019 Rev 2 06 2022 Series VIB 5 310 Firmware version 3 2x VIBXPERT II Dual channel FFT data collector and signal analyzer Operating instructions ...

Page 3: ...rmore under no circumstances may the publisher be held liable for direct or indirect damage of any kind resulting from use of the product or the manual even if the publisher has expressly indicated the potential for occurrence of such damage The publisher assumes no liability for any product defects This warranty and liability limitation applies to all distributors and sales partners as well Trade...

Page 4: ...one or two planes optional Machine templates for recurrent measurement tasks within the scope of acceptance or service measurements Almost every type of sensor can be connected One or two measurement channels analog Upgrade to 2 channel device at any time via password Hardware Two synchronous measurement channels for diagnosis of complex measurements e g shaft vibration Sufficient storage capacity...

Page 5: ...nterface Color coded connectors Online context sensitive HELP Power supply Lithium Ion battery of latest generation for more than 8 hours of operation Smart battery charging in VIBXPERT Automatic power management display device Communication Fully networkable PC connection via USB Ethernet RS232 Documentation Printing out of reports directly on paper or as a PDF file VIBXPERT from PRÜFTECHNIK once...

Page 6: ... 19 Language 2 23 Registration 2 24 Units 2 24 Key controls 2 25 Printer for older devices serial number 30000 39999 2 26 Analog out headphones 2 28 Service menu 2 29 Memory card CF 2 31 Standardization factor for dB scaling 2 31 Deleting files 2 31 Data transfer 2 32 Direct connection to PC 2 32 Network connection 2 33 USB flash drive 2 33 Setting up the network communication 2 34 IP address of t...

Page 7: ...t recording 3 39 Special cases 3 39 Time waveform recorder 3 40 Data acquisition at the VIBRONET multiplexer 3 41 Connecting the VIBXPERT to the multiplexer 3 42 Automatic data acquisition 3 43 Manual data acquisition 3 43 Diagnostic measurement at VIBRONET multiplexer 3 44 Diagnostic measurement 3 44 Chapter 4 Results 4 1 Evaluating results 4 2 Result details 4 2 Characteristic overall value sing...

Page 8: ...urements 5 30 Chapter 6 Appendix 6 1 Numerical editor 6 1 Text Editor 6 2 File Manager 6 3 Functions of the MENU key 6 3 Printing out the PDF file 6 4 Transferring a PDF file on a USB flash drive 6 4 VIBXPERT utility 6 5 Installing and starting the program 6 5 Register functions 6 6 Setting up a connection with VIBXPERT 6 7 Configuring VIBXPERT 6 7 Transferring files 6 8 Transferring system files ...

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Page 10: ...vice address Fluke Deutschland GmbH Freisinger Str 34 85737 Ismaning Germany About this manual This manual describes the basic functions and operation of the measurement device in the Multimode Templates and Route operating modes The operation of the optional Balancing module is described in the VIBXPERT Balancing operating manual PN5178758 LIT 53 202 EN If you don t have this manual handy open th...

Page 11: ...industrial environments while taking into consideration the technical specifications see Technical data Transducers and cables may be used only for their respective intended uses as defined in the corresponding sales leaflets Any other use shall not be considered an intended use and is impermissible Incorrect or impermissible use and failure to observe the instructions in this manual result in a l...

Page 12: ...ting safety are not permitted Environmental influences Portable radio based devices can interfere with proper func tioning of the device when operated nearby In case of doubt check the connecting cable between the device and its trans ducer Avoid exposing the device its transducers and cables to envi ronmental conditions that exceed the tolerances listed in the Technical Data section at the rear o...

Page 13: ... contents of the device nameplate and the battery nameplate standard version Nameplate for the VIBXPERT device with serial number S No Nameplate for the rechargeable battery with with serial number and safety notes Safety and operating notes 00100 VIB 5 310 00100 ...

Page 14: ...r Data transfer via RS 232 Headphone Oscilloscope Strobe control 1 Full color display large backlit high contrast 2 Ambient light sensor con trols keyboard illumination 3 4 1 2 5 6 7 7 Additional key with ENTER function Rear panel 6 Rechargeable battery built in replaceable 5 Memory card built in 2 MB as from SN 40000 not replaceable 4 Keyboard ergonomic backlit 3 Four LEDs indicate Alarm conditio...

Page 15: ...help page in the active language 7 ESC key is used to cancle an operation to page back and to switch off VIBXPERT only in the start screen BLUE GREEN YELLOW RED 2 3 4 6 7 5 1 LED RED YELLOW GREEN BLUE constant Alarm Warning Prewarning Meas OK flashing slow Signal Signal Display off Battery overload unstable Meas incomplete almost empty flashing fast Battery Trigger signal empty constant Error Batt...

Page 16: ...pprox 5 seconds until the device switches off and restarts Navigation and editing Select the screen elements with the cursor which can be moved by the navigation keys The selected element is highlighted To confirm the selection press the Enter key Some examples of navigation and editing are shown below Fields Black frame Measurement channel field is selected Grey frame Selection confirmed The sett...

Page 17: ...ENU key and hidden again with the ESC key An arrow next to a menu entry indicates a further submenu To open it press the right navigation key Help Tips and operating instructions are available for every screen in the program Call up these help pages at any time by pressing the HELP key and close them by pressing the HELP key again ...

Page 18: ... are used as the Input for analog signals Charging socket for the battery A or B The sensor cable is connected to the channel A or B set in the measurement task The analog measurement channels are not electrically insulated For 2 channel measurement on two machines check the potential equalization VDE 0100 or use electrically insulated sensors Top view Attention Getting started Interfaces Colored ...

Page 19: ... min 0 6V falling Switching threshold negative min 8V rising max 10V falling The input signal must not exceed the switching threshold of the positive and negative range as otherwise incorrect measurements can occur Temperature This interface is used for the connection of a thermo couple type K Communication The green channel is used as the Communication interface to the PC The connection is establ...

Page 20: ...t be used for measuring but electrical interference can lead to faulty measurements under cer tain circumstances Battery icon Residual charge 100 Residual charge 25 Battery is being charged Battery almost empty If the battery is almost empty a message appears on the display and the blue LED flashes The battery can be charged inside the device using the VIBXPERT charger VIB 5 320 INT Follow the saf...

Page 21: ... periods of non use and during storage connect VIBXPERT regularly to the mains supply This prevents the battery from becoming completely discharged and the date and time settings are retained Getting started Power supply ...

Page 22: ...ice A belt and a hand strap can be attached to the pouch Belt Fasten the belt to the two diagonally opposite eyelets Adjust the belt length so that the measurement device hangs comfortably from the shoulder to allow convenient operation Hand strap The hand strap can be attached on the right or left side To ensure a stable grip put one hand in the strap VIBCODE ...

Page 23: ...a built in CF card for data storage The built in CF card which cannot be removed has a capacity of 4 GB of which 2 7 GB is available for user data Although the compartment for a CF card is available it remains empty As a result the compartment must always remain closed and sealed Replacing the memory card older devices Switch off VIBXPERT Carefully remove the cover in the grip Make sure that the c...

Page 24: ...e possible Card formatted which version The card is new and has not yet been formatted in a VIBXPERT you are prompted to format the card The card has already been used in another VIBXPERT Card version firmware version in the device the files on the card are automatically updated Card version firmware version in the device you are prompted to reset all settings to the factory settings Reset P 2 29 ...

Page 25: ...ate Time Click in the Time window and select the numerals for the hours minutes or seconds To change the numeric value press the navigation key up or down When finished click on the Enter key to leave the Time window Select the Time format HH mm ss 24 h hh mm ssAP 12 h The date is set in the same way Select the appropriate Date format Other parameters Time zone Time shift to GMT Greenwich Mean Tim...

Page 26: ...atic switch off is disabled in the measurement screen results screen Show battery charge Display the residual battery charge in percent Spectrum Show lines below lower frequency fmin In spectra with a lower limit frequency of fmin 0 Hz the lines between 0 Hz and fmin are displayed in the diagram if this option is enabled Hide calibration hint The message for overdue calibration is not shown To acc...

Page 27: ...y type The route machine template can be displayed in the hierarchical tree view or as a list Tree In this view the measurement locations and the higher level hierarchies are displayed as a tree structure as they are in OMNITREND The measurement locations are processed in the defined order List The list view shows the measurement locations in the order in which they are processed If the machine te...

Page 28: ...levels are hidden in the tree Disabled Measured skipped hierarchy levels are displayed in the tree Jump to next unmeasured measurement location Here you can define to which measurement location the cursor should jump after you view a stored result and close the measurement task selection window Activated the cursor jumps to the next unmeasured measurement location Disabled the cursor remains on th...

Page 29: ...cally as soon as a multiplexer measurement location is opened in the selection screen Deactivated The measurements have to be started with Enter Route optimizer This function optimizes the processing of the route and shortens the time involved in collecting the measurement data Enabled Measurement tasks for a measurement location with the same sensor are processed one after the other Disabled Meas...

Page 30: ...ery measurement VIB XPERT checks whether the correct sensor is connected and if the cable is OK A sensor icon appears at the upper edge of the screen next to the battery icon When measurements are taken with the VIBCODE sensor sensor detection is always active Disable hardware settling This shortens the duration of the entire measurement Enabled Amplifiers do not settle before measurement starts D...

Page 31: ... orange Use the standard sensor for measuring or deactivate this option Otherwise incorrect measurements may be the result Save settings Click on Saving to set up the following options AutoSave This shortens the duration of the entire measurement Enabled The selected time 0 10s corresponds to the waiting time until the result is automatically saved Disabled The result must be manually saved Stop A...

Page 32: ...ist can be very extensive Preselecting available transducers As it is probable that not all the transducers stored in VIBXPERT will be used the choice can be restricted to those transducers that are available to the user When setting up the measurement tasks VIBXPERT only offers the choice of the preselected transducers as standard Click on each of the relevant transducers in the list so that thes...

Page 33: ...ocity displacement current RPM jump user defined quantity Signal type Signal type of the sensor e g LineDrive ICP voltage Input voltage range 3V 8V1 30V only applies for transducers of Voltage Current ext 5V converter and VIBREX VIBRONET signal types Quantity user def Identification for a user defined measurement variable Unit user def Unit for the user defined variable Precision Accuracy in decim...

Page 34: ...y configured transducers only User Display user configured transducers only Available Display preselected transducers as available only Meas quantity Display the transducers for a specific measurement quantity only the measurement quantity is selected in the associated submenu see below Setting up new transducers To set up a new transducer proceed as follows In the transducer list press the MENU k...

Page 35: ...est Here you can manually check the measurement path to the sensor For ICP sensors use the ICP Sensor Test menu for all other sensors use the Sensor Test menu Select the channel to which the sensor is connected A B Click on START VIBXPERT then checks the measurement path and displays the result LineDrive Open line Short circuit etc Default vibration sensor Multimode A default sensor can be specifi...

Page 36: ...you can extend the time limit set for rpm measurements and phase measurement to enable measurements on very low speed machines range 10 30 s default 10 s In coast down measurements the time limit is automatically set in relation to the stop speed The Active edge option is used to define whether the edge of the incoming trigger mark or outgoing trigger mark on the shaft is to be used as the referen...

Page 37: ... text editor VIBXPERT PC license Before VIBXPERT can exchange data with OMNITREND the device must be registered in OMNITREND This is generally performed by entering the PC license password in OMNITREND Here you can enter the password in VIBXPERT The password is then automatically read into OMNITREND when VIBXPERT first makes contact with OMNITREND Units The units where appropriate are set to SI un...

Page 38: ...rting a measurement This key is particularly useful if it is not possible to press the Enter key e g if a hand held probe must be held on the machine with the right hand Save prompt after ESC The Save prompt appears if you press the ESC key without having saved the changes measurement results in the current screen beforehand This query always appears for run up and coast down measurements even if ...

Page 39: ...rameters Resolution paper format and depending on the printer type the color model and paper source Check the print function by printing a test page Connect VIBXPERT to the printer see the next page Press the MENU key and click on Test page The test page is printed as soon as the print job has been processed by VIBXPERT If you select PDF as the printer you can print the PDF file directly from the ...

Page 40: ...print job Click on Print queue in the Printer settings menu Select the print job in the list Press the MENU key and click on Delete job If a print job is being processed a print icon appears at the top edge of the screen Print job is being processed ...

Page 41: ...utput until the measurement screen is closed If needed adjust the standard normalization for the accelerometer You can choose from 10mV g 100mV g 500mV g 1mV ms A maximum output voltage of 4V provides the maximum possible measurement range for example of 80 m s2 at 500mV g 400 m s at 100mV g If the vibration signal is measured with a different sensor type set a suitable gain factor in the Default ...

Page 42: ...fset in the analog electronics This option makes it possible to maintain the measurement accuracy of the instrument by regularly approximately every 2 months compensating the offset Click on Offset Compensation Click on Start in the next screen The process takes about 3 minutes Factory Defaults This menu can be used to reset various settings in the instrument to the values set up in the factory In...

Page 43: ...mode LogLevel To simplify troubleshooting the operating steps can be logged in the device and written to a log file This menu is used to set how much data is to be written to the log file LogLevel Click on the LogLevel icon Select one of the following options None No logging Default Only the most important operating steps are logged Runtime Special use The amount of logged information is increased...

Page 44: ...rt button Repairing If the file system on the memory card is faulty an error message appears If possible save the measurement data on the PC before starting the repair function Standardization factor for dB scaling The amplitude of a spectrum is converted to decibels dB with the following formula Alog 20 log Alin N where Alog amplitude in dB Alin amplitude in linear unit N standardization factor I...

Page 45: ...les can be saved to a USB flash drive so they can be opened and printed from a PC Exchanging data between the measuring device and a PC requires either a direct connection or a network connection Direct connection to PC Serial connection Connect the PC cable VIB 5 430 2 to the digital port yellow and serial port of the computer USB connection Connect the USB cable VIB 5 330SUSB to the communicatio...

Page 46: ... connection LAN Connect the Ethernet cable VIB 5 331 to the communication port green and network socket LAN VIB 5 331 Ethernet Network LAN USB flash drive To save PDF files to a USB flash drive you need the following accessories Cable for USB flash drives VIB 5 330AMEM USB flash drive for VIBXPERT II VIB 5 350 USB2 5269372 In the file manager the USB flash drive is shown as an additional directory...

Page 47: ...RT Take the first three numbers of your PC s IP address and change the last number only see also the following instructions Make sure that the IP address for VIBXPERT is not already allocated in the network Contact your system administrator if you work in a company network In the Subnetmask field enter the address of the subnetwork where the PC is located If necessary enter the address of the gate...

Page 48: ...e editor cmd Enter ipconfig all Command line cmd Example The screen displays the IP address and the subnet mask of a PC in a network IP address 172 17 5 59 Subnet mask 255 255 0 0 Entering a fix IP address for the local PC You must assign a fixed IP address to the computer if you connect the computer directly to the measurement device with a patch cable Please refer to the operating systems docume...

Page 49: ...e to the mains supply Otherwise the update procedure will not start Install the VIBXPERT update tool on the PC under C Programs Pruftechnik vibxpert VxpUpdateTool Update procedure Connect VIBXPERT to the network or to the PC USB Switch on VIBXPERT Start the VIBXPERT update tool on the PC and click on Next to call up Step 2 Set the Communication type to Ethernet or USB Only with network connection ...

Page 50: ...the data transfer to VIBXPERT After the data transfer has finished click on Close to close the program The device switches itself on and off repeatedly until the update is completed This process generally takes a few minutes Wait for the VIBXPERT start screen to appear The version number appears in the lower right corner of the start screen ...

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Page 52: ...ceptance measurements on site at the machine manufacturer s Routes and machine templates are created in the OMNITREND PC software the results are read into the OMNITREND PC software for evaluation and archiving purposes Balancing VIBXPERT can be used for dynamic balancing in one or two planes Preparation Before beginning a measurement ensure that the battery is fully charged the device settings ar...

Page 53: ...B XPERT receives the measurement tasks directly from the OMNITREND PC software Only a few of the measurement parameters here can be changed transducer measurement channel RPM entry The following overview shows the structure of a measurement task Measurement quantity Vibration acceleration Vibration velocity Vibration displacement as overall value time signal or spectrum respec tively Shock pulse T...

Page 54: ... made A schematic of the workflow of a measurement is shown below The setting options that are available before during and after a measurement are described in the following section The evaluation of the results on the instrument is described in Chapter 4 Starting a measurement Highlight the measurement icon in the selection screen Connect the sensor Sensor and measurement channel are displayed in...

Page 55: ...ode is activated in the Display Setup see p 4 17 The actual data collection begins when you press Enter again Alternatively you can activate the live mode by keeping the Enter key pressed when the measurement starts The actual data collection begins when you release the Enter key Measurement progress is indicated by a bar at the top edge of the screen In the live mode the Live symbol appears in th...

Page 56: ...time It is possible to skip individual elements in the route if an aggregate is not in operation for example The skipped measurement tasks are counted as processed When the route has been processed it can be transferred into the OMNITREND database for evaluation and in order to archive the results on the PC The following diagram shows the typical workflow of a route Sequence of a route measurement...

Page 57: ...daptive trigger is defined the diagnosis measurement is trig gered when the lowest threshold value is exceeded Visual inspection A visual inspection task includes all types of data gathering that are based on defined conditions of a machine and that cannot be measured with electrical signals For example the degree of contamination of an aggregate the belt tension on a drive or the fill level of a ...

Page 58: ... in the data collector are displayed in the route list see below The right column Done specifies the number of measured locations total measurement locations for each route The lower info field shows for the selected route the date and time when it was loaded into the data collector and when it was measured last Click on the route you wish to measure The route is displayed either as a list or tree...

Page 59: ...location database Standard sensor is active when the sensor icon at the top right is orange and the sensor type in the info field is marked red The sen sor setup is overwritten with the standard sensor p 3 3 Reference measurements must be carried out first e g RPM mea surement for the normalization of a bearing measurement Various route options shorten the measurement times Depending on which opti...

Page 60: ... processed Completely processed partly processed and skipped Skipped contains Multimode result contains Event Comment Near location channel A Meas location for triax sensor X axis Result exceeds alarm warning prewarning threshold line speed the production line speed of the aggregate must be entered before starting the measurements Icons Measurement task Status in Tree view Task with status icons ...

Page 61: ...ing results are retained Reset reference rpm The reference rpm of the machine train or the production line speed is reset and can be measured again Break down multitask All the multi measurement tasks that are assigned to the highlighted element are broken down into the individual measurement tasks This procedure is irreversible Break near location The optimized coordination of the measurement tas...

Page 62: ...measurements which are not programmed in the route After the measurement press the ESC key to return to route mode The Multimode results are automatically allocated to the element in the route from which the operating mode was changed To display the results select Multimode Results and click on the saved measurement result Device Setup Route Change the basic settings for route mode The changes the...

Page 63: ...ks which are automatically carried out for diagnosis if a threshold value is exceeded This function shows these additional diagnostic measurement tasks Task Manager To check the measurement settings before the measurement call up the Task Manager here The settings cannot be changed Display result The results of a task that has already been carried out can be displayed Either the last result saved ...

Page 64: ...re service measurements or acceptance measurements production tests on site at a machine manufacturer s Machine templates are created with the aid of the OMNITREND PC software Select measurement location navigation via tree view see left list view or machine graphic Enter machine code name serial number The following diagram shows the typical workflow of a measurement Select operating mode Select ...

Page 65: ...ferent operating conditions within the scope of a production test The remaining measurement tasks are called up manually To create a template for a production test the Production test option must be activated in the OMNITREND template editor see below In the case of templates for production tests the measurement location hierarchy on the machine is only shown in the tree view A list view is not av...

Page 66: ...ntinue the measurement on a machine click on the corre sponding subordinate machine Click on the template that you want to use for the measurement The Machine description dialog appears where a name for the new machine is specified If you do not want to enter any further information press the MENU key and click on OK to accept the name Otherwise press the MENU key click on Details see below and if...

Page 67: ...e in the Route section Click on the measurement location Select the measurement task and connect the sensor specified in the info field Click on the measurement task to start the measurement Select the next measurement task and start the measurement Once all measurement tasks have been completed the following message appears Template is finished not in the case of templates for pro duction tests ...

Page 68: ...n be appended to the result file or can overwrite the latest data in the result file Multimode Press the MENU key after a measurement and click on Save see P 3 4 In the case of a trending file the result is appended to the existing data set select Append see P 3 29 Changing the measurement channel Multimode Highlight the measurement type in the selection screen Press the MENU key and click on Task...

Page 69: ... 3 17 To save the change press the MENU key and click on OK Route machine template In the tree list view press the MENU key and click on Runtime Setup Route see below Activate the Use default sensor option Select the sensor that is to be used for all vibration measurements on the route in the machine template Do not activate when the route uses the Near location or Triax sensor function A standard...

Page 70: ... Press the F key A list appears with all the measurement tasks set up for this measurement type Click on the required measurement task see below Setting up a new measurement task M VIBXPERT has a large selection of frequently used measurement tasks that can be extended by user defined measurement tasks if necessary To configure a new measurement task proceed as follows Highlight the measurement ty...

Page 71: ...Enter a name in the text editor Then set up the Setup parameters Press the MENU key Click on Edit Change the parameters as required see sections A to D on the following pages To save press the MENU key and click on OK How to review the setup parameters Open the Task Manager Select the setup in the respective pulldown menu Press the MENU key and click on Show or Edit In which measurement task was t...

Page 72: ...total measurement time is number of averages x measurement time the higher the overlap the shorter the total measurement time For the runup coastdown curve the number of usable measurements can be increased by selecting a higher overlap Time syhnchronous averaging Phase Orbit In this type of averaging the time signals of each individual rotation are averaged to reduce non synchronous components in...

Page 73: ...upper limit is exceeded Low pass filter Phase Amplitude Coast down Phase To suppress high frequency noise signals a low pass filter 1 kHz can be activated Yes In a coastdown measurement the low pass filters 1 kHz 10 kHz are set automatically as a function of the start and stop speeds With No the signal is processed without a low pass filter Window Number of lines Impact test The standard window fu...

Page 74: ...it remains constant A2 Measurement tasks in the Signals tab Measurement quantity see section A1 Overall values prev page Filter Type Envelope Software Hardware envelope calculation using a software algorithm or via a hardware module HP LP Filter Envelope 36 36 kHz 1 40 20 10 5 2 5 kHz hardware filter 0 5 2 5 5 10 20 40 kHz lowpass LP software filter Highpass HP software filter from 100Hz to LP fre...

Page 75: ...re precise For precision amplitude analysis of continuous processes Hamming Frequency errors as in Rectangular amplitude errors 18 less than in Rectangular but higher than in Hanning Bartlett Next to Rectangular this is the simplest window triangle lower amplitude and frequency accuracy Blackman As for Hanning but with higher frequency accuracy amplitude errors as in Kaiser 12 next to Kaiser the s...

Page 76: ...ield initially empty appears Press the MENU button and click on Edit Enter the descriptive text in the text editor After terminating the text input and closing the text editor press the MENU button and click on Save D Parameters for RPM measurement The RPM should always only be recorded if RPM synchronous signals appear in the spectrum characteristic frequency needs to be updated or the frequency ...

Page 77: ...on is listed in the lower event window Entering a comment In the event editor press the MENU key again and click on Enter comment see below Enter the comment and close the text editor The comment is displayed below the event window Saving To save press the MENU button and click on OK A comment icon appears in the result screen next to the channel name An event comment icon appears in the tree list...

Page 78: ...ut is activated and configured in the device setup see p 2 28 To adjust the sensitivity of the analog output proceed as follows Press the MENU key in the measurement screen Select Analog Out Sensitivity and set the desired sensitivity For 2 channel measurements you can also select the channel whose signal is to be output on the analog output see below Analog signal output Controlling signal sensit...

Page 79: ...n the relevant route Select the measurement task for which at least one measurement has already been saved Start the measurement After the measurement confirm the prompt to save which appears Then the following message appears see below Tasks already measured Append The current result is added to the saved data set and extends the trend curve see below Overwrite The current result overwrites the a...

Page 80: ...Save In the following prompt click on Append to add the current result to the saved data record To create a new measurement file select New This is a simple method of adopting the settings of an existing file for a new measurement To overwrite the data of the saved file select Overwrite Measurement data that cannot be displayed as a trend For measurements such as orbit impact test and 1 1 measurem...

Page 81: ...displayed in a waterfall diagram In a TrendingSpectrum the display depends on which panel of the results screen is activated the upper panel containing the spectrum waterfall or the lower panel containing the band alarm overall values trend see p 4 10 To compare the current measurement with the historical data proceed as follows After the measurement is completed press the MENU key in the measurem...

Page 82: ...r the following requirements must be met The maximum permissible deviation of the measurement values is set in the OMNITREND software here 20 The deviation and Historical data functions are activated in the OMNITREND Route Editor The settings and data sets have been loaded into VIBXPERT with the route The display mode for route results is set to Standard see also Device setup for route p 2 15 Exam...

Page 83: ...w near measurement locations are labeled with an icon that also indicates the measurement channel for the measurement locations When a near measurement location is selected the associated measurement location is automatically highlighted see below VIBXPERT always groups two fitting measurement tasks to one 1 1 measurement according to certain rules Measurement tasks that do not fit this pattern ar...

Page 84: ...larm is defined at both adjacent measurement locations Options during the route Skipping a measurement location measurement task see p 3 10 If you skip over a measurement task only the grouped measurement task within the 1 1 measurement is skipped If you skip a measurement location the near location is skipped as well including all associated measurement tasks Disabling the spatial sequence Near l...

Page 85: ... assigned to the measurement tasks Because VIBXPERT only has two measurement channels a special cable adapter VIB 5 336 is required that groups the second and third signal line Y Z on channel B The measurement tasks for the X and Y directions are grouped by VIBXPERT into a 1 1 measurement and simultaneously recorded in channels A and B VIBXPERT then records the measurements in the Z axis One measu...

Page 86: ... view triax locations are identified by an icon that indicates the sensor axes The other two associated measurement locations are automatically highlighted s below Click on the measurement location to display the tasks The measurement tasks for the X and Y directions are where possible grouped to a 1 1 measurement and are measured simultaneously on channels A and B The measurement task for the Z d...

Page 87: ...BCODE measurements Restrictions also apply to the following measurements Spectrum Averaging is not possible for rpm controlled recordings Time waveform The time synchronous averaging type is not permissible Multi measurement tasks rpm controlled recording is not possible Shock pulse measurement roller bearing condition rpm controlled recording is only possible without normalization Configuration C...

Page 88: ...me or when the set rpm is reached 0 1000 Hz the rising or falling edge can be selected Manual The measurement stops when the memory card is full or when the ESC key is pressed Further settings Switch off backlight To save power when operating the device during recording the display illumination can be switched off permanently This option is independent of the settings in the device setup P 2 13 Tr...

Page 89: ...ect if necessary an additional parameter maximum minimum max min Up to nine values can be displayed at the same time To hide the dialog window and display the concealed areas of the measurement screen press the F key Starting the measurement recording Press the MENU key in the configuration screen and click on Start The measurement screen appears A dialog is displayed in the foreground that contai...

Page 90: ...rameters This normalization then applies to the entire measurement duration Note rpm controlled recording is only possible without normalization Trending spectrum To be able to record the measurement values in a trending spectrum the recording function is also available in the Machine template mode Recording is configured and started as described in the previous section Special characteristics The...

Page 91: ...nt will be ended The recording can be stopped at any time using the ESC button You can save the measurement data that have already been recorded If the battery runs out during recording the device automatically saves the data The data can be read into OMNITREND via Multimode import and then analyzed Alternatively they can be read out of the device using the VIBXPERT utility service program and imp...

Page 92: ...VIBRONET field multiplexer VIB 8 306 on one string line and are measured consecutively Only vibration measurements with Current Linedrive accelerom eters are possible Up to 6 multiplexers with a maximum of 54 measurement locations are possible on one string line To connect VIBXPERT to a multiplexer you need the following Connecting cable VIB 5 346 BNC connecting adapter VIB 5 346 MUX For RPM depen...

Page 93: ...u should use an ESD wrist strap Loosen the screwed cable gland at the input Stringline and insert the BNC connecting adapter into the multiplexer as far as it will go Connect the open end of the BNC connecting adapter to the MASTERline terminal Tighten the screwed cable gland on the multiplexer and close the cover Connect the VIBXPERT to the multiplexer using the connecting cable VIB 5 346 After t...

Page 94: ... can conduct the respective measurement again or skip it in order to continue the data acquisition Manual data acquisition In the route setup measurement deactivate the option Autostart MUX The measurement locations can be processed in any order Start the measurements at each measurement location by pressing the button The remainder of the procedure is the same as for automatic data acquisition If...

Page 95: ...se a suitable sensor e g VIB 6 631 which you connect to the VIBXPERT RPM channel To connect VIBXPERT to a multiplexer you need the following Connecting cable VIB 5 346 BNC connecting adapter VIB 5 346 MUX Diagnostic measurement Connect the VIBXPERT to the multiplexer see p 3 42 Connect an RPM sensor to the VIBXPERT if necessary In the startup screen click Multimode and mark the corresponding measu...

Page 96: ...nager P 6 3 Route template Results of a route or a machine template are usually stored automatically p 2 18 to speed up the data recording The results only then remain in the display if the menu is opened within the selected waiting time the AutoSave option is deactivated a stored result is opened the measurement has exceeded a threshold value To open a result of a route template measurement proce...

Page 97: ...ld values are exceeded during the measurement these appear in the field below the respective measurement value see below Also the respective LED lights up next to the display see pages 2 2 Thresholds can be displayed as an absolute value or as a difference to the measurement value For vibration parameters with more than two overall values press the navigation key up down to display the other value...

Page 98: ... if thresholds have been exceeded If more than one overall value appears in the diagram only the threshold for the highlighted value is displayed in the below screen upper alarm for RMS value Press the navigation key up down to mark the other overall values and display the respective threshold values Zoom Press the button repeatedly to magnify the area around the cursor This process can be undone ...

Page 99: ...y is used to zoom out Scaling the amplitude Y axis Press the navigation key up to magnify the scaling of the Y axis and to make low amplitudes visible To reduce the scaling again press the navigation key down Rotational speed marker The yellow rotational speed markers indicate the trigger pulses during signal measurement In the circular plot the speed markers also indicate the direction of rotatio...

Page 100: ... is displayed in a Cartesian plot XY diagram However you can change the display to a circular plot This is useful when the gear mesh in a gear stage is to be emphasized for example In this type of display the measured time interval is projected on a circle so that the start and end times are directly adjacent to one another If the shaft rotates by 360 within the measured time interval the circular...

Page 101: ...e signal from the main cursor is being used Averaging mode Single shot Averaging Window type Select the appropriate window type P 3 24 Press the MENU key and click on OK The calculated spectrum can be saved and measured again A transformation is only possible in the Cartesian display Displaying the rpm run If the rpm is recorded alongside the time waveform you can display the rpm run as follows Pr...

Page 102: ...with a trigger sensor activate the Use trigger mark option and enter the number of Revolutions per trigger pulse Using the Start at trigger option you can synchronize the time signal using the trigger pulse If there is no trigger signal you can simulate it by using a manually entered RPM value Custom revolution In this case the trigger options described above are deactivated The RPM value in Hz co...

Page 103: ...ed piece of information The data to be displayed by default after the measurement is set in the display setup see p 4 18 The active window pane is highlighted by a frame Press the F key to switch to the other window pane Info Max 10 Lists the 10 highest amplitudes in the spectrum Click on an entry to set the cursor to the corresponding line of the spectrum You can sort the list for amplitude or fr...

Page 104: ... a spectrum Frequency markers are defined for each machine hierarchy level in the OMNITREND software and loaded into VIBXPERT with a route template Press the F key to activate the lower window pane To display the frequency markers of each single hierarchy level press the MENU key and select from the list see below Frequency markers from lower hierarchies are added to higher hierarchies meas loc ma...

Page 105: ...s the trending values the current measurement values and if set up the reference values Comparing trending values with historical values In the lower window pane press the MENU key and click on History A diagram appears in which the historical and current measurement values are visible as a trend Info Trending bars in the Trending Spectrum only The bar display in the Trending Spectrum visualizes t...

Page 106: ... 5 333 Set RPM After a measurement you can either enter the machine RPM directly or read it in via the marked frequency in the spectrum Press the MENU button click Set RPM and select the desired option Display RMS Calculate the RMS value of the spectrum see below Post processing Each spectrum is initially calculated from the measured quantity Post processing alters the measurement quantity in the ...

Page 107: ...ed order can be moved Adjust the required number of the cursors Subharmonics Show hide subharmonic cursor The subharmonic cursor can be used to detect subharmonics in the spectrum The spacing of the individual cursors to one another corresponds to a integer fraction 1 n of the main cursor Adjust the required number of the cursors If the subharmonic cursor is activated the delta cursor is not activ...

Page 108: ... navigation keys to do the following tilt the diagram around the frequency axis rotate the diagram around the amplitude axis This display mode is indicated by the icon shown right Cursor Only the main and delta cursors are available for evaluation in the 3 D view To activate the delta cursor press the MENU key and click on Cursor Delta see P 4 5 Zoom The Zoom function can be used in the Waterfall ...

Page 109: ...y and click on Zoom X axis or Zoom Z axis Evaluating individual spectra 2D view For the evaluation of an individual spectrum proceed as follows Highlight the relevant spectrum with the cursor Press the F key to display the individual spectrum Alternative Press the MENU key and click on Details Call up the respective diagnosis functions with the MENU key To return to the 3D view again press the ESC...

Page 110: ... a reference value is needed to calculate it This value must be entered as well The sound spectrum can only be selected for amplitude spectra with the vibration acceleration vibration velocity and vibration displacement quantities as well as for user defined quantities Envelope spectra order spectra and order based spectra cannot be converted into sound spectra Displaying the sound spectrum To dis...

Page 111: ...ntities Set a suitable evaluation filter decibels A B C or D If you do not wish to evaluate the sound pressure level with a filter set decibel Then press the MENU button and click on Save The individual frequency bands third octaves octaves appear in the sound spectrum as does the overall sound level in a logarithmic scale The lower Info field specifies the sound pressure levels of the individual ...

Page 112: ...t with the RMS value After the measurement press the navigation key up repeatedly to display the overall values of the series that were not displayed If the threshold value is exceeded the RMS values and the overall value that exceeded the threshold value by the largest amount are displayed A2 Display Setup for Trend Overall values Meas value Selection of overall values The line type can be select...

Page 113: ... 1000 or 1000 Instead of 1 1000 or 1000 the X axis can be labeled with the abbreviation m milli or k kilo Amplitude spectrum Amplitudes in RMS or peak values 0 peak peak peak RMS value of entire spectrum see p 4 11 Order display spectrum Scaling of the X axis in Hz No or orders Yes The shaft RPM must be known measured or entered Amplitude scaling spectrum linear or logarithmic in decibels Default ...

Page 114: ...ation and single signals Cartesian representation can be selected for the shaft movement The AC only option shows the AC component of the signal Show amplitude as Coastdown curve Phase vector Amplitudes can be displayed as an RMS value or a peak value 0 p Continuous phase Coastdown Phase with Bode plot The scale of the phase axis begins at 0 and ends at 360 If the curve runs beyond the 360 mark du...

Page 115: ...rum or also the set additional info max 10 time waveform see section B1 should be displayed Display setup channel A B Click on Show to display the display settings of the individual measurement tasks To edit the display settings of the individual measurement tasks enable the required window pane in the result screen and call up the display setup via the MENU key see diagram on page 5 24 E Display ...

Page 116: ... export measurement data in MS Excel format for processing on a PC S 4 26 Preparations for direct printing Connect VIBXPERT to the printer see p 2 27 Set up the printer in the VIBXPERT device setup see p 2 26 Print out the results see the following sections Printing the content of a result screen In the result screen press the MENU key Click on Print or select Print Screenshot see below left The p...

Page 117: ... standard configuration can be neither edited nor deleted To create a new report configuration proceed as follows Press the MENU key in the result screen Select Print and click on Report printouts The report configuration appears see below Select the Reports field Press the MENU key and click on New Enter a name in the text editor In the Common settings tab select the entries that are to appear in...

Page 118: ...nd click on New Enter the customer data in the text editor Inspector Asset Information on the inspector asset Click in the corresponding text field to edit the information Result file name The result file name appears in the report Report event Report specific event Click in the text field to open the event editor and select the event Result event Here you can only set whether or not events should...

Page 119: ...are printed out Press the MENU key and click on Print The report configuration appears If necessary change the report configuration The settings in the Common settings tab are the same as the settings for the measurement reports see previous page The following detailed data can be set in the Measure info tab Unmeasured jobs Measurement tasks that have not been measured are included in the report R...

Page 120: ...wing Cable for USB flash drive VIB 5 330AMEM USB flash drive VIB 5 350 USB 5269372 Connect the cable to the communication channel green jack In the file manager the USB flash drive is shown as a separate directory USB To transfer the report Mark the file Press MENU and click Copy or Move Mark the directory USB Press MENU and click Insert Reports VIB 5 330AMEM VIB 5 350 USB 5269372 ...

Page 121: ...measurement file and click Export xls The measurement data are then exported and the MS Excel program is started The report templates contain macros which normally are blocked by the program at first In the security warning click Options and activate the option Activate this content Excel then displays the measurement data on two worksheets 1st worksheet Displays the master data for the measuremen...

Page 122: ...s a measure of the intensity of the impacts in the form of a vibration Among other things the crest factor is deployed for wear diagnosis in roller bearings and gearing mechanisms as well as for cavitation A harmonic vibration of amplitude 1 has 0 707 as its effective value and a crest factor of 1 41 If the crest factor is higher than 1 41 impacts with higher amplitudes are occurring ISO 10816 3 f...

Page 123: ...ors are combined in the so called initial value or the dBi value The dBi value is calculated from the rotational speed and the bore diameter of the bearing Signal damping lubrication load These unspecific external influencing factors must be determined empirically within the framework of a normalization adjustment Together with the dBi value the adjustment value obtained in this way or even the dB...

Page 124: ... before the shock pulse measurement External RPM is measured with an RPM sensor before the shock pulse measurement Enter the dBa value if it is known Otherwise carry out a normalization adaptation set dBa to 0 see previous section Enter the diameter of the bearing inner race If the normalization type is set to manual enter the RPM see below To start the shock pulse measurement click on OK Shock pu...

Page 125: ...uating a black high contrast line on a light colored surface Each time the sensor detects a difference in brightness it sends an electric impulse VIBXPERT calculates the shaft RPM based on the repeat rate of the pulses Typical installation for a vibration mea surement with simultaneous recording of the rotational speed R R R F ESC MENU HELP Trigger stand VIB 6 632 Sensor with magnetic holder VIB 6...

Page 126: ...of the measurement object If the values vary repeat the measurement or increase the number of averages in the measurement setup VIBXPERT does not carry out any sensor detection on the measurement channel for temperature If the results are not correct check the connection and the sensor cable Measurement range VIB 8 608 50 C to 500 C Temperature probes Type K thermocouple technical data are given i...

Page 127: ...t is stopped when the stop RPM is reached Coastdown Measurement is started while the machine is running at the operating RPM VIBXPERT then begins to measure the RPM continuously Once you have switched the machine off and it drops below the selected start RPM VIBXPERT automatically starts recording the data Measurement stops once the selected stop RPM is reached Start and stop RPMs are defined in t...

Page 128: ...in the Advanced tab Press the MENU key and click on Task Manager Click in the uppermost menu to display the stored measurement tasks The Show Dual Tasks or Show Single Tasks menu entries display the available 2 channel or 1 channel tasks see below Select the required measurement task B Starting the measurement Click on the measurement task icon A connected laser trigger sensor is automatically swi...

Page 129: ...ssion of the RPM dependent vibration components in the spectrum can be tracked and the points of resonance can be identified To start the measurement the following condition must be fulfilled fmax 4x nmax maximum rpm The results screen always displays two consecutive spectra of the recorded series see below Use the key to scroll forwards and backwards The current number and the associated RPM for ...

Page 130: ... lines represent the 360 0 transition that can occur any number of times due to the constant continuation of the phase progression see P 4 19 5 6 Nyquist diagram This type of diagram displays the locus amplitude and phase of the curve in polar coordinates see below Changing the type of diagram Press the F key and select the type of diagram Averaging cancellation if rpm deviation 10 VIBXPERT record...

Page 131: ...st select the channel whose spectrum is to be displayed Characteristic value RPM Phase RPM In two channel measurements it is possible to display the channels individually or together in one screen Press the F key and select the option Display Channel A B or A B Channel A B display Channel A is shown in blue channel B is shown in green The delta cursor is not available for 2 channel measurements Ru...

Page 132: ...the measurement setup in order to increase the measurement rate see below and P 3 21 In machines the coast up and down very slowly the number of saved measurement values can be very high without significantly improving the quality of the results In this case you can reduce the measuring rate i e the number of saved measurement values per change in RPM and save memory space at the same time In the ...

Page 133: ... measurement task select Dual Amp Startup Coastdown User see p 5 7 As the measurement setup select Dual Coast Down User Set the following parameters in the measurement setup Measurement quantity Vibration displacement Lower frequency DC In the sensor setup select the displacement sensors e g VIB 6 640 Requirements for correctly interpreting the results The sensors are installed at an angle of 90 t...

Page 134: ...ment task Choose from file Import from a Static shaft position result file Sensor arrangement The arrangement of the sensor relative to the direction of rotation influences the position and orientation of the shaft displacement in the diagram Because the direction of the shaft displacement with respect to the direction of rotation is a characteristic of certain fault types in journal bearings the ...

Page 135: ...ss Channel Phase Measurement is determined without a reference transducer The measurement is carried out as a 2 channel measurement where in addition to the signal amplitudes the phase difference of the two channels is determined Depending on where and in which direction measurements have been carried out on the machine the phase difference is an indicator of the presence of a machine fault Enter ...

Page 136: ...el The coherence factor is a measure of the quality of the measurement and indicates how strongly the signals of both channels are coupled If the factor is close to 1 the measurement is usable Phase trend If you would like to record the phase trend as a function of time or rpm save the individual measurements by Appending to a file see also p 3 29 In the Display Setup for the trend display p 4 20 ...

Page 137: ...ors at any angular displacement between 5 and 175 Then enter the angular displacement in the measurement setup Sensor angle parameter However measurement accuracy is limited when the sensor angle 90 The sensor on channel A defines the X direction and the 0 position The keyphaser is mounted in the 0 position Note the setting of the active edge for the trigger signal see Keyphaser Menu Device Setup ...

Page 138: ...the diagram type After the measurement Press the F key and click on Individual signals or on Orbit respectively or Open the Display Setup and select the diagram type see below Changing the order filter After measurement press the F key and select the required order in the Order field The order of 0 corresponds to the unfiltered signal and can only be adjusted if the measurement parameters in the m...

Page 139: ...equency spectrum can be calculated VIBXPERT saves the envelope time signal filtered last together with the envelope frequency spectrum To display the time signal press the MENU key and select Info Time waveform see below VIBXPERT provides two methods for calculating the envelope High pass and low pass filtering is carried out on the basis of hardware or software In the case of hardware filtering t...

Page 140: ... assignment of the input signal to the measurement quantity is specified by the Measurement quantity and Unit parameters in the transducer setup see P 2 20 Examples of user defined measurement quantities Measurement of the pressure as a current level 4 20mA DC Connection to pressure transmitter Measurement of the flow rate as a current or voltage signal 4 20mA 0 10V DC Connection to flow rate meas...

Page 141: ...he assessment of the results see below Evaluating the results The evaluation of the results is carried out on the basis of the stored thresholds If a threshold is exceeded the corresponding symbol appears in the Status column see below left For a detailed view of the evaluation scale press the MENU key and click on Evaluation Overview see below Result of the single measurements After the measureme...

Page 142: ...chine templates To do this activate the Multitask option see below OMNITREND then automatically combines the relevant measurement tasks into a single multi measurement task Note Breaking down a multi measurement task To measure the measurement tasks of a multi measurement task individually in the route machine template proceed as follows Open the selection list of the measurement tasks see P 3 8 H...

Page 143: ...an set the sensor for each channel A B and define whether the rpm should be recorded as well Channel A Channel B tab Here you can define the measurement task for each channel Press the MENU key and click on Select task see below The import wizard appears in which you can select the individual measurement tasks in three steps see also the next section Dual measurement Trigger tab The trigger settin...

Page 144: ...ecutively or simultaneously on channel A and channel B If the averaging type is set to synchronous averaging for one channel the asynchronous with trigger start option is identical to the synchronous trigger A start option i e measurements start at the same time on both channels with channel A acting as the trigger In the Setup field select the respective measurement parameters for channel A and c...

Page 145: ...nts are completed the blue LED lights up if no thresholds have been exceeded or no measurement errors have occurred see P 2 2 The functions that can be triggered via the keyboard only apply to the active pane which is indicated by a frame As well as the pane for channel A and channel B the entire screen also counts as a pane To evaluate or repeat one of the two measurements activate the correspond...

Page 146: ...from a running machine can be filtered out using the so called negative averaging method Attach the transducer to the machine either with a magnet or even better with a screw fitting Set the number of individual measurements in the measurement setup e g 2 measurements see below Start the measurement by clicking on the task icon see above When the message Wait for trigger appears excite the machine...

Page 147: ...gative averaging in the measurement setup Perform the individual impact tests Click on Start in the window that opens to measure the reference spectrum without producing a machine excitation Click on Stop when a sufficient number of reference spectra have been recorded and averaged to form a result see below Displaying the results Activate the upper pane with the F key Spectrum P 4 8 Press the MEN...

Page 148: ...surement locations The sensor on channel A is attached to the designated measurement locations of the structure in sequence and records the respective structural response Impact test with impulse hammer This measurement task is similar to the one channel impact test channel B records the excitation and is the trigger for the measurement To take measurements on a running machine the negative averag...

Page 149: ...on to each impact result to document the position of the measurement location and the measurement direction Multiple impact results can be contained in a single file C ODS results During measurement the system response appears in the upper window and the excitation in the lower window either as a spectrum or time waveform see also p 4 20 After the individual measurements are completed the final re...

Page 150: ...r In these measurements the RPM is recorded at the same time as the vibration signal and is taken into account when the order spectrum is calculated If short term system related fluctuations in the RPM occur the sample rate of the time signal is adjusted accordingly resampling to avoid a smearing of the frequencies An order spectrum cannot be converted into a frequency spectrum since the time and ...

Page 151: ...isplacement measuring quantity Application examples The DC component in the time waveform can be evaluated when process parameters or distances are measured When a 2 channel coastdown curve is measured with the vibration displacement measuring quantity the shaft centerline plot during runup or coastdown in a machine with journal bearings can be calculated from the DC component of the signal see p ...

Page 152: ...red digit To delete numerals press the ESC key Only the left digit of a number is deleted The sign can be toggled at any time with in the character field Decimal places are entered as a period To save the value press the MENU key and click on OK Decimal places Decimal places can only be entered if the Accuracy of the respective quantity is not set to zero see the section on Units in the device set...

Page 153: ...e character word to be deleted Press the F key to switch the cursor into the character table Click on in the character table backspace key see below To delete a text field Press the F key until the entire text field is highlighted Click on Enter Press the F key again to switch the cursor into the character table Click on in the character table backspace key Special characters Space comma are not a...

Page 154: ...type are displayed e g overall value vibration acceleration If you open the File Manager from the start screen all files are dis played see below Functions of the MENU key Save Saves the measurement result Open Opens the highlighted file Create dir Creates a new folder Rename Renames a file folder Print Prints out a PDF file Copy Paste Cut Copies inserts moves file folder via the clipboard Delete ...

Page 155: ...mat can be printed as follows Connect VIBXPERT to a printer Open the File Manager and select the file to be printed Press the MENU key and select Print Printer Printing starts Details on connecting and setting up a printer can be found in Chapter 2 p 2 26 Transferring a PDF file on a USB flash drive See page 4 25 Note ...

Page 156: ...hat record timewave to the IEEE format to be further processed in the DASYLab analysis program Transfer language and help files for translation for authorized PRÜFTECHNIK representatives only Installing and starting the program The VIBXPERT utility tool can be obtained from your PRÜFTECHNIK sales partner To install the tool proceed as follows Double click on the file VibXpert_utility_version exe t...

Page 157: ...en that appears enter the company name and if al ready available the corresponding password To request a password activate the desired function and click on Request registration Registration Enter password Request password Send Print data for registration In the next screen check the entries and click on Print to print out the data Send the printout to the following fax number 49 89 99616300 To se...

Page 158: ...working a yellow Smiley symbol appears A red Smiley symbol indicates a faulty connection VIBXPERT successfully connected Configuring VIBXPERT The configuration encompasses the following functions Updating the firmware Transferring logo images for the report printouts Click on the Configure device button The New firmware button starts the VIBXPERT update tool that updates the firmware in VIBXPERT s...

Page 159: ...xls exports results into a MS Excel file Use Delete to remove a file from the device Close closes the file selection window Get files File selection window System Transferring system files You can perform the following procedures Backup and restore of the data and device configuration Format CF memory card All the above mentioned steps in a procedure Defragmentation Click on the System button To p...

Page 160: ...ta loss Before proceeding make sure that all important data and settings are backed up on an external storage device Formatting deletes all data on the memory card The process is not reversible Click on OK to start formatting Click on Defragmentation to perform the procedures Backup Restore and Format in one step Attention ...

Page 161: ...tion signals via the measuring pin Several pressure sensitive sensors are arranged as a ring around the vibration sensor When coupled to a measuring pin these sensors detect the pattern in the plastic ring in the measuring pin This coding identifies the measurement location to the connected evaluation device and determines which measurement tasks are to be performed on it VIBCODE measurement locat...

Page 162: ...ODE concept is structured as follows A VIBCODE route VIBCODE measurement locations at which measurements are taken regularly are part of a route Because each route is created for a particular purpose e g weekly inspection it only contains a certain subset of all VIBCODE measurement locations VIBCODE features automatic measurement location recognition so that the measurement locations can be visite...

Page 163: ...t Connecting the VIBCODE sensor Insert the sensor straight into the measurement location press it in place lightly and lock it by turning it clockwise until it stops This secure connection ensures that the measurement direction and pressure are the same for each measurement and that the results are reproducible To disconnect the sensor turn it in the opposite direction and remove it from the measu...

Page 164: ...ement location in the VIBCODE pool the measurement task scheduled first starts automatically All other measurements must be triggered manually via the measurement task selection To return to route mode from pool mode press the MENU button and click on Route If the VIBCODE measurement location is not contained in either the route or in the pool change to the Multimode mode to perform the required m...

Page 165: ...an the film If necessary the protective film can be ordered from your PRÜFTECHNIK representative Never use solvents or other strong cleaning agents Maintenance Various factors such as aging or temperature can cause an offset in the analog electronics This offset should be compensated every two months Details are given on page 2 29 To guarantee the high measurement accuracy of the device VIBXPERT r...

Page 166: ...llowing information applies to customers in member states of the European Union EU in which EU Directive 2002 96 EG Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE has been implemented in national law PRÜFTECHNIK products that fall under this directive are labeled with the symbol shown here What this means for you All electrical and electronic PRÜFTECHNIK products and electrical and electronic acce...

Page 167: ...ut voltage 26 V Switching threshold for 0 V 26 V signal max 2 5 V rising min 0 6 V falling Switching threshold for 26 V 0 V signal min 8 V rising max 10 V falling Pulse width 0 1 ms Output Channels Stroboscope control TTL output Frequency range 0 500 Hz Resolution 0 05 Hz Signal Out Connection for headphones to listen to the analog input signal signal processing oscilloscope Frequency range 0 5 Hz...

Page 168: ...Hz Keyboard 1 navigation pad and 7 keys Zoom Escape Function Help Menu On Off Keyboard illumination controlled by ambient light Memory Internal 128 MB DDR RAM Compact Flash 2 GB 8 GB SN 30000 39999 2 7 GB from SN 40000 Serial interface RS 232 115 kBaud USB interface USB 2 0 Ethernet interface 100 Mbit 100Base T 10 Mbit 10Base T Environment General Connectors Analog Digital channels MiniSnap socket...

Page 169: ...1 47 or higher see P 2 37 Serial cable VIB 5 430 2 and USB Serial adapter VIB 5 448 if applicable Ethernet cable VIB 5 331 Connect VIBXPERT to a laptop desktop PC as follows connect the digital interface yellow socket to a serial port via cable VIB 5 430 2 If no serial interface is available then use a USB port and the additional USB serial adapter VIB 5 448 connect the communication interface gre...

Page 170: ...his case specify the IP address of the PC to be used for communication with VIBXPERT Click on OK Switch VIBXPERT off and on again The update tool subsequently contacts VIBXPERT and starts transfer of the basic firmware The progress of the data transfer is shown in the right pane Transferring data X Appendix Troubleshooting Then it is only necessary to load the firmware To do this follow the instru...

Page 171: ...Factory Defaults 2 29 File Manager 6 3 Filter HP LP 3 23 Filter Type 3 23 Find 6 3 Find peak 4 11 Find route 3 11 Firmware re installing 6 18 Formatting 2 31 Frequency marker 4 9 Frequency upper lower 3 21 FRF calculation 3 22 G Getting started 2 1 Graphic Route 2 18 Guarantee 6 15 H Hand strap 2 9 Harmonics cursor 4 12 Historical data 3 30 HP LP Filter 3 23 I Icons 3 9 Impact test 5 25 Impulse ha...

Page 172: ...heck 2 22 Sensor detection 2 17 Serial connection 2 32 Service addresses 1 9 Service menu 2 29 Settling time 2 21 Setup new 3 20 Shaft centerline plot 5 12 Shock pulse 5 2 Sidebands 4 5 4 12 Signal Display Setup 4 18 Signal type 2 20 Skip 3 12 Sound spectrum 4 15 Spare parts 6 15 Spectrum 4 13 calculating 4 6 Speed Marker 4 18 Start measurement Machine template 3 15 Multimode 3 3 Route 3 7 Start R...

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