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Development Of Printed Cross-Functional Sensors For Gearbox Lubricant Prognostics, John Omondi Manyala
Development Of Printed Cross-Functional Sensors For Gearbox Lubricant Prognostics, John Omondi Manyala
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Lubricant oil degradation is a major cause of failures in transportation machinery such as pumps, engines, and gearboxes. Proactive oil maintenance techniques such as the off-line oil sampling for laboratory analysis are not only costly but are also susceptible to various influences during the oil sampling, transportation and testing. In this study, an on-line oil condition monitoring system is presented with an integrated predictive prognostic scheme, describing the evolution in time of the identified fault indicators for purposes of estimating the remaining useful life of oil in real-time inside the gearbox. The proposed methodology facilitates on-demand gearbox maintenance rather than …