Research Article

Failure Diagnosis System for a Ball-Screw by Using Vibration Signals

Table 2

Specifications of condition monitoring system.

EquipmentSpecificationsValueModel (maker)

AccelerometerFrequency range0.5–5000 Hz356A16 (PCB Piezotronics)
Voltage sensitivity100 mV/g

A/D converterResolution24 bitsPXI-4472 (National Instruments)
Sampling rate102.4 kS/sec
Input range±10 V

Signal analyzerLabVIEW software (Ver. 2010)PXI-8187 (National Instruments)