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Identifying the Motor Rotor Bar Related Peaks in a Spectrum

These peaks are termed "sidebands" and they are caused by the modulation of the motor rotor by the electromagnetic forces that cause the motor to spin. Typically there will be between 30 and 90 motor bars, so, be sure that the data being collected is about 100 orders of run speed. The amplitudes of these peaks may be quite low compared to other machine vibration. For this reason it is useful to use a LOG amplitude scale such as VdB, in/s log or mm/s log. Most analysis software packages have a sideband cursor or a reference cursor that will make it easy to calculate the frequency difference between two peaks. We are looking for a tallish peak with two smaller peaks on either side of it, spaced 120 Hz from it. Typically the taller peak will be the motor bar peak. The motor bar peak should also be an integer multiple of the machine run speed although it may not appear to be an exact multiple due to frequency resolution errors. Once the peak has been identified, it should be labeled so it can later be trended.

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