Using Oil Analysis to Study the Wear Condition of Bearing in Trunnion of Convertor During/After Run-in Period

1Introduction Convertorisoneofthemainequipmentofsteel making.Thebearingsinthetrunnionofconvertorarecharacterizedby low speed,heavy loadandhuge dimension.Theyrevolve slowlywhenmoltensteelisaddedoremptied.Theirlife expectancyis20years.Incasetheyexperiencefailurein operation,theoutputoftheconvertorandeventhatofthe wholeproductlinewouldbeaffectedandhugelosswouldbe resultedin.Therefore,itisveryimportanttomasterthe workingconditionsofthebearings.Vibrationandoilanalyses aretwomaintechniquestomonito…

Using Oil Analysis to Study the Wear Condition of Bearing in Trunnion of Convertor During/After Run-in Period

The bearings in the trunnion of convertor are characterized by low-speed, heavy-load and huge-dimension. In case they experience failure in operation, the output of the convertor and even that of the whole product line would be affected and the huge loss would be resulted in. Thus it is very important to master the working conditions of the bearings. Vibration and oil analysis are two main techniques to monitor the conditions of the rotary machine at present. But normal vibration analysis cannot be used here because of the limitation of their sensors in signal collecting for the rotary frequencies of the bearings are too low. In this paper, the wear condition of the bearing on the driving side of the No .5 convertor during/after the run-in period was monitored through oil analysis including atomic emissive spectrum and ferrography. It has been observed that its run-in period was as long as 19 months. This is mainly attributed to the relative short accumulated working time of the bearing.