ASTM D7917-14
(Practice)Standard Practice for Inductive Wear Debris Sensors in Gearbox and Drivetrain Applications
Standard Practice for Inductive Wear Debris Sensors in Gearbox and Drivetrain Applications
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 This practice is intended for the application of online, full-flow, or slip-stream sampling of wear debris via inductive sensors for gearbox and drivetrain applications.
5.2 Periodic sampling and analysis of lubricants have long been used as a means to determine overall machinery health. The implementation of smaller oil filter pore sizes for machinery has reduced the effectiveness of sampled oil analysis for determining abnormal wear prior to severe damage. In addition, sampled oil analysis for equipment that is remote or otherwise difficult to monitor or access is not always sufficient or practical. For these machinery systems, in-line wear debris sensors can be very useful to provide real-time and near-real-time condition monitoring data.
5.3 Online inductive debris sensors have demonstrated the capability to detect and quantify both ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic metallic wear debris (1, 2). These sensors record metallic wear debris according to size, count, and type (ferromagnetic or non-ferromagnetic). Sensors can be fitted to virtually any lubricating system. The sensors are particularly effective for the protection of rolling element bearings and gears in critical machine applications. Bearings are key elements in machines since their failure often leads to significant secondary damage that can adversely affect safety, operational availability, operational/maintenance costs, or combinations thereof.
5.4 The key advantage of online metallic debris sensors is the ability to detect early bearing and gear damage and to quantify the severity of damage and rate of progression toward failure. Sensor capabilities are summarized as follows:
5.4.1 Can detect both ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic metallic wear debris.
5.4.2 Can detect 95 % or more of metallic wear debris above some minimum particle size threshold.
5.4.3 Can count and size wear debris detected.
5.4.4 Can provide total mass loss.
Note 1: Mass is an inferred value which ...
SCOPE
1.1 This practice covers the minimum requirements for an online inductive sensor system to monitor ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic metallic wear debris present in in-service lubricating fluids residing in gearboxes and drivetrains.
1.2 Metallic wear debris considered in this practice can range in size from 40 μm to greater than 1000 μm of equivalent spherical diameter (ESD).
1.3 This practice is suitable for use with the following lubricants: industrial gear oils, petroleum crankcase oils, polyalkylene glycol, polyol esters, and phosphate esters.
1.4 This practice is for metallic wear debris detection, not oil cleanliness.
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.5.1 Exception—Subsection 7.7 uses “G’s”.
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Standard Practice for
Inductive Wear Debris Sensors in Gearbox and Drivetrain
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Applications
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D7917; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
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Wear debris sensors, employing inductive sensing technologies (1, 2), are able to quantify wear
debris to classify size and material composition (ferrous/non-ferrous) of metallic debris found in
lubricating oil as a consequence of wear. Initial applications have been largely confined to industrial
aero-derivative and aircraft gas turbine engine monitoring installations where the failure of high speed
ball and roller bearings results in significant secondary damage (2, 3). With an almost exponential
growth in the wind turbine industry, one engineering issue still to be resolved is the unacceptable
gearbox failure rate (4). Wear debris sensors can play an important role in understanding the varied
bearing failure modes observed. There are thousands of inductive sensors operating in wind turbines
and other gearbox and drivetrain applications accruing millions of operational hours. While it is
generally accepted that these sensors provide early warning of abnormal condition, the industry will
benefit from a standard practice for data usage and interpretation.
1. Scope responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
1.1 This practice covers the minimum requirements for an
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
online inductive sensor system to monitor ferromagnetic and
non-ferromagnetic metallic wear debris present in in-service
2. Referenced Documents
lubricating fluids residing in gearboxes and drivetrains.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.2 Metallic wear debris considered in this practice can
D4175 Terminology Relating to Petroleum, Petroleum
rangeinsizefrom40µmtogreaterthan1000µmofequivalent
Products, and Lubricants
spherical diameter (ESD).
D7669 Guide for Practical Lubricant Condition Data Trend
1.3 This practice is suitable for use with the following
Analysis
lubricants: industrial gear oils, petroleum crankcase oils, poly-
D7685 Practice for In-Line, Full Flow, Inductive Sensor for
alkylene glycol, polyol esters, and phosphate esters.
Ferromagnetic and Non-ferromagnetic Wear Debris De-
1.4 This practice is for metallic wear debris detection, not termination and Diagnostics for Aero-Derivative and Air-
craft Gas Turbine Engine Bearings
oil cleanliness.
D7720 Guide for Statistically Evaluating Measurand Alarm
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
Limits when Using Oil Analysis to Monitor Equipment
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
and Oil for Fitness and Contamination
standard.
G40 Terminology Relating to Wear and Erosion
1.5.1 Exception—Subsection 7.7 uses “G’s”.
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2.2 ISO Standards:
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
ISO/TC 108 N 605 Terminology for the Field of Condition
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Monitoring and Diagnostics of Machines
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This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum
Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcom-
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mittee D02.96.07 on Integrated Testers, Instrumentation Techniques for In-Service For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Lubricants. contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2014. Published November 2014. DOI: Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
10.1520/D7917-14. the ASTM website.
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3. Terminology installationbutshouldsupplyarepresentativeportionoftheoil
flow and debris from the gearbox or drivetrain through the
3.1 Definitions:
sensor before any filtration. The minimum requirements of a
3.1.1 condition monitoring, n—a field of technical activity
system are the detection and counting of ferrous and non-
in which selected physical parameters associated with an
ferrous metallic wear debris carried in the oil flow. Counts are
operating machine are periodically or
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