A Review on Prognosis of Rolling Element Bearings

Bearings are amongst the frequently encountered components to be found in rotating machinery. Though inexpensive, their failure can interrupt the production in a plant causing unscheduled downtime and production losses. So the bearing prognosis plays a significant role in reducing plant down time and enhanced operation safety, by estimating the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of damaged bearing. Admitting the importance of bearing prognosis, this literature review attempts to summarize various techniques, methods and models used in the prognosis of bearing till date. The definition of bearing prognosis is discussed in the beginning, followed by classification of various prognostic methods, review of methods used by various investigators in this research domain and concluding the topic with the summary of future research directions.

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