A SHIPBOARD TRIAL OF VIBRATION ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT TO DETERMINE MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE

In order to determine the feasibility of employing a vibration data acquisition and analysis system in a shipboard preventive maintenance program, the Maritime Administration undertook a one-year project aboard two cargo liners. Utilizing vibration analysis techniques developed for industrial use, a program of periodic measurements of engine room rotating machinery was instituted. Vibration velocity measurements were recorded by portable battery powered instruments. Biweekly readings were recorded, plotted and compared by the ships engineers for indications of developing trends and maintenance/overhaul decisions. The accumulated data were reviewed in detail and specified recommendations for more frequent checks of equipment developing failure trends and maintenance actions warranted were provided to the ships Chief Engineer. Conclusions reached as a result of the project are discussed, as well as current engineering underway to utilize the output from this experience, along with a deviation method of preventive maintenance scheduling, for the first shipboard application of a computer aboard a ship of the subsidized fleet.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented to the Chesapeake Section of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, September 24, 1970, Washington, D.C.
• Corporate Authors:

  Maritime Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ellis, R E
  • Goodfried, H J
  • Gross Jr, C H
  • Saint Germaine, E T
• Publication Date: 1970-9

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 76 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Preventive maintenance; Temperature measurement; Vibration
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00015544
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 13 1973 12:00AM