The document summarizes ISO 15243 standards for classifying bearing damage and failure modes. It describes pre-operational damage causes such as improper fits and defects, and operational damage causes like fatigue, inadequate lubrication, vibration, and electric current passage. Specific failure modes covered include fatigue, wear, corrosion, indentation, fracture, cracking, and false brinelling.
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SKF. Clasificación ISO de averías en los rodamientos.
The document summarizes ISO 15243 standards for classifying bearing damage and failure modes. It describes pre-operational damage causes such as improper fits and defects, and operational damage causes like fatigue, inadequate lubrication, vibration, and electric current passage. Specific failure modes covered include fatigue, wear, corrosion, indentation, fracture, cracking, and false brinelling.
The document summarizes ISO 15243 standards for classifying bearing damage and failure modes. It describes pre-operational damage causes such as improper fits and defects, and operational damage causes like fatigue, inadequate lubrication, vibration, and electric current passage. Specific failure modes covered include fatigue, wear, corrosion, indentation, fracture, cracking, and false brinelling.
The ISO 15243 standard is based primarily on features that are visible on the rolling elements, raceways and other functional surfaces Causes of pre-operational damage: Causes of operational damage: Electrical erosion Incorrect shaft and housing fits Material fatigue Defective bearing seats on shafts Ineffective lubrication Excessive voltage and in housings Ineffective sealing Sparking and localized hea- Static misalignment Vibration (false brinelling) ting from current passage Faulty mounting practices Operational misalignment in the contact area because Passage of electric current through Passage of electric current of ineffective insulation the bearing (excessive voltage) through the bearing (current Transportation, handling and storage leakage) Current leakage
The generation of shallow
Fatigue craters from (low) current Subsurface initiated fatigue passage. They develop over time into flutes Spalling of particles as a result of microcracks below the raceway surface Plastic deformation Overload Permanent deformation Surface initiated fatigue caused by static or shock Distress of the surface. overloads (true brinelling) Failure of the rolling contact metal surface asperities due to inadequate lubrication Indentation from debris Dents as a result of particles Wear that are over-rolled in the raceway/rolling element Abrasive wear contact areas The result of inadequate lubrication or the ingress of contaminants Indentation from handling
Bearing surfaces that are
dented or gouged by hard, Adhesive wear sharp objects
Material transfer from one
surface to another as a result of frictional heat Fracture and cracking Forced fracture A fracture resulting from a Corrosion stress concentration in excess of the materials Moisture corrosion tensile strength Oxidation of the surfaces in the presence of moisture Fatigue fracture
A fracture resulting from
frequently exceeding the Fretting corrosion fatigue strength limit of the material The oxidation and wear of surface asperities under oscillating micromovement Thermal cracking between mating surfaces Cracks that are generated by high frictional heating. They usually occur perpen- False brinelling dicular to the direction of Shallow depressions in the sliding motion. raceway/rolling element contact caused by cyclic This poster is provided as a courtesy of: vibrations on a non rotating bearing
For more information on bearings damage, refer to the chapter Bearing damage and their causes on the SKF bearing maintenance handbook.