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A Permanent Magnet Ferromagnetic Wear Debris Sensor Based on Axisymmetric High-Gradient Magnetic Field
Bin Fan1,2, Yong Liu2, Peng Zhang2
1College of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.
Abstract:
The detection of wear debris in lubricating oil is effective for determining current equipment operating conditions for fault diagnosis. In this paper, a permanent magnet ferromagnetic wear debris sensor is proposed that is composed of a compact structure and a detection coil that generates an induced voltage when wear debris passes through a magnetic field. A three-dimensional model of the sensor is established, the internal axisymmetric high-gradient magnetic field of the sensor is analyzed, and a mathematical model of the sensor signal is proposed. The effects of the air gap structure of the sensor and the relative permeability, velocity, and volume of the wear debris on the sensor performance are analyzed. The correctness of the theoretical results is proven by single particle experiments, and the sensor is calibrated to achieve quantitative analysis of the wear debris.
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