METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE TECHNICAL CONDITION OF ROTATING EQUIPMENT

The invention relates to methods for diagnosing the technical condition of electrically driven equipment and can be used for monitoring vibrations in rotating equipment in nuclear power stations. The claimed method includes measuring and recording diagnostic signals in a test period while the equipment under inspection is in operation, dividing the recordings of a reference signal and a signal from the equipment under inspection into five segments of not less than two seconds in length, converting each segment of the recordings of the reference and inspection signals into a spectrum that represents the distribution of amplitudes across frequencies, sampling amplitudes of the spectra of the diagnostic signals of the inspected and fault-free equipment at the frequencies at which deviations appear between the inspection and reference signals, calculating the absolute differences of the amplitudes of the spectra of the inspected and fault-free equipment, ranking the absolute differences and summing the resultant ranks. The sum of the resultant ranks is compared with a critical value to establish whether the rotating equipment is in excess of prescribed vibration values, and to establish the presence of a fault if the sum of the resultant ranks exceeds the critical value.