During solving a project, we developed a diagnostic tool capable to be incorporated into the drum installation, to measure its vibration characteristics continuously, to monitor their time development and to forecast possible breaks of bearings. Vibration measurement is based on a Kionix accelerometer.
Fast Fourier transform performed by an industrial PC presents a frequency spectrum from 0.1 Hz to 10kHz. A tool prototype was operationally tested at the mine Nástup Tušimice and the results were compared with simultaneous measurements performed by commercial mobile equipment.