Unwind Drive Cooling Fan Beat Frequency ©Bill Kilbey 2009
High 1x Cooling Motor/Fan Constant Speed Motor/fan sit on top of large variable speed motor, fan mounted directly on motor shaft The fan is subject to buildup of dirt/product 1x TS dominant with amplitudes increasing Attempt to balance was not successful – Varying amplitude 1mil pk-pk to 7mils pk-pk – Unstable phase ±100⁰
High 1x TS
High Resolution Spectrum
High Resolution Spectrum Zoom
Spectrum from other cooling fan
Calculations – = 3.8 RPM Delta (.063 Hz) The inverse of Diff. F1-F2 = T beat T beat = 15.8 secs. approx.
Time waveform beat on #2
Time waveform beat on #3
#2 PM Fan #3 PM Fan