Failure investigation of a taper roller bearing: A case study

K. Gurumoorthy, Arindam Ghosh

Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis · 2013 · 24 citations · 4 references

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• Investigation on premature failure of tapered roller bearing to identify the root cause. • A detailed study on the failed bearing was made including visual examination, chemical composition, micro hardness, microstructure, retained austenite measurement, wear debris analysis and scanning electron microscope (SEM) studies. • The reason for premature failure was traced to misalignment that led to uneven load distribution of the rollers and the raceway. • Illustrated failure mechanism is in concurrence with the damage observed on the failed bearing.

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