VIBRATION SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE CONDITION OF ROTATING COMPONENTS AND BEARINGS

摘要

The invention relates to a vibration sensor for monitoring the condition of rotating components or bearings, said sensor comprising a housing (2), a sensor element (3), evaluation electronics (4) and at least one interface (5, 6). The vibration sensor (1) allows the reliable monitoring of rotating components and bearings in a simple and cost-effective manner, said sensor being in addition easy to use. To achieve this, the evaluation electronics (4) comprise an analog-to-digital converter (7) and a signal preparation device (8) and a plurality of signals that have been captured by the sensor element (3) are converted into a condition value in the signal preparation device (8) with the aid of a signal analysis and a diagnostic algorithm.