Noise, Vibration & Order Analysis

[Shazlan]

Dear all,

I am currently looking for a program that can perform a noise, vibration and order analysis. I was just made aware that LabVIEW (Developer Suite, if I'm not mistaken) comes with Noise and Vibration and Order toolkits. I've read through the data sheets for both toolkits. Now, I'm wondering whether the two mentioned toolkits can perform the analysis below:

1. Vold-Kalman Order Tracking Filter
2. Modal and Structural Analysis
3. Noise Source Identification
4. Modal Test Consultant
5. Acoustic Test Consultant
6. Real time CPB Analysis
7. Rigid Balancing and Two-Plane Balancing Consultant
8. Baseband FFT Analysis
9. Signal Enhancement
10. Auxiliary Parameter Logging
11. Cepstrum Analysis, and
12. Envelope Analysis

These analysis modules can be performed by Bruel & Kjaer product. I'm trying to influence my superior that National Instrument can also achieve the same objectives. So, maybe the users out there, or NI technical experts can help me with this. If the two toolkits are insufficient to perform such tasks, but NI has other toolkits that can supplement, can you guys please mention it in your reply.

Many thanks!

Shazlan

[Jarrod_B.]

Hello Shazlan,

Thanks for contacting NI.  Aside from the Data Sheets, I would encourage you to look at the User Manuals for each toolkit.  These manuals will contain much more detailed information about exactly what functionality each toolkit offers.  You can find these documents here:

LabVIEW Sound and Vibration Toolkit User Manual

LabVIEW Order Analysis Toolkit User Manual

These manuals should provide your answer.  Let me know if you have any further questions.

Best regards,

[Shazlan]

Hi Jarrod,

Thanks for replying and for the links. I'm going through the manuals right now and will throw some questions, if I have any. Anyway, I have one curiosity that maybe you can answer. Is there a few (<10) pages of brochures that state that the mentioned toolkits have the listed capabilities?? If not, can it be requested through NI? This is because, it will be easier to include such brochures in a document (which I need to justify the need to precure the toolkits) than a few hundred pages of user manual. Please advice.

Thanks again!!

Shazlan

[preston_johnson]

The order analysis tools and the sound and vibration tools provide the fundamental signal analysis for most all machinery vibration functions.   However, the application level such as hammer blow test (modal), balancing, and so forth are not complete solutions. 

I recommend looking at the following solution, which is based on these tools and comes with a turn-key application solution....

www.vibdaq.com

Let us know what further questions you have.