An improved intrinsic time-scale decomposition (IITD) method was proposed based on Akima interpolation and linear transformation of intrinsic time-scale decomposition (ITD). Furthermore
based on approximate entropy (AE) and fuzzy C-means clustering (FCM)
a new analysis method of using IITD for fault vibration signal of rolling bearing was proposed as well. The vibration signal was decomposed with IITD to obtain a certain number of proper rotation (PR) and a trend. By using mutual information analysis
three PR components were sifted out and the AE was calculated as the eigenvectors. The constructed eigenvectors were put into FCM classifier to recognize different fault types. These results were compared with the methods based on empirical mode decomposition (EMD) and ITD approximate entropy and FCM respectively. The classification coefficient with use of this method was calculated more closer to 1 and average fuzzy entropy was calculated more closer to 0. Accurate fault identification was presented for roller bearings normal
inner faults
outer faults
rolling body fault signals and different damage degree signals of rolling body faults.