@article {Ümütlü:2016:0736-2935:2718, title = "Pitting Detection in a Worm Gearbox Using Artificial Neural Networks", journal = "INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings", parent_itemid = "infobike://ince/incecp", publishercode ="ince", year = "2016", volume = "253", number = "6", publication date ="2016-08-21T00:00:00", pages = "2718-2726", itemtype = "ARTICLE", issn = "0736-2935", url = "https://ince.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/ince/incecp/2016/00000253/00000006/art00100", author = "{\"U}m{\"u}tl{\"u}, Rafet Can and Ozturk, Hasan and Kiral, Zeki", abstract = "Diagnosis of worm gears faults using vibration analysis is difficult, for this reason; there have been quite little publications, although worm gears are used significant machines in assorted industrial fields. Whenever a defect occurs in a worm system (e.g. pitting, abrasive wear) the performances of the gears deteriorate. Therefore, transmission of motion and power cannot be transferred as demanded. As a result, occurrence of fatal defects becomes inevitable. This paper focuses upon the early detection of localized pitting damages in a worm gearbox using artificial neural networks (ANN) and vibration analysis. Worm gear vibrations are acquired from an experimental rig utilizing a 1/15 worm gearbox. Statistical parameters of vibration signals in the time and frequency domains are used as an input to classifier ANN for multi-class recognition.", }