{"id":117,"date":"2025-10-31T00:25:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T00:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/glossary\/fault-detection\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T10:04:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:04:59","slug":"fault-detection","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/fault-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Fault Detection? Problem Identification"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Understanding Fault Detection<\/h1>\n\t\t<section class=\"woocommerce hestia-shop products is-shortcode\" id=\"products\" data-sorder=\"hestia_shop\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hestia-shop-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" >\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-ms-6 col-sm-6 col-md-3 shop-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/product\/balanset-1\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/product\/balanset-1\/\" title=\"\u0d2a\u0d4b\u0d7c\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d2c\u0d3f\u0d7e \u0d2c\u0d3e\u0d32\u0d7b\u0d38\u0d31\u0d41\u0d02 \u0d35\u0d48\u0d2c\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d47\u0d37\u0d7b \u0d05\u0d28\u0d32\u0d48\u0d38\u0d7c \u0d2c\u0d3e\u0d32\u0d7b\u0d38\u0d46\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d4d-1\u0d0e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/77-e1693745667801-230x153.webp\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"Balanset-1A full kit portable balancer and vibration analyzer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/77-e1693745667801-230x153.webp 230w, https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/77-e1693745667801-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/77-e1693745667801-360x240.webp 360w, https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/77-e1693745667801-272x182.webp 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ripple-container\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/product-category\/devices\/\" 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class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">\u20ac<\/span>1,975.00<\/span> + VAT (if applicable)<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stats\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/ml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/117?add-to-cart=986\" data-quantity=\"1\" data-product_id=\"986\" data-product_sku=\"BS-1\" class=\"button product_type_simple add_to_cart_button ajax_add_to_cart btn btn-just-icon btn-simple btn-default\" title=\"Add to cart\" data-no-translation-title=\"\"><i rel=\"tooltip\" data-original-title=\"Add to cart\" class=\"fas fa-cart-plus\" data-no-translation-data-original-title=\"\"><\/i><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><a href=\"\/ml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/117?add-to-cart=986\" aria-describedby=\"woocommerce_loop_add_to_cart_link_describedby_986\" data-quantity=\"1\" class=\"button product_type_simple add_to_cart_button ajax_add_to_cart\" data-product_id=\"986\" data-product_sku=\"BS-1\" 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class=\"ripple-container\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/product-category\/parts\/\" rel=\"tag\">\u0d2d\u0d3e\u0d17\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u0d7e<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"shop-item-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/product\/vibration-sensor\/\" title=\"\u0d35\u0d48\u0d2c\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d47\u0d37\u0d7b \u0d38\u0d46\u0d7b\u0d38\u0d7c\">\u0d35\u0d48\u0d2c\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d47\u0d37\u0d7b \u0d38\u0d46\u0d7b\u0d38\u0d7c<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"footer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"price\"><h4><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">\u20ac<\/span>90.00<\/span> + VAT (if applicable)<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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rel=\"tag\">\u0d09\u0d2a\u0d15\u0d30\u0d23\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u0d7e<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"shop-item-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/product\/balanset-4\/\" title=\"\u0d2c\u0d3e\u0d32\u0d7b\u0d38\u0d46\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d4d-4\">\u0d2c\u0d3e\u0d32\u0d7b\u0d38\u0d46\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d4d-4<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"footer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"price\"><h4><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">\u20ac<\/span>6,803.00<\/span> + VAT (if applicable)<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stats\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/ml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/117?add-to-cart=1833\" data-quantity=\"1\" data-product_id=\"1833\" data-product_sku=\"BS-4\" class=\"button product_type_simple add_to_cart_button ajax_add_to_cart btn btn-just-icon 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href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/product-category\/parts\/\" rel=\"tag\">\u0d2d\u0d3e\u0d17\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u0d7e<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"shop-item-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/product\/magnet-stand\/\" title=\"\u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d17\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d \u0d38\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d3e\u0d7b\u0d21\u0d4d \u0d07\u0d7b\u0d38\u0d48\u0d38\u0d4d-60-\u0d15\u0d3f\u0d32\u0d4b\u0d17\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d3e\u0d02\">\u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d17\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d \u0d38\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d3e\u0d7b\u0d21\u0d4d \u0d07\u0d7b\u0d38\u0d48\u0d38\u0d4d-60-\u0d15\u0d3f\u0d32\u0d4b\u0d17\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d3e\u0d02<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"footer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"price\"><h4><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><span 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class=\"ripple-container\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/product-category\/parts\/\" rel=\"tag\">\u0d2d\u0d3e\u0d17\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u0d7e<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"shop-item-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/product\/reflective-tape\/\" title=\"\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d24\u0d3f\u0d2b\u0d32\u0d3f\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28 \u0d1f\u0d47\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d4d\">\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d24\u0d3f\u0d2b\u0d32\u0d3f\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28 \u0d1f\u0d47\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d4d<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"footer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"price\"><h4><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">\u20ac<\/span>10.00<\/span> + VAT (if applicable)<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stats\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/ml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/117?add-to-cart=2329\" data-quantity=\"1\" data-product_id=\"2329\" data-product_sku=\"rt-1\" class=\"button product_type_simple add_to_cart_button ajax_add_to_cart btn btn-just-icon btn-simple btn-default\" title=\"Add to cart\" data-no-translation-title=\"\"><i rel=\"tooltip\" data-original-title=\"Add to cart\" class=\"fas fa-cart-plus\" data-no-translation-data-original-title=\"\"><\/i><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><a href=\"\/ml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/117?add-to-cart=2329\" aria-describedby=\"woocommerce_loop_add_to_cart_link_describedby_2329\" data-quantity=\"1\" class=\"button product_type_simple add_to_cart_button ajax_add_to_cart\" data-product_id=\"2329\" data-product_sku=\"rt-1\" 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debris, or acoustic signals. It answers a single binary question \u2014 <em>&#8220;Is there a problem?&#8221;<\/em> \u2014 before the analyst moves on to <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/diagnosis\/\">diagnosis<\/a> (identifying the specific fault) and <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/prognosis\/\">prognosis<\/a> (predicting how long the machine has left). As the first and most fundamental step in <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/condition-based-maintenance\/\">condition-based maintenance<\/a>, it cleanly separates healthy, deteriorating, and failed states so that everything downstream has a reason to happen.<\/p>\n<p>The value of doing this well is lead time. Effective fault detection raises a flag months before functional failure, creating the window needed for planned maintenance, parts procurement, and scheduled downtime \u2014 the core promise of any <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/predictive-maintenance\/\">predictive maintenance<\/a> programme. Detect too late and you are back to reactive, run-to-failure repairs; detect too eagerly and you drown in false alarms. The art lies in striking that balance, and the sections below break down how it is done in practice.<\/p>\n<h2>1. The Five Core Detection Methods<\/h2>\n<p>No single technique suits every machine or fault. Mature programmes layer several methods, each with its own strengths and data requirements.<\/p>\n<h3>Threshold Exceedance<\/h3>\n<p>The simplest and most widely used approach compares a measurement against a predefined <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/threshold\/\">threshold<\/a>: if the value crosses the line, a fault is declared. A familiar example is an overall vibration level around 7.1 mm\/s RMS \u2014 a value some machine-specific severity tables in the <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/iso-20816-1\/\">ISO 20816<\/a> series (formerly ISO 10816) use as a zone boundary for particular machine groups and support conditions. It is not a universal limit, though: for a real alert threshold, select the applicable ISO 20816 part for the machine at hand and combine it with baseline trends and machine criticality. Many programmes stage these limits into <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/alarm-level\/\">alarm<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/warning-level\/\">\u0d2e\u0d41\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d31\u0d3f\u0d2f\u0d3f\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d4d<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/trip-level\/\">trip<\/a> tiers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Advantages:<\/strong> simple to automate, clear pass\/fail criteria, easy to communicate to non-specialists.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Limitations:<\/strong> the threshold must be set correctly, and the fault must grow large enough to cross it \u2014 which introduces lag and can miss faults that produce small but distinctive signatures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Trend Deviation<\/h3>\n<p>Rather than waiting for an absolute limit, this method watches the shape of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/trending\/\">trend<\/a> itself. A steadily rising level \u2014 or, more tellingly, a sudden change in the <em>rate<\/em> of rise \u2014 signals a developing fault long before any fixed threshold is reached. Because the reference is the machine&#8217;s own history, the technique is inherently machine-specific and catches problems early. Its only real requirement is a body of <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/baseline-data\/\">baseline data<\/a> against which deviation can be judged.<\/p>\n<h3>Spectral Anomaly Detection<\/h3>\n<p>Examining the frequency <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/spectrum\/\">spectrum<\/a> reveals not just <em>that<\/em> something changed but <em>what<\/em>. New peaks at <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/bearing-fault-frequencies\/\">bearing fault frequencies<\/a>, existing peaks growing in <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/amplitude\/\">amplitude<\/a>, or the emergence of <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/sidebands\/\">sidebands<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/harmonics\/\">harmonics<\/a> each point to a specific fault type. This specificity is its great advantage, though it demands genuine spectral-analysis capability and a set of trustworthy baseline spectra for comparison.<\/p>\n<h3>Statistical Methods<\/h3>\n<p>Statistical detection flags values that fall outside the normal distribution of healthy operation \u2014 for example, any reading beyond the mean plus three standard deviations, or a violation of control-chart limits. By accounting for the inherent scatter in real measurements, these methods reduce nuisance alarms, but they need an adequate sample size to characterise &#8220;normal&#8221; reliably.<\/p>\n<h3>Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning<\/h3>\n<p>The most sophisticated tier trains algorithms \u2014 including neural networks \u2014 on healthy versus faulty signatures, allowing automated detection of subtle patterns that fixed rules miss. The trade-off is the need for substantial labelled training data and the computational resources to run the models.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Measuring Detection Performance<\/h2>\n<p>A detection system is only as good as its hit rate and its false-alarm rate. Four metrics, borrowed from classification theory, quantify how well it performs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sensitivity (true-positive rate):<\/strong> the fraction of real faults actually caught \u2014 True Positives \/ (True Positives + False Negatives). A well-tuned programme targets above 90\u201395%; higher sensitivity means fewer missed faults.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Specificity (true-negative rate):<\/strong> the fraction of healthy machines correctly cleared \u2014 True Negatives \/ (True Negatives + False Positives). Again, 90\u201395% is the goal; higher specificity means fewer false alarms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>False-alarm rate:<\/strong> the share of alerts that turn out to be nothing, ideally held below 5\u201310%. A high rate breeds <em>alarm fatigue<\/em>, the slow erosion of trust that leads technicians to ignore warnings \u2014 and it trades off directly against sensitivity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Detection lead time:<\/strong> the interval between first detection and functional failure. Longer is better, because it buys planning time. For bearing faults caught by vibration the typical lead is weeks to months, and method matters: <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/envelope-analysis\/\">envelope analysis<\/a> routinely detects incipient bearing damage far earlier than overall-level monitoring alone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>3. Practical Challenges<\/h2>\n<p>Real machines rarely behave as neatly as a textbook, and three situations regularly complicate detection.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Early-versus-false-detection balance:<\/strong> pushing for the earliest possible warning inevitably raises false alarms, while waiting for an unmistakable signal sacrifices lead time. The usual remedy is multi-stage alarming and corroboration across several parameters before committing to a call.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intermittent faults:<\/strong> problems that appear and vanish may sit below threshold during a periodic route measurement. Catching them calls for <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/continuous-monitoring\/\">continuous monitoring<\/a> or a <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/peak-hold\/\">peak-hold<\/a> capture that preserves the worst moment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multiple simultaneous faults:<\/strong> when several defects develop at once they can mask one another in the vibration signal, so a comprehensive, multi-method analysis is needed to untangle them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>4. Confirming Faults with Multiple Parameters<\/h2>\n<p>Cross-checking two or more independent indicators dramatically reduces false detections, because a genuine fault tends to show up in more than one place at once.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vibration and temperature together:<\/strong> both rising confirms a bearing problem; vibration alone points to a mechanical cause such as <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/unbalance\/\">unbalance<\/a> \u0d05\u0d25\u0d35\u0d3e <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/misalignment\/\">misalignment<\/a>; temperature alone suggests a lubrication or friction issue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multiple vibration parameters:<\/strong> an overall-level increase combined with the emergence of a specific bearing frequency confirms a bearing fault far more confidently than either symptom on its own.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>5. Automated, Manual, and Hybrid Detection<\/h2>\n<p>Detection can be done by software, by an expert, or \u2014 best of all \u2014 by both working together.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Automated detection<\/strong> is fast, consistent, and works around the clock, using threshold checks, statistical algorithms, and machine learning. Its weakness is that it can overlook subtle problems and occasionally fire on noise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manual (expert) detection<\/strong> brings human judgement, context awareness, and trained pattern recognition to spectrum review and waveform inspection. It is, however, time-consuming, hard to scale, and dependent on scarce expertise \u2014 the kind certified under <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/iso-18436-2\/\">ISO 18436-2<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The hybrid approach<\/strong> \u2014 automated screening of the whole fleet with expert review of the flagged exceptions \u2014 combines efficiency with accuracy and is the standard in mature programmes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Where field instruments fit<\/h3>\n<p>Once a screening tool raises a flag, the next move is usually to take a richer measurement at the machine. A portable two-channel analyser such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/product\/balanset-1\/\">\u0d2c\u0d3e\u0d32\u0d7b\u0d38\u0d46\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d4d-1\u0d0e<\/a> lets a technician walk up to the suspect machine, capture a high-resolution spectrum and <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/time-waveform\/\">time waveform<\/a>, and confirm whether the alarm reflects a real defect \u2014 and if that defect is unbalance, correct it on the spot through <a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/field-balancing\/\">field balancing<\/a> without dismantling the machine. That tight loop from detection to confirmation to correction is exactly what a hybrid programme is built to deliver.<\/p>\n<p>Fault detection is the foundational capability that makes predictive maintenance possible, surfacing developing problems early enough to plan around them. Done well \u2014 with the right mix of detection methods, carefully set thresholds, and a deliberate balance between sensitivity and specificity \u2014 it delivers the early warnings that keep equipment running while holding down both maintenance cost and the risk of catastrophic failure.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/glossary\/\">\u2190 Back to Main Index<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about fault detection in machinery diagnostics, the process of identifying developing defects through vibration analysis before they cause functional failures.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[109,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","category-glossary","category-vibration-diagnostics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102175,"href":"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/117\/revisions\/102175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/ml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}