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Including gear mesh rates, timing chain engagement or
valve actions.
Order tracking and order analysis have become widely
accepted rotating machinery measurements.
Devices ranging from gear motors to gas turbines are
tested this way.
Also used to measure power line quality and for
loudspeaker testing.
These applications take advantage of the harmonic nature
of the integer orders.
Most dynamic spectrum analysers will have the facility to
allow order analysis – you need to know how to use it.
It’s all in the Owner’s Manual !
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