Input Feature Mappings-Based Deep Residual Networks for Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Element Bearing With Complicated Dataset

Most rolling element bearing (REB) fault diagnosis algorithms are evaluated on the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) bearing dataset for its popularity and simplicity. However, the diagnosis accuracy on CWRU bearing dataset is overly saturated; it is nearly up to 100%. In this study, an input feature mappings (IFMs)-based deep residual network (ResNet) is proposed to conduct detailed and comprehensive fault diagnosis on REB with complicated bearing dataset. Firstly, a new data preprocessing method named as a signal-to-IFMs method is proposed to automatically extract features from raw signals without predefined parameters. Then, a deep ResNet is used as the fault classifier to learn the discriminative features from IFMs and identify the faults of REB. Finally, the proposed model is evaluated on the artificial, real, and mixed damages of the Paderborn university bearing dataset. The proposed method yields the average testing accuracies of 99.7%, 99.7%, and 99.81% in artificial, real, and mixed bearing damages, which outperforms other methods.