Convolutional Neural Networks—Long Short-Term Memory—Attention: A Novel Model for Wear State Prediction Based on Oil Monitoring Data

Wear state prediction based on oil monitoring technology enables the early identification of potential wear and failure risks of friction pairs, facilitating optimized equipment maintenance and extended service life. However, the complexity of lubricating oil monitoring data often poses challenges i...

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Main Authors: Ying Du, Hui Wei, Tao Shao, Shishuai Chen, Jianlei Wang, Chunguo Zhou, Yanchao Zhang
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-07-01
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Hui Wei
Tao Shao
Shishuai Chen
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Chunguo Zhou
Yanchao Zhang
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description Wear state prediction based on oil monitoring technology enables the early identification of potential wear and failure risks of friction pairs, facilitating optimized equipment maintenance and extended service life. However, the complexity of lubricating oil monitoring data often poses challenges in extracting discriminative features, limiting the accuracy of wear state prediction. To address this, a CNN–LSTM–Attention network is specially constructed for predicting wear state, which hierarchically integrates convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for spatial feature extraction, long short-term memory (LSTM) networks for temporal dynamics modeling, and self-attention mechanisms for adaptive feature refinement. The proposed architecture implements a three-stage computational pipeline. Initially, the CNN performs hierarchical extraction of localized patterns from multi-sensor tribological signals. Subsequently, the self-attention mechanism conducts adaptive recalibration of feature saliency, prioritizing diagnostically critical feature channels. Ultimately, bidirectional LSTM establishes cross-cyclic temporal dependencies, enabling cascaded fully connected layers with Gaussian activation to generate probabilistic wear state estimations. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed model not only achieves superior predictive accuracy but also exhibits robust stability, offering a reliable solution for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance in industrial applications.
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spelling doaj-art-d5ffd1ebcaf346ff98d92349e2c8accc2025-08-20T03:08:09ZengMDPI AGLubricants2075-44422025-07-0113730610.3390/lubricants13070306Convolutional Neural Networks—Long Short-Term Memory—Attention: A Novel Model for Wear State Prediction Based on Oil Monitoring DataYing Du0Hui Wei1Tao Shao2Shishuai Chen3Jianlei Wang4Chunguo Zhou5Yanchao Zhang6School of Mechanical and Precision Instrument Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Precision Instrument Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Precision Instrument Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Precision Instrument Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Precision Instrument Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Precision Instrument Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Precision Instrument Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, ChinaWear state prediction based on oil monitoring technology enables the early identification of potential wear and failure risks of friction pairs, facilitating optimized equipment maintenance and extended service life. However, the complexity of lubricating oil monitoring data often poses challenges in extracting discriminative features, limiting the accuracy of wear state prediction. To address this, a CNN–LSTM–Attention network is specially constructed for predicting wear state, which hierarchically integrates convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for spatial feature extraction, long short-term memory (LSTM) networks for temporal dynamics modeling, and self-attention mechanisms for adaptive feature refinement. The proposed architecture implements a three-stage computational pipeline. Initially, the CNN performs hierarchical extraction of localized patterns from multi-sensor tribological signals. Subsequently, the self-attention mechanism conducts adaptive recalibration of feature saliency, prioritizing diagnostically critical feature channels. Ultimately, bidirectional LSTM establishes cross-cyclic temporal dependencies, enabling cascaded fully connected layers with Gaussian activation to generate probabilistic wear state estimations. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed model not only achieves superior predictive accuracy but also exhibits robust stability, offering a reliable solution for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance in industrial applications.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/13/7/306lubricating oilconvolutional neural networks (CNN)long short-term memory (LSTM)wear state prediction
spellingShingle Ying Du
Hui Wei
Tao Shao
Shishuai Chen
Jianlei Wang
Chunguo Zhou
Yanchao Zhang
Convolutional Neural Networks—Long Short-Term Memory—Attention: A Novel Model for Wear State Prediction Based on Oil Monitoring Data
Lubricants
lubricating oil
convolutional neural networks (CNN)
long short-term memory (LSTM)
wear state prediction
title Convolutional Neural Networks—Long Short-Term Memory—Attention: A Novel Model for Wear State Prediction Based on Oil Monitoring Data
title_full Convolutional Neural Networks—Long Short-Term Memory—Attention: A Novel Model for Wear State Prediction Based on Oil Monitoring Data
title_fullStr Convolutional Neural Networks—Long Short-Term Memory—Attention: A Novel Model for Wear State Prediction Based on Oil Monitoring Data
title_full_unstemmed Convolutional Neural Networks—Long Short-Term Memory—Attention: A Novel Model for Wear State Prediction Based on Oil Monitoring Data
title_short Convolutional Neural Networks—Long Short-Term Memory—Attention: A Novel Model for Wear State Prediction Based on Oil Monitoring Data
title_sort convolutional neural networks long short term memory attention a novel model for wear state prediction based on oil monitoring data
topic lubricating oil
convolutional neural networks (CNN)
long short-term memory (LSTM)
wear state prediction
url https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/13/7/306
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