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Four individual spectra (one from each accelerometer) and three CS (non-coherent, coherent and poly-coherent spectra) from 18 cases are analyzed. The different cases result from the combination of three working conditions of the components\u2014deactivated (off), balanced (healthy), and unbalanced (faulty)\u2014and two speeds\u2014idle and maximum revolutions per minute (RPM). The results showed that (i) the peaks can be identified in the four individual spectra that correspond to the rotational speeds of the five components in the analysis; (ii) the three formulations of the CS retain the relevant information from the individual spectra, thereby reducing the number of spectra required for monitoring and detecting rotating unbalances within a combine harvester; and, (iii) data noise reduction is observed in coherent and poly-coherent CS with respect to the non-coherent CS and the individual spectra. This study demonstrates that the rotating unbalances of various components within agricultural machines, can be detected with a reduced number of accelerometers located in non-optimal positions, and that it is feasible to simplify the monitoring with CS. Overall, the coherent CS may be the best composite spectra formulation in order to monitor and detect rotating unbalances in agricultural machines.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20195519","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,28]],"date-time":"2020-09-28T08:02:58Z","timestamp":1601280178000},"page":"5519","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Application of Composite Spectrum in Agricultural Machines"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9069-2255","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fernando","family":"Feijoo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electromechanical Engineering, University of Burgos, 09006 Burgos, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francisco Javier","family":"Gomez-Gil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electromechanical Engineering, University of Burgos, 09006 Burgos, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3333-0148","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jaime","family":"Gomez-Gil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Signal Theory, Communications and Telematics Engineering, University of Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"237","DOI":"10.1006\/jaer.2000.0574","article-title":"Trends in power and machinery","volume":"76","year":"2000","journal-title":"J. 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