Method for detecting the position of a pulsed mechanical effect on a plant component, wherein an operating noise present in the plant component is continuously recorded by a plurality of sensors (4 s) arranged on the plant component and is converted by this into a measurement signal (M s), having the following features: a) the measurement signals (M s) are respectively saved in time intervals for a time span b) in first time windows (Δt 1) which are temporally consecutive in first time steps (δt 1) and which are located within the time span, a first value (A 1,s (f 1,i,t)) of the transforms of each measurement signal (M s) is determined using predetermined first parameters (f 1,i) of a mathematical transformation rule, c) a first evaluation function (K 1,s (t)) is respectively derived for each first time step (δt 1) from the first values (A 1,s (f 1,i, t)) determined for each of the predetermined first parameters (f 1,i), d) the first evaluation functions (K 1,s (t)) are respectively compared to a first threshold value (k 1,0) and exceeding the first threshold value (k 1,0) of at least one of the first evaluation functions (K 1,s (t)) at a trigger time point (t 0) is considered as an indication of the presence of a pulsed signal component displaying the mechanical effect, e) in second time windows (Δt 2) which are temporally consecutive in second time steps (δt 2) and which are located within the time span, said second time windows (Δt 2) being smaller than the first time windows (Δt 1), second evaluation functions (K 2,s (t)) are determined using predetermined second parameters (f 2,i) of the mathematical transformation rule and using the same algorithms, f) the position of the effect is determined from the time points (t s, t s, korr) in which the second evaluation functions (K 2,s (t)) respectively fulfil a predetermined criterion and from the resulting time differences. a) the measurement signals (M s) are respectively saved in time intervals for a time span b) in first time windows (Δt 1) which are temporally consecutive in first time steps (δt 1) and which are located within the time span, a first value (A 1,s (f 1,i,t)) of the transforms of each measurement signal (M s) is determined using predetermined first parameters (f 1,i) of a mathematical transformation rule, c) a first evaluation function (K 1,s (t)) is respectively derived for each first time step (δt 1) from the first values (A 1,s (f 1,i, t)) determined for each of the predetermined first parameters (f 1,i), d) the first evaluation functions (K 1,s (t)) are respectively compared to a first threshold value (k 1,0) and exceeding the first threshold value (k 1,0) of at least one of the first evaluation functions (K 1,s (t)) at a trigger time point (t 0) is considered as an indication of the presence of a pulsed signal component displaying the mechanical effect, e) in second time windows (Δt 2) which are temporally consecutive in second time steps (δt 2) and which are located within the time span, said second time windows (Δt 2) being smaller than the first time windows (Δt 1), second evaluation functions (K 2,s (t)) are determined using predetermined second parameters (f 2,i) of the mathematical transformation rule and using the same algorithms, f) the position of the effect is determined from the time points (t s, t s, korr) in which the second evaluation functions (K 2,s (t)) respectively fulfil a predetermined criterion and from the resulting time differences.