Attendees will learn how to model machinery operation and malfunctions in fundamental terms, preparing them to better identify and understand machinery problems in the field.

• give an account of common strategies and methods to plan and perform machinery maintenance,
• give an account of common failures in primarily rotating machinery and how vibration analysis can detect failure, 
• give an account of different types of transmitters and their properties when measuring mechanical vibrations,
• plan, perform and interpret the results of condition check with vibration measuring,
• assess a measured vibration result with the help of relevant norms,
• balance a rotor on the principle of single-plane balancing using appropriate instruments,
• outline some simple methods of lubrication analysis.

• Engineers desiring to advance their machinery vibration diagnostics skills
• Engineers involved in the design, acceptance testing, and maintenance of rotating machinery
• Post-graduate engineering attendees
• Academic researchers and professors involved in rotor dynamics

Day 1

• Introduction to Rotating Machinery Dynamics
• Steady-State and Startup/Shutdown Plot Review
• Basic Rotor Modeling

• Stiffness Concepts and Calculations
• Critical Speed Maps
• Modal Mass Definition and Calculation
• Model Rotor Kit and Predict Resonance Frequency

• Fundamental Synchronous Rotor Response
• Synchronous Dynamic Stiffness Testing

Day 2

• Workshop: Single-Plane Balancing
• How to Handle Anisotropic Systems
• Multi-Plane Balancing (Static and Coupled Balancing)

• Polar Plot Balancing
• Static and Couple Balancing

• Workshop: Multi-Plane Balancing

Day 3

• Preload Forces on Machinery

• Internal Preloads (including Gears and Pumps)
• External Preloads (including Misalignment)

• Dynamic Stiffness Parameters – No synchronous Perturbation
• Workshop: Identify Dynamic Stiffness Parameters Using

No synchronous Perturbation Data

Day 4

• Fluid-Induced Instabilities of Rotors: Whirl and Whip – Summary of Results Instability Source Location
• Workshop: Diagnose and Control Fluid-Induced Instabilities
• Rotor to Stationary Part Rubbing
• Case History: Steam Turbine Rub During Startup and Generator

Seal Rub Showing Slowly Changing Amplitude and Phase Lag

• Workshop: Diagnose and Identify Partial Radial Rotor-to-Stator Rubs

Day 5

• Detection of Cracked Shafts
• Case History: Reactor Recirculation Pump with a Shaft Crack
• Compressors – Mechanical and Aerodynamic Design Surge and

Stall Malfunctions

• Seminar Summary – Questions and Answers

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.