• Review of maintenance practice​
• Review of condition monitoring tech​
• Principles of vibration​
• Complete review of basics​
• Waveform, spectrum (FFT), phase & orbits​
• Signals: modulation, beating... Etc.​
• Data acquisition​
• Signal processing​
• Vibration analysis​
• Fault analysis​
• Equipment testing and diagnostics​
• Correction action​
• Running a successful CM program​
• Acceptance testing​
• Review of ISO standards

You will learn about this course:

• condition monitoring, including a summary of the most common technologies
• Reliability improvement
• how vibration analysis plays a key role in reliability improvement
• How machines work via the supplementary self-study “equipment knowledge” section of the manual
• the fundamentals of vibration: waveforms, spectra, and simple metrics
• how to take dependable, repeatable, high-quality vibration readings
• Vibration sensors, and how and where to mount them
• The basics of the analysis process, primarily with vibration spectra
• The basics of the key analyzer settings: fmax, resolution, and averaging
• The basics of setting alarm limits
• The common “failure modes” of machines and how to detect them, including rolling element bearing faults, unbalance, misalignment, looseness, and resonance

• Collect vibration data
• Validate that the data is good
• Set up the analyzer for routine data collection and special tests
• Diagnosing most of the common fault conditions
• Perform special tests to validate unbalance, misalignment, resonance, looseness, and other conditions
• Know how to perform precision shaft alignment and balancing
• Use the training and certification as the next step in a rewarding career as a vibration analyst

Day1

• Review of maintenance practices
• Review of condition monitoring technologies
• Principles of vibration
• Complete review of basics
• Waveform, spectrum (FFT), phase and orbits
• Understanding signals: modulation, beating, sum/difference
• Data acquisition
• Transducer types: Non-contact displacement
• Proximity probes, velocity sensors, and accelerometers
• Transducer selection
• Transducer mounting and natural frequency
• Measurement point selection
• Following routes, and test planning
• Common measurement errors

Day 2:

• Signal processing
• Filters: Low pass, band pass, high pass, band stop
• Sampling, aliasing, dynamic range
• Resolution, Fmax, data collection time
• Averaging: linear, overlap, peak hold, time synchronous
• Windowing and leakage
• Vibration analysis
• Spectrum analysis
• Time waveform analysis (introduction)
• Orbit analysis (introduction)
• Phase analysis: bubble diagrams and ODS
• Enveloping (demodulation), shock pulse, spike energy, PeakVue

Day 3

• Fault analysis
• Natural frequencies and resonances
• Imbalance, eccentricity and bent shaft
• Misalignment, cocked bearing and soft foot
• Mechanical looseness
• Rolling element bearing analysis
• Analysis of induction motors
• Analysis of gears
• Analysis of belt-driven machines
• Analysis of pumps, compressors, and fans

Day 4

• Equipment testing and diagnostics
• Impact testing and bump tests
• Phase analysis
• Corrective action
• General maintenance repair activities
• Review of the balancing process
• Review of shaft alignment procedures
• Running a successful condition monitoring program
• Setting baselines
• Setting alarms: band, envelope/mask, statistical
• Setting goals and expectations (avoiding common problems)
• Report generation
• Reporting success stories
• Acceptance testing
• Review of ISO standards

Accredit certification of successful completion is issued from Mobius Institute after the training.

Accredit certification according to ISO 18436 is issued from Mobius Institute after passing the ISO examination.