Vibration Analysis

Level 1

Entry

The 'Entry', or 'Junior Level' Mobius Institute™ Category I course is intended for personnel who are new or have 6 months vibration monitoring and analysis experience. The course focuses on periodic, single channel data collection and analysis for condition-based maintenance programmes. A foundation is established for in-depth understanding of spectrum and waveform relationships.

Course Outline

3.5 Days

6 Core Modules

Maintenance practices

Breakdown, preventive, predictive and RCM

Condition monitoring

Review of condition monitoring technologies: Vibration, oil, wear debris analysis, infrared thermography, ultrasonic acoustic emission, electric motor testing

Principles of vibration

Motion, r.m.s./peak/peak-peak, frequency/ period
Displacement, velocity and acceleration
Units and unit conversion
Waveform and spectrum (FFT)
Natural frequencies
Basic forcing frequency calculations

Data acquisition

Instrumentation
Transducers and transducer mounting
Measurement point naming conventions
Routes/surveys: Loading and unloading the route
Data collection
Following a route
Repeatable data collection
Test procedures
Observations: utilising your time effectively in the field
Recognizing bad data

Equipment knowledge

Rotating equipment types and applications
Rolling element bearings and journal bearings
Review of failure modes and appropriate use of condition monitoring technologies

Basic vibration analysis

Overall level measurements
Spectrum analysis: Harmonics, sidebands and the analysis process
Alarm limits, trending and exception reports
Fault diagnosis:
- Imbalance, misalignment, looseness, eccentricity, resonance
- Defects associated with bearings, gears, belts, electric motors

Course Materials

Learning Outcome

Certification (Optional)

Snapshot

Maintenance practices

Condition monitoring

Principles of vibration

Data acquisition

Equipment knowledge

Basic vibration analysis

Your Instructors

Clyde Volpe

Principal

Vibration Institute of Australia

Pioneer in transforming Condition Monitoring to Reliability Improvement. Driving change with vibration analysis & oil analysis for enhanced industry reliability. Clyde has developed courses for quick learning.

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