Rotating Machinery Vibration Analysis

PAVIB-EN-P

Who should attend?

  • This course assesses the cause and evolution of mechanical failures by analysis of vibration signals.
  • It emphasizes the implementation of an efficient predictive maintenance program.
Public :
  • Engineers, supervisors and technicians involved in the technical inspection and maintenance of rotating equipment.

Level :Skilled

Prerequisite :
  • Provide evidence of a professional experience of at least 1 month related to the concerned field.

Course Content

  • BASIC DEFINITIONS - OVERALL MEASUREMENTS - Duration : 0.75 Day

      • Frequency and amplitude. Displacement, velocity, acceleration.
      • Different types of vibration: periodic, random, shocks.
      • Overall measurements: limitations, severity charts, high frequency techniques for anti-friction bearings, practical recommendations.
  • RESONANCE - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Simple system behavior: amplitude and phase. Actual rotor and bearings systems. Critical speeds.
      • Using phase to study resonance. Identifying and solving problems.
  • TOOLS FOR DIAGNOSIS - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • FFT analyzers: Fourier transforms and actual plots. Accelerometers, fixation methods.
      • Selecting analysis parameters: scales, units, windows. Using special functions: zoom, cepstrum, envelope detection.
      • Using non-contacting probes for monitoring large machinery running on plain or tilt-pad bearings.
  • MACHINERY DEFECTS & VIBRATION SIGNATURE - Duration : 2 Days

      • Unbalance. Shaft and coupling misalignment.
      • Antifriction bearings - Typical defects.
      • Plain or tilt pad bearings instabilities.
      • Mechanical looseness, cracks, friction between rotor and static parts. Gear failures.
      • Electromagnetic defects of induction electric motors.
      • Drive belt vibration.
  • PRACTICAL MACHINERY VIBRATION MONITORING - Duration : 0.25 Day

      • Vibration control policy: machinery improvement program. Different policies according to the type of machinery and its criticality.
      • Developing an effective program.

Learning Objectives

  • Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
  • explain how the measurement devices: sensors, analyzers, softwar, work
  • recognize standard signatures of the most common mechanical failures,
  • implement a maintenance plan for each machine based on the criticality.

Ways & Means

  • Study of industrial cases.
  • Various illustrations of actual systems.
  • Practical approach.

Learning assessment

  • Quiz.

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Coordinator :IFP Training trainer (permanent or contracted) having a good expertise and/or experience of the related topics, trained to adult teaching methods, and whose competencies are kept up-to-date.

To French entities : IFP Training is referenced to DataDock ; you may contact your OPCO about potential funding. Please contact our disabled persons referent to check the accessibility of this training program : referent.handicap@ifptraining.com