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Vibration Analysis Training
Learn the knowledge and training to see the future
An organization with skilled condition monitoring technicians and analysts experiences lower maintenance costs and higher plant reliability. Condition monitoring allows us to detect the onset of failure and detect when the conditions exist that will cause future failures. Coupled with an effective planning and scheduling process, maintenance costs and production downtime can be dramatically reduced.
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Welcome to the beginning of your vibration analysis journey
VCAT-I Junior Vibration Analyst
Introduction
Learn to be an effective vibration technician – capable of collecting quality data, and performing basic analysis and data validation. Welcome to the beginning of the vibration analysis journey. The good news is you are in the right place. Our VCAT-I ISO Category I course will set you up for success.
Who should attend?
This course is intended for the vibration analyst who will:
- Collect vibration data
- Validate that the data is good
- Begin to perform basic analysis
- Use the training and certification as the start of a new and rewarding career as a vibration analyst
What you will you gain from taking this course?
There are so many benefits to taking this course. You will learn…
- About condition monitoring, including a summary of the most common technologies
- About reliability improvement
- How vibration analysis plays a key role in reliability improvement
- About how machines work via the supplementary self study “equipment knowledge” section of the manual
- About the fundamentals of vibration: waveforms, spectra, and simple metrics
- How to take dependable, repeatable, high-quality vibration readings
- About vibration sensors, and how and where to mount them
- The basics of the analysis process, primarily with vibration spectra
- The basics of the key analyser settings: fmax, resolution, and averaging
- The basics of setting alarm limits
- About the common “failure modes” of machines and how to detect them
VCAT-II Intermediate Vibration Analyst
Introduction
Learn to be an effective vibration analyst – capable of diagnosing a wide range of faults, conducting special tests, and performing precision aligning and balancing machinery. So, you are ready to take the next step in your vibration analysis career. The good news is you are in the right place. Our VCAT-II ISO Category II course teaches you what you need to know to be a successful, confident, and competent vibration analyst. We will teach you how to diagnose a wide range of fault conditions. We will teach you how to collect the right data with the correct vibration analyzer settings. And we will teach you some useful tips and tricks so that you may validate the diagnoses that you make. In addition, we will teach you about shaft alignment and balancing so that you can improve the reliability of the equipment.
Who should attend?
This course is intended for the vibration analyst who will:
- Collect vibration data
- Validate that the data is good
- Set up the analyzer for routine data collection and special tests
- Diagnose 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
What you will you gain from taking this course?
There is a great deal to learn, but it will help you to perform your role with confidence. In this course you will:
- Increase your knowledge on maintenance practices, condition monitoring, and the common condition monitoring technologies
- Increase your knowledge about data collection, testing techniques, sensor types, and so on
- Learn a great deal about signal processing and the settings of your vibration analyzer
- Increase your knowledge of spectrum analysis, time waveform analysis, and phase analysis
- Understand why phase analysis and time waveform analysis are both critical tools used by the vibration analyst
- Learn about common failure modes and how to detect them
- Learn about high-frequency bearing and gear fault detection techniques
- Be able to use spectra, phase readings, time waveforms, bump and impact tests, to test for looseness, resonance, and other conditions
- Learn about precision shaft alignment and soft foot correction
- Learn about single and two-plane balancing
- Learn the basics of setting alarm limits: band alarms, and mask/envelope alarms
With the VCAT-II course, you will transition from being a person who is primarily capable of collecting data to a person who can diagnose faults on the critical machinery, and in some cases, prevent or correct them.
VCAT-III Senior Vibration Analyst
Introduction
Learn to be an effective vibration leader and master analyst – capable of managing the condition monitoring program, diagnosing the widest range of fault conditions, verifying and correcting resonance problems, performing complex balancing machinery.If you are ready to be the senior vibration analyst, with the capability of handling all the common fault conditions and leading the Category I and II analysts, then this is the course for you. The Category III course is intended for people who are confident with spectrum analysis but who wish to push on and learn more about signal processing, time
waveform and phase analysis, cross-channel testing, machine dynamics, and fault correction. If you wish to truly advance in vibration analysis and be able to run a successful condition monitoring team, then you are ready for this course.
Who should attend?
This course is intended for the vibration analyst who will:
- Have a minimum of 3 years of experience
- Have a senior role in the condition monitoring team
- Have others report to them to verify diagnoses
- Be responsible for the most complex fault conditions (with the possible exception of sleeve bearing, flexible rotor machines)
- Need to perform complex tests to validate fault conditions (e.g. resonance) and find a solution
- Want to be a leader of the vibration team or take a leading role in diagnosing faults and making repair recommendations
- Want to understand all data collector options, special test capabilities, all analysis tools and understand the widest range of fault conditions
- Seek to become certified to international standards (ISO-18436) by an accredited certification body
- Want to understand all condition monitoring technologies, how and when to apply them
- Want to understand machine dynamics (natural frequencies, resonance, ODS), how to perform resonance testing and how to correct resonance problems
- Use the training and certification as the next step in a rewarding career as a vibration analyst
What you will you gain from taking this course?
There is a great deal to learn, but it will help you to perform your role with confidence. The topics covered in this course include:
- Review of condition monitoring technologies and the ISO standards
- Signal processing and data acquisition
- Time waveform analysis
- Phase analysis
- Dynamics (natural frequencies and resonance)
- Testing for natural frequencies
- Operating Deflection Shape (ODS) analysis
- Modal analysis and intro to FEA
- Correcting resonances
- Rolling element bearing fault detection
- Journal bearing fault detection
- Electric motor testing
- Pumps, fans, and compressors
- Gearbox fault detection
- Corrective action
- Running a successful condition monitoring program
- Acceptance testing
- Review of ISO standards
With the VCAT-III course, you will transition from being a vibration analyst who should be supervised to a person who is capable of running the program, being a senior consultant, solving difficult problems, and taking a leadership role.
