• Fundamentals of Vibration
• Basic Vibration Analysis
• Intermediate Vibration Analysis
• Advanced Vibration Analysis
• Fundamentals of the CSI 2130 Machinery Health Analyzer
• Fundamentals of Vibration and CSI 2120 Machinery Health Analyzer (combined)
• Fundamentals of Vibration and CSI 2130 Machinery Health Analyzer (combined)
• Vibration Level I Certification
• Vibration Level II Certification
• Advanced CSI 2120 with PeakVue
• Advanced CSI 2130 Machinery Health Analyzer with Peakvue
• Introduction to Windows-Based ODS/Modal
• Root Cause Failure Analysis
• Corporate Training Package I – Vibration Level I
• Corporate Training Package II – Vibration Level II
• CSI 4500 Machinery Health Monitor Series Formal Training
• Turbomachinery Diagnostics using the CSI 4500 Machinery Health Monitoring with Transient capabilities
• CSI 9210 Machinery Health Transmitter

Fundamentals of Vibration
ATC-2069; Taught on customer site class #ATC-2069CS
This 2-day course was designed for those who have had no prior experience in vibration. Participants will learn about causes of vibration and methods of measurement in preparation for the Basic Vibration Analysis. Fundamentals of Vibration may be taken in conjunction with Fundamentals of the 2120 (ATC-2071) or Fundamentals of the 2130 (ATC-2072).

Overview: From the foundation of vibration technology and what makes it useful, to the anatomy of a quality vibration analysis measurement, this class covers knowledge important to anyone participating in a vibration analysis program. Emerson's CSI products will be used in hands-on exercises to demonstrate the significance of the vibration signal and its role in a predictive maintenance program. Although the course does not provide instruction on CSI products, the class uses them to demonstrate vibration principles. If the student desires hands-on analyzer training in addition to learning some of the basics of vibration, then Emerson recommends either adding one of the other Fundamentals classes described above or the Basic Vibration Analysis class. Topics include:

• Introduction to vibration
• Components of a predictive maintenance program
• Basic fault identification
• Keys to a successful vibration program
• Fault characteristics and patterns

Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Vibration or up to six months of vibration experience is recommended.

Topics include:

• Vibration theory and background
• Vibration terminology
• Transducer selection
• Data collection techniques
• Recognizing machine defects such as:
  • Unbalance
  • Shaft misalignment
  • Looseness
  • Rolling element bearing defects
  • Gear problems
  • Resonance
  • Introduction to electrical defects
• Basic 2120 analyzer functions such as:
  • Utility functions
  • Program functions
  • Route data collection on lab equipment
  • Setup basics
  • Off-route data collection
  • Computer software operations such as:
    • Loading routes into the analyzer
    • Transferring data to the computer
    • Basic PlotData analysis tools

Prerequisites: Basic Vibration Analysis and 6 months - 2 years vibration experience is recommended.

Topics include:

• Analyzer averaging techniques
• Slow speed applications using SST
• Sensor selection guidelines
• Introduction to demodulation and Peakvue
• Advanced waveform analysis § Sideband analysis
• Rolling element bearing failure modes
• Advanced electrical analysis techniques
• Pump/fan vibration
• Phase analysis using single and dual channel

Prerequisites: Intermediate Vibration and 1 - 3 years vibration experience is recommended.

• Analyzer/computer communication
• Predefined route data collection
• Off-route data collection and setup
• Monitor mode measurements
• Peak and Phase measurements

Also available: Fundamentals of the CSI 2120 (ATC-2071)

Prerequisites: Student understanding of vibration analysis is expected.

Fundamentals of Vibration and CSI 2130 Machinery Health Analyzer
Class # ATC-2013: Taught on customer site class # ATC-2013CS
These are two individual courses that can be registered for in combination for discount pricing.

Vibration Level I Certification
Class # ATC-2054
Test format: 1/2-day written exam
Passing grade: 70
Prerequisites: Basic and Intermediate Vibration Analysis are recommended.
Must show proficiency in:

• Understanding and interpreting basic vibration data, spectrum, waveform, and phase
• Understanding common vibration terminology
• Identifying common machinery faults
• Identifying fault severity using vibration data

The certification tests can be scheduled to coincide with your course attendance. Please set this up when you call to register for your course.

Study Guide and Sample Questions

• Analyzing advanced machinery faults found in rotating equipment, including: airflow disturbances, cavitation, anti-friction bearings, sleeve bearings, resonance, electrical, and phase analysis
• Identifying and performing advanced diagnostic measurement techniques with a single channel analyzer
• Evaluating fault severity and making appropriate repair recommendations
• Understanding of basic uses of multi-channel analysis techniques including orbits and cross-channel phase

The certification tests can be scheduled to coincide with your course attendance. Please set this up when you call to register for your course.

Prerequisites: Single channel vibration analysis experience is recommended.

Topics include:

• PeakVue
• Advanced Transient downloadable program (DLP)
• System vs. signal analysis
• Dual channel data collection
• Fundamentals of cross-channel data collection
• Introduction to coherence and cross-channel phase
• Orbit data collection § Frequency response function and transfer function measurements
• Introduction to Operating Deflection Shape (ODS) testing methods § Introduction to modal analysis testing methods
• Advanced 2-channel DLP

Prerequisites: Single-channel vibration analysis experience is required.

Topics include:

• PeakVue
• Advanced Transient downloadable program (DLP)
• System vs. signal analysis
• Dual channel data collection
• Fundamentals of cross-channel data collection
• Introduction to coherence and cross-channel phase
• Orbit data collection
• Introduction to Operating Deflection Shape (ODS) testing methods
• Introduction to modal analysis testing methods
• Advanced 2-channel DLP

Prerequisites: Knowledge of dual channel analyzers and at least one year of full time vibration analysis experience is recommended. The course is introductory and will not cover theory or mathematical background.

Topics include:

• Building of the wireframe model
• Measurement considerations
• Collecting ODS data with and without a tach reference
• Utilizing an impact hammer with the 2120 Advanced Two Channel DLP
• Interpretation of results

Most companies accept machinery breakdown, repetitive equipment or component failures and suboptimal machinery operating life as inevitable costs of doing business. The unrecognized consequences of this attitude are inferior product quality, erratic production schedules, and reduced profitability. Advanced maintenance technologies with the proven capacity for minimizing actual machinery breakdown and more efficiently managing maintenance resources are widely available.

By systematically evaluating hypotheses against proven evidence, the possible identity of the underlying root cause can be determined. An Action Plan may be formulated that either eliminates the root cause, mitigates the adverse effects of the root cause or provides sufficient early warning that the failure cycle has begun. This process is highly proactive, and can be utilized readily with preventive and predictive maintenance systems in an integrated maintenance strategy such as a Reliability-Based Maintenance program.

Emerson designed this course for managers, engineers and technicians who are looking to establish a Root Cause Failure Analysis program as a way of enhancing an existing Predictive/Preventive Maintenance program. Emerson recommends one to two years of experiences with a predictive maintenance program, but no specific knowledge of predictive technologies is required.

The course consists of a number of modules that provide the participant with an introduction to the various facets of benchmark RCFA programs.

Topics include:

• Failure definitions and types of failure
• Establishing a Root Cause Failure Analysis program
• When to initiate investigation
• RCFA investigation methodology
• Cost/benefit evaluation and performance metrics
• Review of machinery and component failure modes
• Case Histories

• Fundamentals of Vibration & CSI 2120
• Introduction to AMS Machinery Manager
• Basic Vibration Analysis
• Intermediate Vibration Analysis
• Level I Certification

• Advanced AMS Machinery Manager
• Advanced Vibration Analysis
• Advanced CSI 2120 with PeakVue
• Introduction to Windows Based ODS/Modal
• Root Cause Failure Analysis
• Level II Certification

• understand vibration basics and terminology as it relates to the 4500 Machinery Health Monitor
• learn the basics of the functionality and components of the system
• learn to use Online Watch- a program used daily by operations personnel to monitor the system.
• learn Online Config - how to add a new machine to an existing database and all the aspects of getting to the point of data collection
• learn AMS Machinery Manager programs to view data, diagnose equipment problems, fine-tune the database, and manage the data
• learn PeakVue processing
• Review customer databases

Prerequisites: None, but HIGHLY recommend taking the Basics of Vibration course BEFORE this course.

Topics include:

• Intro to vibration analysis and terminology
• 4500 system overview
• Online Watch
• Acknowledge alarms
• Live trends
• Demand acquisition
• Config
• Assign channels
• Commission the hardware
• Build a database of equipment
• AP sets and AL sets
• DCS
• Predicates
• AMS Machinery Manager
• Diagnostic plotting
• Fine tuning the database
• Managing the data

• Rotating equipment engineers, operators, vibration analysts and technicians, supervisors and managers responsible for operation, maintenance and reliability of rotating equipment.
• OEM designers of rotating equipment who require knowledge of the root causes of vibration and the mechanisms that lead to harmful malfunctions.

The course will provide knowledge and skills to better operate, maintain, manage, diagnose and design rotating machinery using vibration information and fundamentals of rotating machinery diagnostics. Students will learn to interpret start-up/shutdown and steady state vibration data plots, understand the sources of rotating machinery vibration and to recognize common machinery malfunctions. The course makes s extensive use of hands-on workshops using full-featured field diagnostic equipment to reinforce lecture topics. Students will receive a manual containing workshop exercises and reference materials as well as a copy of Fundamentals of Rotating Machinery Diagnostics, written by vibration monitoring pioneer and rotordynamics researcher Donald E. Bently. This comprehensive book is a practical guide that thoroughly explains and demystifies the essential concepts needed for effective machinery diagnostics.

Topics include:

• The Fundamentals of Sleeve Bearing Vibration for Turbomchinery
  • Basic Vibration Signal
  • Displacement / Velocity / Acceleration
  • Vibration Vectors
  • Frequency
  • Amplitude
  • Phase
  • Vibration of Machines
    • Phase Measurement Workshop
       
• Interpreting Vibration Data Plots
  • Steady State Plots: Timebase, Orbit, Average Shaft Centerline Plots
  • Start-up and Shutdown Plots: Bode, Polar, APHT
  • Spectrum Plots
  • Trend Plots
    • Vibration Plot Workshop
       
• Static and Dynamic Rotor Response
  • The Rotor System Model and the Forces Acting on the Rotor
  • Dynamic Stiffness and Rotor Behavior
  • Single Plane Balancing
    • Single Plane Balancing Workshop
  • Modes of Vibration
  • Anisotropic Stiffness
  • Torsional and Axial Vibration
     
• Introduction to Machinery Malfunction Diagnosis
  • Unbalance
    • Multi-plane Balancing Workshop
  • Misalignment and High Radial Loads
  • Rubs and Looseness
    • Rubs Workshop
  • Fluid-Induced Instabilities (Oil Whirl and Oil Whip)
    • Fluid-Induced Instabilities Workshop
  • Shaft Cracks
    • Case History Workshop

Note:  This course is taught at our Austin, TX training center.