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Duration: 3 days (incl. 2 hour exam)

Prerequisites: None

Optional exam: Learn more here.

Resources you keep:

  • iLearnVibration [Category I]

  • Detailed course book

  • Pocket reference guide

  • Diagnostic mouse pad

  • Learn more here

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Five main benefits:

1/ When you register for this course, you will receive the iLearnVibration CD and pre-study guide. Prepare and you will succeed!

2/ Our course utilizes modern slides, animations, innovative simulations, and live case studies - all delivered by Clyde Volpe and/or Jason Tranter. 

3/ Each class will have ten notebook computers so that you can interact with the simulations, participate in course activities, and analyze real vibration measurements.

4/ You can take the optional certification exam. The training course and exam follows the ISO 18436.2 Category I standard, and the ASNT SNT-TC-1A Level I standard.

5/ You take away the award winning iLearnVibration vibration training CD, a course book, pocket reference guide and mouse pad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entry Level Vibration Training
ISO Category I / ASNT Level I

The Vibration Technician "Entry Level" course is intended for personnel who are new to vibration monitoring and analysis, and for personnel who have limited vibration analysis experience. The course focuses on periodic, single channel data collection and analysis for condition based maintenance programs. A foundation is established for in-depth understanding of spectrum and waveform relationships.

You will come away from this course with a very good understanding of the fundamentals; you will understand how to take good measurements (and understand the importance of repeatability); and you will be ready to begin analyzing vibration spectra.

  • Maintenance practices

o        Breakdown, preventive, predictive and RCM
 

  • Condition monitoring

o        Review of condition monitoring technologies: Vibration, oil, wear particle, infrared, acoustic emission, electric motor testing
 

  • Principles of vibration

o        Motion, r.m.s./peak/peak-peak, frequency/period

o        Displacement, velocity and acceleration

o        Units and unit conversion

o        Waveform and spectrum (FFT)

o        Natural frequencies and generated frequencies

o        Basic forcing frequency calculations
 

  • Data acquisition

o        Instrumentation

o        Transducers and transducer mounting

o        Measurement point naming conventions

o        Routes/surveys: Loading and unloading the route

o        Data collection

         Following a route

         Repeatable data collection

         Test procedures

         Observations: best utilizing your time in the field

         Recognizing bad data
 

  • Equipment knowledge

o        Rotating equipment types and applications

o        Rolling element bearings and journal bearings

o        Review of failure modes and appropriate use of condition monitoring technologies
 

  • Basic vibration analysis

o        Overall level measurements

o        Spectrum analysis

         Harmonics, sidebands and the analysis process

         Alarm limits, trending and exception reports

o        Introduction to fault diagnosis:

         Imbalance, misalignment, looseness, eccentricity, resonance

         Defects associated with bearings, gears, belts, electric motors

o        Case studies will be presented to illustrate the analysis and fault diagnosis process.  Attendees will perform analysis.

 

  • Review of ISO standards