Machinery Failure, Vibration Analysis and Predictive Maintenance.

Program Overview:                                                                                                                                                                 

Machines deteriorate as they get older so we can expect a certain amount of performance falloff and general deterioration of the machine. If we understand the failure mechanisms that are in place we can identify which parameters best indicate the deterioration of the machine.

Failure analysis and Predictive Maintenance techniques, including vibration analysis, are discussed in the course with a view to optimizing the maintenance engineering effort while maximizing production. Other techniques that will be addressed include infrared thermography, passive ultrasonic, tribology and performance monitoring.

For Whom:

This course is particularly aimed at operating personnel performing in oil & gas and manufacturing organizations as well as process and maintenance engineers. The course shall also be beneficial to other technical personnel who want to broaden their knowledge on machine failure mechanism, vibration analysis and predictive maintenance.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• have an understanding of Machine Failure Analysis techniques;
• explain a range of Predictive Maintenance Technologies;
• list and explain the potential contribution of each these technologies to maintenance efficiency;
• explain how these technologies can interact with and support each other; and
• acquire hints and Tips for practical application of these technologies so as to achieve the best results.

Course outline:

Day 1 – Understanding Failures

• Machine Failure Analysis,
• Wear and tribology,
• Fatigue mechanisms
• Plain, tilt-pad and anti-friction bearing and seal failures

Day 2 – Avoiding Failures                                            

• Trouble shooting techniques,
• Statistical analysis of machinery failures

Day 3 – Understanding Predictive Maintenance

• Predictive Maintenance Concepts: an introduction,
• Maintenance Strategies
• Predictive Maintenance – background and history
• Predictive Maintenance Technologies – an overview
• Potential Failure Analysis – deciding which technologies to apply
• Vibration Analysis,
  • Introduction to Vibration Analysis
  • Frequency Analysis and the Fast Fourier Transform
  • Vibration Transducers,
• Basic Failure Mechanisms with examples

Day 4 – Using Predictive Maintenance

• Vibration Standards and Alarm Levels,
• Vibration Diagnostics
• Amplitude Demodulation – a.k.a Enveloping, SSE, HFD, Peak-Vue
• Vibration on Rolling Element Bearings,
• Resonance – identification & cure
• Other Predictive Maintenance Techniques,
• Infrared Thermography
• Thermographic applications,
• Passive Ultrasonic – contact and non-contact
• Ultrasonic Applications,
• Tribology – oil analysis

Day 5 – Control Mechanisms

• Managing Predictive Maintenance,
• Performance and Efficiency Monitoring
• Managing the Predictive Maintenance effort,
• Cost Analysis
• Reporting Techniques,
• Integrating Predictive Maintenance into the Maintenance Plan

The Course Package: Includes: Course material in soft copy, Tea break, Lunch, City tour, and certificate of attendance. A laptop with the soft copy of the course material loaded with a carrying bag will be presented to the participants at the end of the course.

Note: Payment is either U$D or the prevailing parallel market rate. We do not accept government official rate.

Training Methodology

• Methodology: Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, audio-visual aids will be used to reinforce these teaching/learning methods

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