Attendees will learn how to model machinery operation and malfunctions in fundamental terms, preparing them to better identify and understand machinery problems in the field. 

• give an account of common strategies and methods to plan and perform machinery maintenance, 

• give an account of common failures in primarily rotating machinery and how vibration analysis can detect failure,  

• give an account of different types of transmitters and their properties when measuring mechanical vibrations, 

• plan, perform and interpret the results of condition check with vibration measuring, 
• assess a measured vibration result with the help of relevant norms, 
• balance a rotor on the principle of single-plane balancing using appropriate instruments, 

• outline some simple methods of lubrication analysis. 

• Engineers desiring to advance their machinery vibration diagnostics skills 

• Engineers involved in the design, acceptance testing, and maintenance of rotating machinery 

• Post-graduate engineering attendees 

• Academic researchers and professors involved in rotor dynamics 

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

Day 1 

• Introduction to Rotating Machinery Dynamics 

• Steady-State and Startup/Shutdown Plot Review 

• Basic Rotor Modeling 

• Stiffness Concepts and Calculations 

• Critical Speed Maps 

• Modal Mass Definition and Calculation 

• Model Rotor Kit and Predict Resonance Frequency 

• Fundamental Synchronous Rotor Response 

• Synchronous Dynamic Stiffness Testing 

Day 2 

• Workshop: Single-Plane Balancing 

• How to Handle Anisotropic Systems 

• Multi-Plane Balancing (Static and Coupled Balancing) 

• Polar Plot Balancing 

• Static and Couple Balancing 

• Workshop: Multi-Plane Balancing 

Day 3 

• Preload Forces on Machinery 

• Internal Preloads (including Gears and Pumps) 

• External Preloads (including Misalignment) 

• Dynamic Stiffness Parameters – No synchronous Perturbation 

• Workshop: Identify Dynamic Stiffness Parameters Using 

No synchronous Perturbation Data 

Day 4 

• Fluid-Induced Instabilities of Rotors: Whirl and Whip – Summary of Results Instability Source Location 

• Workshop: Diagnose and Control Fluid-Induced Instabilities 

• Rotor to Stationary Part Rubbing 

• Case History: Steam Turbine Rub During Startup and Generator 

Seal Rub Showing Slowly Changing Amplitude and Phase Lag 

• Workshop: Diagnose and Identify Partial Radial Rotor-to-Stator Rubs 

Day 5 

• Detection of Cracked Shafts 

• Case History: Reactor Recirculation Pump with a Shaft Crack 

• Compressors – Mechanical and Aerodynamic Design Surge and 

Stall Malfunctions 

• Seminar Summary – Questions and Answers 

RECTUS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.