• Frequency and amplitude.
• Displacement, velocity, acceleration.
• Different types of vibration: periodic, random, shocks.
• Overall measurements: their limitations, severity charts, high frequency techniques for anti-friction bearings, practical recommendations.
• Simple system behavior: amplitude and phase.
• Actual rotor and bearings systems.
• Critical speeds.
• Using phase to study resonance.
• Identifying and solving problems.
• FFT analyzers: Fourier transforms and actual plots.
• Accelerometers, fixation methods.
• Selecting analysis parameters: scales, units, windows.
• Using special functions: zoom, cepstrum, envelope detection.
• Using non-contacting probes for monitoring large machinery running on plain or tilt-pad bearings.
• Unbalance
• Shaft and coupling misalignment
• Antifriction bearings
• Oil whirl of plain or tilt pad bearings
• Mechanical looseness, shaft cracks, friction between rotor and stationary part
• Defective gears
• Electromagnetic defects of induction electric motors
• Drive belt vibration
• Vibration control policy: machinery improvement program.
• Different policies according to the type of machinery and its criticity.
• "Ordinary machines" monitoring (motor-pump assemblies, fans, blowers, ...). Guidelines.
• Developing an effective program: cooperation between specialists, mechanics and operators.
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