Vibration Monitoring & Analysis – Category II Workbook
This comprehensive workbook is an excellent resource for those interested in the subject of vibration monitoring and analysis. It is a detailed and informative guide to the topic, making it an ideal training tool for adults and further education students.
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Based on ISO 18436-2:2014 Category 2 and BINDT CM GEN App D Category 2
A4, 200 pp, Full colour, high quality, spiral bound. List Price £150.00
By Simon Mills BSc(Eng), CEng, CMarEng, MIMarEst, FInstNDT, VA Cat IV
Workbook Content: This workbook supports the ISO 18436-2 certification program for VA Category 2. The following is covered:
Condition Based Maintenance
Selecting CM Techniques
■Task 1: Selecting CM Techniques (3†)
Range of CM Techniques, Measurement Intervals, Lead Time to Failure
Principles of Vibration – Part 1
Definition of Vibration, Single Degree of Freedom Systems, Basic Motion, Measuring Vibration
■Task 2: Measuring Speed
■Task 3: Vibration Waveform Exercises (3†)
Waveform Descriptors, Adding Sinusoidal Vibrations
■Task 4: Vibration Mixtures (4†)
■Task 5: Vibration Waveform Descriptors
Principles of Vibration – Part 2
Vibration Parameters & Converting Units
■Task 6: Calculating Parameters and Converting Units
Time and Frequency Domain, Enveloping
Introduction to Resonance
Natural Frequency, Resonance, Critical Speeds
Effects of Resonance, Resonance Plots, Identifying Resonance, Machine Self-excitation, Exciter (Shaker) Test, Hammer Test
■Task 7: Hammer Test to Identify a Resonance
■Task 8: Case History - Main Circulation Pumps
Isolation and mounting systems
■Task 9: Case History - Engine Test Pallet
Data Acquisition – Instrumentation
■Task 10: Choice of Monitoring System
Online Monitoring Systems, Portable Vibration Data Collection Systems, Transducers, Transducer Characteristics, Examples of Vibration Transducers & Accessories, Mounting Transducers, Relative and Absolute Vibration Measurement
■Task 11: Performance of Different Transducer Types
Data Acquisition – Measurement
Vibration Measurement, Vibration Standards, Overall Vibration, Common ISO Vibration Standards, ISO 2372 and ISO 3945 (Superseded)
Vibration Limit Zones, Vibration Severity Bandwidths, Relative Vibration
■Task 12: Vibration Severity Exercises (9†)
■Task 13: Broadband Vibration Fault Exercise
■Task 14: Setting up and Taking Measurements
Recognising Poor Data
Reasons for Poor (Invalid) Readings
■Task 15: Recognising Invalid Readings (5†)
Poor Data Recognition Hints
Monitoring Program Set-up
Setting up Measurements, Route-based Data Collection, Identifying Equipment, Recording Equipment Information, Machinery Types, Electric Motor Characteristics, Rolling Element Bearing Characteristics, Measurement Point Conventions
■Task 16: Allocating Measurement Points
Identifying Machines and Measurement Points
■Task 17: Identifying Machine Components
■Task 18: Recognising Asset Types
Typical Vibration Data Collection Parameters, Reports
Vibration Frequency & Signal Analysis
FFT Terminology, FFT Features, Waterfall Plot, Spectrum Resolution, Dynamic Range, Signal Clipping and Truncation, Filters, Analogue to Digital Conversion, FFT Application
Fault Analysis
Fault Finding, Identify Machine Characteristics, Vibration Fault Finding Chart
■Task 19: Recognising Common Faults (4†)
Practical Fault Finding Examples
■Task 20: Vibration Frequency & Signal Analysis (8†)
■Task 21: Case History - Motor Driven Ball Mill
Typical Maintenance Actions
Corrective Action
Introduction to Unbalance, Types of Rotor, Types of Unbalance, Balancing Methods, Unbalance and Eccentricity, Balance Quality
■Task 22: Specifying Balance Quality (3†)
Single-Plane Balancing
■Task 23: Single-Plane Balancing without Phase
■Task 24: Single Plane Balancing with Phase
† Number of examples in a particular task
Note: The workbook has 24 Tasks with a total of 55 separate examples.
Task solutions are included.
