Vibration school training courses in Chicago, IL (public, in-house or online)

This is an intermediate level course intended for engineers with background in mechanical, structural or related engineering disciplines. Learn how to compute natural frequencies and response to dynamic forces, and design to reduce vibration of new and existing systems. Rotating equipment, their supports and foundations, vibration absorbers (tuned mass dampers), vibration isolators, blast loads, earthquakes, transportation vibrations, flow-induced vibrations and vibration monitoring are discusse...

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When you complete this lesson, you will be able to describe a typical plant’s vibration program and discuss how it contributes to the plant’s operational readiness.

Describe the structure, limitations, and components of a typical vibration database.
Explain why some equipment has permanently installed vibration equipment and describe how that equipment works.
Describe how periodic vibration data collection with portable equipment fits into a plant’s vibration program.
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When you complete this lesson, you will be able to describe basic techniques to investigate vibration problems and troubleshoot their root cause.

Discuss how to examine preliminary vibration problem data and findings.
List the common machine vibration data collection points.
Explain how to inspect a machine when investigating vibration problems.
Identify the steps, procedures, and communication techniques employed in successful vibration troubleshooting.
Differentiate betw...

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When you complete this lesson, you will be able to describe the characteristics of common, vibration-causing mechanical faults.

Discuss the common characteristics of a machine vibrating due to misalignment.
Identify the signs that a machine is unbalanced.
Recognize the characteristics of vibration caused by:
mechanical looseness

a faulty bearing
a faulty gear or belt
an electrical fault

Study of systems with nonlinear damping and restoring forces excited by deterministic or random inputs. Applications in measurement, testing, and design of mechanical systems. Nonlinear systems are emphasized.