Objectifs

• Provide a basic understanding of vibration measurement and analysis
• Provide a solid understanding of various sensors, vibration measurement systems and data transmission technologies
• Teach the benefits, limitations of each sensor/device technology
• Give an overview of which sensors serve what applications

Public cible

• Reliability Managers and engineers
• Maintenance Managers
• Maintenance supervisors and Maintenance engineers
• Operations engineers, …

Prérequis

Prior experience is not required for attending the training course

Programme

AM : Vibration technology
1. Introduction to vibration analysis :
• Basic concepts of vibration analysis: time signal, FFT spectrum, etc.
2. Vibration analysis in practice, detection of problems such as:
• Resonance
• Alignment errors
• Rolling element bearing defects
• Detection of imbalance
3. From overall vibration monitoring to spectral & waveform analysis…

PM : Vibration Sensors & Devices – Benefits and Limitations
1. Overview of the different types of vibration sensors technologies
2. Selecting the Most appropriate sensor technology
3. Influencing factors : sensitivity, frequency range, environmental conditions

4. From basic to advanced accelerometer :
• Piezo vs mem’s
• Loop powered and signal conditioner
5. From offline to online monitoring systems :
• Overall Meter
• Data collector / analyser
• Semi online systems
• Online monitoring systems
• Protection vs Prediction devices
• Wired vs Wireless solutions
6. From Edge to Cloud computing :
• What is Edge / Cloud computing
• Local vs cloud data hosting (data protection / data ownership)
• Communication protocols
7. From contact sensors to non contact vibration camera’s
8. Demonstration of some of the devices and technologies