Remote Vibration Level 2 Course Outline
Week Before course
- The tablet and sensors arrive with DT6 training videos and course materials
- Live Q&A session about the use of DT6 by web conferencing, recorded for student review
Day 1
- Introduction with course goals and outline
- Review of important Level 1 vibration concepts
Day 2
- Instrument setup for monitoring and analysis with spectra and time waveform
- Spectral analysis
- Process of elimination
Day 3
- Truncation
- Modulation
- Beats
Day 4
- Analyzing imbalance vs. misalignment
- Looseness and rubs
- Identifying 2xLF
- Rotor bars
Day 5
- Rolling element bearings
- Bearing fault examples
- Documenting the financial benefits of a vibration program
Day 6
- Gear vibration
- Collaborative frequency exercise
- Pump vibration including cavitation, recirculation and turbulence
- Vibration on belt-driven machines
Day 7
- Resonance and resonance tests
- Foot related resonance (FRR)
- 1st or source resonance
Day 8
- Phase analysis
- Imbalance phase
- Misalignment phase
- Bent shaft phase
Day 9
- Writing effective vibration reports
- Balance tolerances, standards and methods
- Precision installation process
Day 10
- Review for certification exam.
Week after course
- Take certification exam at time convenient for student.
- Student can continue to practice with the DT6 with machinery at their location.
Two weeks after course finish
- Ship student tablet and sensors back to Update.