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Vibration Monitoring and

Analysis – Category I

BINDT PCN Accredited to ISO 18436-2

Reduce downtime and increase

productivity by investing in the expertise

of your personnel. Vibration Monitoring is

a cost-effective strategy for condition

monitoring rotating & reciprocating plant.

Course Leader:

Simon Mills BSc(Eng), CEng, CMarEng, MIMarEst, FInstNDT

Managing Director – SpectrumCBM Ltd, UK

VA Category IV BINDT PCN ISO Certified

Chair: ISO TC108/SC5 – CM of machine systems

Chair: BSI GME 21/7 – CM of machines

BINDT Fellow & Council member

Author: BINDT VA Handbook & VA Workbooks

Who Should Attend:

Personnel:

Managers, Engineers, Analysts, Supervisors,

Technicians and Operators who wish to learn

about basic vibration monitoring and analysis in

the areas of Operations, Maintenance,

Engineering, Reliability and Condition Monitoring

for example from the following industries:

■ Aerospace & Aviation

■ Facilities, Banking & Utilities

■ Food & Beverage

■ Manufacturing

■ Mining & Minerals, Cement & Fertilisers

■ Oil & Gas, Petrochemical & Chemical

■ Pharmaceuticals

■ Power Gen, Transmission & Distribution

Course Objectives:

This course is based on the ISO 18436-2:2014

certification program for vibration analyst

category I, and is designed to prepare staff for

the Cat 1 Certification Exam. The course is

accredited to BINDT PCN CM GEN App D.

VA Cat 1 personnel are qualified to perform a

range of simple single-channel machinery

vibration condition monitoring and diagnostics of

machines activities in accordance with ISO 17359

and ISO 13373-1. They are qualified to:

■ know of the basic principles of vibration and

recognize the different units of

measurement;

■ be able to collect reliable data ensuring

appropriate standards of repeatability;

■ be able to identify errors in collected data;

■ be able to retrieve pre-defined measurement

settings for use with VA equipment and

transfer data from an analysis system to a

computer-based system;

■ be able to compare overall or single-value

vibration measurements against pre-

established alert settings;

■ be able to identify deviations from the norm

for single-value vibration values and trends;

■ report on visual observations of equipment

condition

Difficulty Level:

Basic: No prior experience in Vibration Analysis is

required to attend this course.

Course Content:

This course is in accordance with the ISO 18436-2

certification program for VA Category 1. The

following is covered:

Day 1

Introduction Introduction to condition monitoring and simple

failure mode analysis.

■ Task 1: Selecting CM Techniques

Principles of Vibration Basic motion: Period, frequency, amplitude

(peak, peak-to-peak, r.m.s.). Parameters

(displacement, velocity, acceleration). Units, unit

conversions, time & frequency domains.

■ Task 2: Measuring Velocity

■ Task 3: Vibration Waveform Examples (3†)

■ Task 4: Vibration Waveform Descriptors

Introduction to Resonance Methods of finding and avoiding/reducing

resonance.

■ Task 5: Identifying Resonance

■ Task 6: Case History – Main Circ. Pumps

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Day 2

Data Acquisition – Instrumentation Instrumentation, transducer types, locations &

mounting.

■ Task 7: Choice of Monitoring System

■ Task 8: Recognising Transducer Types

Data Acquisition – Measurement Overall vibration, vibration severity, setting

alarms and taking measurements

■ Task 9: Vibration Severity Exercises (6†)

■ Task 10: Broadband Vibration Fault Exercise

■ Task 11: Setting up & Taking Measurements

Recognising Poor Data Recognising Poor Data

■ Task 12: Recognising Invalid Readings (4†)

Day 3

Monitoring Program Set-up Recognize AC induction motor, basic pump & fan

combinations. Centrifugal & screw compressors,

rolling mills, paper machines, process equipment,

machine tools and simple gearboxes.

■ Task 13: Allocating Measurement Points

■ Task 14: Identifying Machine Components

■ Task 15: Recognising Asset Types

Vibration Frequency & Signal Analysis Be aware of the term FFT and recognize the

following basic FFT terminology: e.g. number of

lines, Fmax and time to sample. Recognize basic

faults, e.g. bearing noise and damage, balance,

looseness and misalignment.

■ Task 16: Recognising Common Faults (3†)

Day 4

Frequency & Signal Analysis – Fault Finding Recognize fault frequencies for pre-set FFT and

simple time waveforms for unbalance, looseness,

misalignment, bearing noise & damage. Be aware

of simple maintenance actions to rectify faults,

e.g. lubrication and alignment.

■ Task 17: Vibration Frequency Analysis (8†)

■ Task 18: Case History – Ball Mill

Course Assessment Course Review & Training Examination

Course Assessment

Optional BINDT PCN VA Cat 1 Exam* * UK only – This can be arranged through SpectrumCBM or

any other BINDT Approved Examination Centre (AEC)

* UK only – Applications should be made to BINDT at least 2

working weeks before the exam date

Note: The BINDT PCN VA Level 1 Exam may be taken

immediately after the training, but the certificate will only be

awarded after 6 months relevant logged VA experience.

Key Learning Outcomes:

After completing this course, you should achieve

the following learning outcomes.

■ Understand the basic language of Vibration

Monitoring (VM)

■ Be aware of a range of available basic VM

techniques

■ Recognise a range of rotating machine types

including: Fans and pumps

■ Recognise a range of Vibration

Instrumentation and Transducers

■ Be able to take measurements & review data

(with pre-set parameters)

■ Be able to recognise a basic set of alarm

conditions (pre-set parameters)

■ Be able to recognise and avoid some types

of poorly taken data

Timing:

4 days including optional BINDT PCN Certification

Exam on last day:

Day 1 - 3: 09:00 – 17:00

Day 4: 09:00 – 15:00

Course Documentation:

A comprehensive task-based workbook

accompanies the course with clear syllabus-based

information and diagrams, pictures and practical

examples:

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Testimonials: "Very knowledgeable and an excellent instructor"

Rotating Equipment Engineer UK (Offshore Petrochem)

"Very good notes and well delivered course"

Reliability Engineer, UK (Offshore Petrochem)

"Good delivery & presentation"

Power Plant Engineer, Malaysia (Power Industry)

"Very good at making a complicated subject

simple"

Reliability Engineer, UK (Cement)

"The course was very informative, very clearly

explained. Good detailed instruction."

Rotating Equipment Engineer, UK (Offshore Petrochem)

"Very Good - lots of experience & good at getting

examples across"

Maintenance Engineer, UK (Port & Ship Handling)

"Very good, obviously very experienced in the

field"

Senior Consultant, Ireland (Consultancy)

SpectrumCBM offers training covering all

aspects of condition based maintenance,

to address technical and managerial

needs from shop floor to boardroom.

References:

The course is based on the BINDT Vibration

Monitoring & Analysis Handbook and ISO

Standards including:

ISO 18436-2:2014

ISO 17359:2011

ISO 13373-1:2002