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Advanced Courses

2. Courseobjectives
• Analyze actual machine case histories using System 1 or ADRE databases.
• Organize data in plot formats believed to be indicative of the machinery fault.
• Present their conclusions and make recommendations to resolve the problem..
Program
Covered machinery topics and cases: • Steam turbines • Gas turbines • Motors • Centrifugal compressors •
Generators • Exciters • Gear boxes • Pumps • Fans
Covered malfunctions: • Unbalance • Lose parts • Preload and misalignment • Instability • Shaft crack • Rub • Thermal
unbalance • Coupling lockup •ESD and other issues.
Applied Diagnostics Workshop
Benefits
Gain additional insight needed to
efficiently solve complex machinery
problems.
Audience
• Machinery diagnosticians
• Startup engineers
• Remote diagnostic center specialists
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Duration
5 days (35h)
Equipment
All machines
Prerequisites
• Machinery diagnostics course
• ISO18436 Category III

3. Courseobjectives
• Conduct effective balancing of machine trains in the field, including trial weight calculation, data integrity trouble-
shooting, result evaluation, and decision-making
• Select appropriate strategies to help lower disruption costs and ensure proper data quality
• Choose the most effective calculation tools for each specific situation, efficiently evaluate inputs and outputs, and
recalculate between balancing methods and data conventions.
Program
• Balancing fundamentals • Basic calculations and conventions • Single plane balancing
• Static/couple balancing • Influence vector method (multiplane) balancing • Balancing using Bently Balance •
Static/couple vs. influence vector methods • Balancing for compromise conditions • Evaluating balancing quality –
interpret balancing reports • Final workshop and examination on balance in multiple planes
Advanced Field Balancing
Benefits
Gain a deep understanding of
machine train balancing methods to
be used in the field and build real-
world confidence through hands-on
practice on test rotors.
Audience
• Machinery diagnosticians
• Startup engineers
• Remote diagnostic center specialists
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Duration
5 days (35h)
Equipment
Machine train
Prerequisites
• Machinery diagnostics course
• ISO18436 Category III

4. Courseobjectives
• Understand the behavior of rotating and reciprocating machinery, including anisotropic systems
• Conduct machinery diagnostics using rotor modeling. Uncover the pros and cons of different machine balancing
methods
• Identify and diagnose rotor-to-stator rubs, fluid-induced instabilities, and shaft cracks
• Perform gear failure inspections to recognize different gear types and calculate gear frequencies
• Learn how to measure torsional vibrations, understand impact testing and analysis, and examine signal
processing issues
Program
• Rotor modeling for machine diagnostics • Anisotropic systems • Machine balancing • Rotor-to-stator rubs • Fluid-
induced instabilities • Shaft cracks • Gear forces and frequencies • Torsional vibration • Impact testing and analysis •
Signal processing
Advanced Machinery Dynamics
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Benefits
Get highest level of technical training
with Bently Nevada bringing in-depth
machinery dynamic knowledge and
60+ years of experience. Leverage
real case histories analysis.
Recognize, explain and account for
the effects of more complex rotor
dynamics interaction of rotor mode
shapes, bearing design, gears,
torsional and structural vibration.
Duration
5 days (35h)
Audience
• Engineers involved in the design,
acceptance testing, and maintenance of
rotating machinery
• Academic researchers and professors
involved in rotor dynamics
Equipment
Complex machine
Prerequisites
• Machinery diagnostics course
• ISO18436 Category III

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