Vibration monitoring and
analysis
VIBRATION THEORY
Displacement
Velocity
Acceleration
Equipment and Processes
Monitored
Centrifugal and Reciprocating Pumps
Compressors
Blowers
Diesel Engines
Fans
Gasoline Engines
Motor/Generators
Applications
Predictive Maintenance
Acceptance Testing
Quality Control
Loose or Foreign Parts Detection
Noise Control
Leak Detections
Aircraft Engine Analyzers
Machine Design and Engineering
Machine vibration causes
Misalignment
Imbalance
Process problems: surge, cavitation
Loose footings
Miscellaneous
Imbalance effects - bearings
What is Balance?
A zero quantity, and therefore is
detected by observing an absence of
unbalance.
Unbalance is resulted from uneven
distribution of body mass.
Rototr balancing
Cavitation
Impeller cavitation areas
Collapse of vapor bubbles
Cavitation Damage on
Impellers
VIBRATION ANALYSIS
OVERVIEW
Non-harmonic periodic
motion
Time Domain plot
Time-domain and
frequency-domain
Frequency Domain
VIBRATION SOURCES,
Rotating Machines
Rotor Imbalance
Flow Instability and Operating
Conditions
Mechanical Motion and Forces
VIBRATION, Reciprocating
Machines
the level of unbalanced forces generated by
these machines is substantially higher.
For example, a reciprocating compressor
drives each of its pistons from bottom-center
to top-center and returns to bottom-center
in each complete operation of the cylinder.
At both top-center and bottom-center a
sharp increase in the vibration energy of the
machine.
Vibration cycles
Measurable Parameters
Frequency
Amplitude
Maximum Measurement
Measurement Classifications:
broadband, narrowband, and
component.
MACHINE DYNAMICS
Mass: Mass is the property that
describes how much material is present.
Stiffness: is a spring-like property that
describes the level of resisting force that
results when a body changes in length.
Damping is a means of reducing
velocity through resistance to motion,
Stiffness
Shaft Stiffness
Vertical Stiffness
Horizontal Stiffness
Multichannel system
Devices
Handheld devices
Maintenance Management

vibration analysis overview and introduction