Category 3 Vibration Analysis with Certification in Accordance with ISO 18436-2
4 Days. Optional 4 hr certification exam on day 5
The category 3 vibration course meets and exceeds requirements of ISO 18436-2. It is intended for students who have passed Cat II and wish to delve deeper into vibration analysis or manage CM programs.
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Category 3 Vibration (From ISO 18436-2)
Personnel classified to category III require all the knowledge, experience and skills expected of personnel classified to categories I and II, and in addition shall at least:
a) be able to design, direct and establish routine condition monitoring programs and non-routine
investigations for the purpose of fault diagnosis;
b) be able to specify the appropriate vibration instrumentation hardware, software, and processing
for portable monitoring systems, permanently installed surveillance systems, and equipment
protection systems
c) have an in-depth knowledge of the principles and techniques of machinery VA and be able to makeinitial diagnoses of suspected faults beyond the range of commonly encountered issues. This should include, but not be limited to, the use of frequency spectra, time waveforms and orbits, transfer
functions, basic operating deflection shapes, and acceleration enveloping under both steady state
and transient conditions with or without a phase trigger;
d) be able to manage such condition-monitoring programs, evaluate the alarm sets, write working
procedures and specify vibration acceptance testing procedures;
e) be able to initiate and validate machinery corrective actions including in situ two-plane rigid rotor
balancing;
f) be able to recommend restrictions to machine operation;
g) be able to understand and direct, when necessary, alternative condition monitoring technologies to verify or investigate issues raised through routine data collection;
h) be able to provide technical guidance to and instruct category I and II personnel, and, subject to
agreement with the employer or client, deem them competent to carry out certain duties which
would normally be outside the scope of those competencies.
It is the responsibility of the employer or client to ensure that category III personnel have the necessary
competency in the required management skills, e.g. creating budgets, preparing cost justifications, and
managing personnel development
Detailed Topics List – Meets or exceeds ISO 18436-2
| Running a Monitoring Program ISO Standards Managing Condition Monitoring KPI’s Reliability IIoT, Industry 4.0 Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Condition Monitoring Technologies Electric Motor Testing IR Thermography Ultrasound Lube Oil Analysis Wear Particle Analysis Vibration systems, wireless sensors, MEMs, CM architecture, remote monitoring Signal Processing Signal processing block diagram Filters A/D Conversion Sampling and Aliasing Dynamic Range Windows Averaging FFT Triggering Order Tracking Phase Analysis Measuring Phase True and Relative Phase Phase and Units High Spot and Heavy Spot Common faults with 1x phase (unbalance, misalignment, looseness, bent shaft, cocked bearing, eccentricity etc) Keyphasors™ | Natural Frequencies and Resonance Damped and Undamped Nat. Frequencies SDOF and MDOF systems in detail Bode and Nyquist plots Bump tests High spot and heavy spot Unbalance response Structural Testing Operational Deflection Shapes (ODS) Motion Amplification Bump tests Modal Analysis / FEA FRF, Transmissibility, Isolation Dealing with Resonance Various approaches Fault Detection Rolling element bearings Gears Journal Bearings (Orbits, centerline diagrams and transient analysis) Other common machinery malfunctions Corrective Action Alignment + Tolerances Balancing (vectors, trial weights, 1 and 2 plane balancing) No phase balancing Balance standards Safety Acceptance Testing Test procedures Standards Standards, Alarms and Reporting ISO, IEC, API etc. Advanced alarms and diagnostics Fault severity determination Trending Acting on reports |
