Training: Course Descriptions

Day 1 Materials • Manufacturing • Preload • Components • Joints • Fits and Tolerances • Thermal Expansion • Built-in Stresses • Assembly Variables • Fasteners • Forces • Gravity • Radial and Axial • Contact • Magnetic • Centrifugal • Impulse-momentum • Gyroscopic • Deflection and Flexibility • Flow of Forces • Dissipation • Fluid Reactions • The Laws of Nature • Vibration Energy • Heat • Rotating Inertia • Strength and Aging • Stresses and Strains • Fatigue • Creep • Endurance Limit • Goodman Diagram • Principal Stresses • Modification Factors • Wear

Day 2 Rotor Dynamics • Gear Reactions • Instabilities • Resonance: Symptoms, tests, fixes • Torsional Dynamics • Characteristics and Failure Modes of Common Machines: Motors and Generators, Pumps, Fans, Reciprocating Machines • Machine Tools • Root Cause Failure Analysis • Field Fixes: Replace Bad Parts, Balancing, Alignment, On-site Repair • Isolators • Monitoring Guidelines