V-CAT-||
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Vibration Analysis
Become a skilled, confident, and certified vibration analyst with this comprehensive training program. Designed to meet ISO V-CAT-II standards, this course equips you with the knowledge and hands-on techniques needed to diagnose faults, optimize data collection, and improve machinery reliability. Identify and analyze common machine faults, including unbalance, misalignment, bearing defects and resonance.Whether you’re advancing from Category I or stepping into a professional vibration analysis role, this training provides the skills and certification you need to succeed.
Also there are three other courses:V-CAT-|,V-CAT-|||,V-CAT-IV
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Exam
Here are the main topics covered on the VCAT-II course:
- Review of maintenance practices
- Review of condition monitoring technologies
- Principles of vibration
- Complete review of basics
- Waveform, spectrum (FFT), phase and orbits
- Understanding signals: modulation, beating, sum/difference
- Data acquisition
- Transducer types: Non-contact displacement
- Proximity probes, velocity sensors, and accelerometers
- Transducer selection
- Transducer mounting and natural frequency
- Measurement point selection
- Following routes, and test planning
- Common measurement errors
- Signal processing
- Filters: Low pass, band pass, high pass, band stop
- Sampling, aliasing, dynamic range
- Resolution, Fmax, data collection time
- Averaging: linear, overlap, peak hold, time synchronous
- Windowing and leakage
- Vibration analysis
- Spectrum analysis
- Time waveform analysis (introduction)
- Orbit analysis (introduction)
- Phase analysis: bubble diagrams and ODS
- Enveloping (demodulation), shock pulse, spike energy, PeakVue
- Fault analysis
- Natural frequencies and resonances
- Imbalance, eccentricity and bent shaft
- Misalignment, cocked bearing and soft foot
- Mechanical looseness
- Rolling element bearing analysis
- Analysis of induction motors
- Analysis of gears
- Analysis of belt-driven machines
- Analysis of pumps, compressors, and fans
- Equipment testing and diagnostics
- Impact testing and bump tests
- Phase analysis
- Corrective action
- General maintenance repair activities
- Review of the balancing process
- Review of shaft alignment procedures
- Running a successful condition monitoring program
- Setting baselines
- Setting alarms: band, envelope/mask, statistical
- Setting goals and expectations (avoiding common problems)
- Report generation
- Reporting success stories
- Acceptance testing
- Review of ISO standards