Condition Based Monitoring Workshop

 The concept of CBM – Condition Based Monitoring of industrial machines and utilities

 Vibration, Balancing, Noise and other parameters of industrial machines and utilities

 Alignment process of rotating industrial machines

 Bearing Selection, assembly, lubrication and maintenance

 RCFA – Root cause Failure Analysis process and its application to Rotating Machines

Day 1

 CBM – condition based monitoring

 Introduction to various maintenance strategies

 Introduction to condition monitoring

 Parameters involved in condition monitoring

 Theory behind various parameters

 Vibration in rotating machines

 Visit to the plants

 Discussions on various equipments available, the strategy followed and salient points of the same

Day 2

 Balancing of rotors

 Noise and other parameters

 Measurement techniques

 Advanced and specialised techniques

 Standards and acceptance limits

 Diagnostic charts

 Case studies

 Plant visit and checking the vibrations, noise etc with available instruments

 Videos

Day 3

 Alignment process of rotating machines

 Theory behind alignment

 Detailed discussions on alignment

 Case studies

 Plant visit and hands on practical

 Videos

Day 4

 Bearing systems of rotating machines

 Bearing types and classification

 Bearing sselection / design

 Storage hnandling, assembly and lubrication of bearings

 Failure modes and condition monitoring

 Case studies

 Plant visits to study bearings and its details (size, maintenance etc) used on existing equipment

 Videos

Day 5

 RCFA – Root Cause Failure Analysis and application to bearing failures

 What is failure?

 What is root cause?

 Methods to find root cause

 What is RCFA?

 The “5 why?” And other methods

 Case studies

 Application of RCFA to various failures observed

 Discussions on the failures in recent past, the methods followed to identify the reasons

 Videos