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Troubleshooting Mechanical Rotating Equipment

Mechanical

Course Number: TMR-303

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Course Description:

How to quickly and accurately troubleshoot mechanical rotating equipment problems to avoid costly downtime. Attendees are taught the logic of troubleshooting based on the common components that make up a piece of equipment. The class covers details of basic mechanical applications, failures, life expectancy and maintenance of shafts, bearings, couplings, chains, sprockets, bushings, gears, belts, sheaves and machine components. How to find and fix the real problems with your equipment, and not just the symptoms. Objective and subjective reasoning techniques are used to pinpoint problems.  This is our most attended and most talked about course.

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Each student will receive class books, work activity sheets, self-test progress evaluations, as well as questions from the instructor to make sure they understand the material presented. It is expected that an attendee will leave the class with the basic knowledge of the subject and possess new-found skills to better equip them when they return to their job. A certificate suitable for framing will be issued to each attendee who successfully completes the course.

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Hands-on activities:
65% or more hands-on activities

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Free Materials included:
0-1” Vernier Micrometer ($54 value)

6” Bearing ID Scale ($11 value)

Audel Mini-Ref ($30 value)

Sheave Gauge ($24 value)

V-Belt Tension Tester ($45 value)

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3-day course: $1395 per person

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Course Syllabus

TYPES OF EQUIPMENT

  • Electrical Power

  • Electrical Control

  • Mechanical Stationary

  • Mechanical Rotating

 

BEARINGS AND BEARING LIFE

  • Plain Bearings

  • Anti-friction Beaings

 

BEARING IDENTIFICATION

  • Series numbers

  • Calculating the ID from the number

  • Identification of bearings

 

USE OF VERNIER MICROMETERS

  • Reading a micrometer

  • Getting a feel for taking a reading

  • Shaft measurement

  • Use of telescope gages

 

BEARING FIT TABLES

  • Learning to read the tables

  • Short cuts for common machines

 

SHAFTING

  • Fracture and fretting

  • Shaft seat

  • Making a shaft print

 

BEARING REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION

  • Using a press

  • Thermal methods

  • Checking the shaft shoulder

  • Bearing failure analysis

 

HOUSINGS

  • Housing bores and proper fits

  • Expected interference

 

MACHINERY LUBRICATION

  • Oil or Grease?

  • Calculation of amount of grease

  • Calculation of frequency of re-lube

 

COUPLINGS

  • Elastomeric and Metal

  • How to pick a coupling

  • Slow-motion studies

  • Use of the strobe light

 

V-BELT AND SHEAVES

  • Classification

  • Sheave inspection

  • Tensioning

 

POSITIVE DRIVES

  • Timing belts and HTD belts

  • Synchronous drives

 

CHAIN DRIVES

  • Tooth and chain wear measurement

 

GEARS AND GEAR BOXES

  • Tooth inspection and measurement of backlash

 

VIBRATION ANALYSIS

  • Vibration severity and using The Rathbone Chart

  • Determining machinery faults

  • Velocity limits — 4 to remember

 

ACOUSTICAL EMISSION ANALYSIS

  • Shock pulse and SEg

  • BDU using a TPI-9080

 

INFRA-RED INSPECTION

  • Infra-red thermometers and infrared thermography

  • Test strips

 

OIL ANALYSIS

  • Spectrographic techniques

  • Ferrographic analysi

  • Viscosity measurement

 

DYNAMIC BALANCING AND SHAFT ALIGNMENT

  • The need for technical maintenance

 

Course Pictures

If You Tighten It What Happens?

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If We Remove the Cover Can We See the Problem:

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You Can Feel the Most Vibration Here:

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It’s Too Big for the Bearing:

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