Category I – Vibration Analyst

Category I Vibration
Vibration Analysts
Analysts are qualified to perform a range of
single channel machinery vibration condition monitoring and

diagnostic activities
routes, machine including
steady data acquisition
state testing on procedures,
to predefined predetermined
and
comparison of readings against pre-established alert settings.

Minimum Recommended !perience" # months

months
Minimum $r
$raining
aining %ours"
%ours" &' hours

Category I (ody of )no*ledge+$raining Course $opics"

Subject:

Vibration Principles: (6 hours)

• (asic motion
• eriod, requency
• Amplitude ea/, ea/-to-ea/, RM01
• Measurements 2isplacement, Velocity,
Acceleration1
• 3nits, 3nit Conversions
• $imee 4rbital and requency 2omains
$im
• hase
•
 5atural requency,
requency, Resonance, Critical
Critical
0peeds

• 0haft and Casing Vibration

Data Acquisition:
Acquisition: (6 hours)

• Instrumentation and acquire readings1

• $ransducers
• 0ensor Mounting, Mounted 5atural
requency
•
$est rocedures
 

• Computer 2atabase 3pload+2o*nload

• Recognition of oor 2ata

• Vibration 0ystem Calibration

Signal Processing: (2 hours)

• $ Application
Condition Monitoring: ( hours)

• Vibration 0everity

• Recognition of (aseline Variations

!ault Anal"sis:
Anal"sis: ( hours)

• (asic 0pectrum Analysis

• 0pectral %armonics and 0idebands

Acceptance #esting: (2 hours)

• $est rocedures
$quip%ent #esting and Diagnostics: (2
hours)

• rocess 0afety
!ault Se&erit" Deter%ination: (2 hours)

• 6evels 4verall, 5arro*band,

Component1
!ield 'alancing: (2 hours)

• 0ingle-plane

0ample questions for Category I, are available for revie*

the Vi
Vibration
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ducational
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opportunities
unities are available to meet the training hour
recommendation and partially prepare for the Vibration
Vibration Analyst
Analyst
certification e!am.

ducational opportunities are available to meet the training hour

recommendation
certification e!amand partially
at your prepare
ion.for
organi7ation
organi7at . the Vibration
Vibration Analyst
Analyst