VCAT-I CANDIDATE PROFILE
This course is intended for the vibration analyst who will:
- Collect vibration data
- Validate that the data is good
- Begin to perform basic analysis
- Use the training and certification as the start of a new and rewarding career as avibration analyst
Duration
30 hours, typically over four days
Compliance
- Training: ISO 18436-2
- Certification: ISO 18436-2, ISO/IE 17024
Exam
- 2 hours
- 60 multiple-choice questions
- 70% passing grade
- Can be taken online or in-person at the course
Certification requirements
- Training course completed
- 6-months of practical vibration analysis work experience, verified by supervisor/manager
- Pass the exam
- Valid for 5 years
What will you gain from taking this course?
- About condition monitoring, including a summary of the most common technologies
- About reliability improvement
- How vibration analysis plays a key role in reliability improvement
- How machines work via the supplementary self-study “equipment knowledge” section of the manual
- The fundamentals of vibration: waveforms, spectra, and simple metrics (overall levels, RMS, peak, peak to peak, and crest factor)
- How to take dependable, repeatable, high-quality vibration readings
- About vibration sensors, and how and where to mount them
- The basics of the analysis process, primarily with vibration spectra
- The basics of the key analyzer settings: Fmax, resolution, and averaging
- The basics of setting alarm limits
- The common “failure modes” of machines and how to detect them, including rolling element bearing faults, unbalance, misalignment, looseness, and resonance
Pre-study
- Access to the Learning Zone upon registration and payment. For online distance learning, access to the learning platform for four months from registration and payment
- Complete set of videos covering every topic
Post-study
- Continue to access the Learning Zone 4 months after the course completion or upgrade for a lifetime with Lifelong Learning (LLL)
- Continue learning for free on WWW.MOBIUSCONNECT.COM with online forums, webinars, tutorials, etc.
TOPICS COVERED - CATEGORY I
Maintenance practices
- Reactive, preventive, condition-based, proactive
- How to decide between them
Condition monitoring
- Why it works
- Ultrasound, infrared, oil analysis, wear particle analysis, and electric motor testing
Principals of vibration
- Waveforms
- Metrics: overall levels, RMS, Pk, Pk-to-Pk, and crest factor
Introduction to vibration measurement
- Vibration sensors: displacement, velocity, acceleration
- Vibration units
- Mounting: where and how
- Naming conventions
- Repeatability and quality
- Vibration axes: V, H, A, R and T
- What are “routes” and how do you create them?
- Detecting and avoiding poor data
An introduction to the time waveform
An introduction to the spectrum
- An introduction to forcing frequencies
A brief introduction to phase
Signal processing (just the absolute basics)
- A quick tour of your analyzer settings
- Fmax
- Resolution
- Spectral averaging
Vibration analysis
- The spectrum analysis process
What is resonance - a quick introduction
Diagnosing common fault conditions
- Unbalance
- Misalignment
- Rolling element bearing failure
- Looseness
- Resonance
Setting alarm limits