Machinery Application

What are the Goals?

By the end of this Machinery Application training course, participants will be able to:

• Select suitable machinery for specific applications in process plants
• Identify machinery failures; causes, mechanisms and how to prevent those failures
• Outline root cause analysis of machinery common failures modes
• Appreciate condition monitoring techniques such as vibration, acoustic emission, infrared thermography, and wear debris
• Implement predictive and preventive maintenance methods
• Design for reliability centered practical framework for machinery fault/failure prevention
• Determine key performance indicators and implement advanced maintenance strategies

Who is this Training Course for?

This Machinery Application training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Operation and commissioning engineers
• Maintenance engineers and Technicians
• Maintenance and operation supervisors
• Facility engineers and utility engineers
• Anyone requiring a working level knowledge of machinery applications

Daily Agenda

Day One: Pumps: Types, Selection and Best Operation Methods 

• Introduction to the Seminar
• Types of Pumps: Centrifugal, Positive Displacement and Special Effects
• Pumps Performance Maps
• Flow vs. Head, Priming and Cavitations Problems
• Efficiency and Power Consumption
• Startup, Operation and Maintenance Schedule
• Case Study-1: Pumps Best Operation Methods and Power Consumption

Day Two: Compressors: Operation, Selection and Control Procedures   

• Types of Compressors and operating Principles
• Compressors Selection and Performance Maps
• Pressure Ratios, Surge and Stonewall (Chock)
• Efficiency and Power Consumption
• Maintenance and Operation Procedures
• Case Study-2: Commissioning and Startup of Compressors

Day Three: Motors: Types, Monitoring and Control Strategies 

• Types of Motors
• Operation Principles of Induction Motors
• How they work
• Efficiency and Power Consumption
• Maintenance and Operation Procedures
• Power Consumption and Performance Assessment
• Motors Selection and Control Methods
• Case Study-3: Size Determination and Maintenance Procedures of Motors

Day Four: Machinery Failures: Causes and Prevention Techniques 

• Why Machines do fail?
• Machine Failure Understanding and Analysis
• Wear and Tribology
• Fatigue Mechanisms
• Bearing and Seal Failures
• The Concept of Machinery Reliability
• Reliability Improvement Techniques
• Key Performance Indicators
• Case Study-4: Avoiding Machinery Failures

Day Five: Modern Maintenance Strategies 

• Modern Maintenance Concepts
• Maintenance Strategies
• Predictive Maintenance – an Overview
• Potential Failure Analysis – Deciding Which Technologies to Apply
• Vibration: Measurements and Fault Detection Methods
• Other Predictive Maintenance Techniques
• Infrared Thermography
• Thermography applications
• Acoustic Emissions & Ultrasonics
• Tribology – oil analysis
• Case Study-5: Advanced Operation and Maintenance Plan Preparation
• Summary and Course Closure