Mechanical Equipment

What are the Goals?

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

• Identify the different types of pumps & compressors, & learn about selection, operation & maintenance strategies
• Operate pumps & compressors as close as possible to the design efficiency & monitor their availability & reliability
• Identify & learn about associated components such as mechanical seals & bearings & identify their failure mechanisms
• Condition, monitor and troubleshoot pump and compressor problems
• Specify, operate and maintain fluid movers (Motors) and drivers (Variable Speed Drives)

Who is this Training Course for?

This course is suitable to a wide range of Technical professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Professionals in Maintenance, Engineering and Production
• Those with little or no prior formal background who function as Managers, Planners, Inspectors, Designers, Researchers, Investors or Procurers
• Those who are or will become involve at any stage in project applications and applicable maintenance technologies

Daily Agenda

Day One: Pumps and Pumping Systems

• Pump categories and selection - dynamic and positive displacement
• Pump Theory of Operation - governing fluid laws and performance curves
• Dynamic Pumps - centrifugal, axial, mixed flow
• General Performance Characteristics - cavitations, net positive suction head
• Positive Displacement Pumps - reciprocating, rotary
• Engineering of System Requirements - fluid type, system head curves

Day Two: Compressors and Compressor Systems

• Positive Displacement Compressors - reciprocating and rotary
• Dynamic Compressors - centrifugal, axial, mixed flow
• Compressor Operation - gas laws, operation curves
• Compressor Performance Measurement and sizing
• Compressor Equipment
• Surging and Choking

Day Three: Motors and Variable Speed Drives

• Characteristics and Operation of AC Induction Motors
• Starting and Speed Control of AC induction motors
• Speed control methods of AC Motors
• Construction, Enclosures and cooling methods of AC Motors
• Basic principles of AC Variable-Speed Drives (VSD's)
• Electromagnetic Interferences, Cable Details and Filtering

Day Four: Maintenance and Troubleshooting

• Types of maintenance
• Factors affecting pump, compressor and motor maintenance
• Vibration Analysis and Condition Monitoring
• Electrical Signature Condition Monitoring
• Thermal Imaging condition monitoring
• Oil Analysis

Day Five: Associated Mechanical Equipment

• Mechanical Seals
• Bearings
• Faults associated with bearings and mechanical seals
• Lubrication
• Control Valves
• Examples