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Vibration Category I

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Vibration Category I

Hone your abilities as a skilled vibration technician – capable of collecting quality data, and performing basic analysis and data validation—with advanced 3D animations and interactive simulations that make everything easy to understand.
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Course Description

Learn to be an effective vibration technician—capable of collecting quality data, performing basic analysis, and validating results—as you work towards your vibration analysis certification. Advanced 3D animations and interactive simulations make everything easy to understand.

Welcome to the beginning of your vibration analysis certification journey. The good news is you are in the right place. Our VCAT-I ISO Category I course will set you up for success. Once you complete the training, you can confidently take the exam and earn your certification to ISO 18436-2 Category I via the internationally respected Mobius Institute Board of Certification [MIBoC]. The MIBoC certification is accredited to ISO/IEC 17024 – there is no higher standard. You’ll join thousands of other Mobius Institute certified analysts worldwide.
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Duration

30 Hours, typically over four days

Requirements

Training course completed
Six months of work experience, verified by an independent person
Pass the exam
Valid for five years

Location

Acoem USA 530-G Southlake Blvd Richmond, VA 23236

Exam

Two hours
60 multiple-choice questions
70% passing grade
Can be taken online or in-person at the course

Compliance

Training and certification: ISO 18436-2
Certification: ISO 18436-1, ISO/IEC 17024
Training: ISO 18436-3

Cost

$2,875 per seat

Who Should Take This Class?

Individuals who will be responsible for collecting vibration data.

Those who need to validate that the data is good.

Technicians who will begin to perform basic analysis.

Those who aspire to use the training and certification as the start of a new and rewarding career as a vibration analyst.

VCAT-I Curriculum

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  • Introductory Topics

    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
      • Crest Factor

  • Vibration Measurement

    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

  • Waveforms, Spectrum, Phase and Signal Processing

    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

    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

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