2018 Schedule of Events

This is the first ARP course held in Australia. The course is ideal for anyone who wishes to gain a solid understanding of reliability improvement and condition-based maintenance. You will understand why you should improve reliability, what is involved in implementing a program, and what all the roadblocks will be.  You will have a clear understanding of the strategies, philosophies, and terminology associated with the very important process of improving reliability and performance. The course is perfect for managers, engineers, maintenance & operations managers, and condition monitoring leaders.

With the first six videos taken online (required only if you wish to take the exam), and a day-and-a-half of workshop presentations, the workshop will cover the following:

1. A big picture overview
2. The benefits of reliability improvement
3. How to assess the benefits for your organization
4. How to develop a reliability culture
5. Selling the program to senior management
6. Developing the program strategy
7. Understanding failure and failure modes
8. Defect elimination
9. Developing an asset reliability strategy
10. Work management (planning and scheduling)
11. Spares and material management
12. Precision and proactive maintenance
13. Condition monitoring
14. How to break out of the reactive maintenance cycle of doom
15. Continuous improvement
16. A summary of the implementation strategy

Jason Tranter, the founder of Mobius, will be the presenter, and he will use his 35-year experience, and animated presentations, to make the course informative, interesting, and understandable.

If you complete the videos and workshop lessons you will be eligible to take the two-hour, 60-question, multiple-choice ARP-I exam on Tuesday night.

Jason Tranter is the founder and Managing Director of Mobius Institute.  Jason is the author of the majority of the Mobius Institute training courses and e-learning products covering reliability improvement, condition monitoring and precision maintenance topics.  Titles include iLearnReliability, iLearnVibration, iLearnAlignment, and iLearnBalancing.  Vibration analysis classroom and distance learning courses follow ISO 18436-2 Category I – IV.

Mobius Institute has training centers in over 60 countries, and also provides certification through the ISO/IEC 17024 accredited organization, Mobius Institute Board of Certification.  Mobius has direct offices in Australia, Europe and the United States with over 20 employees.

Mr. Tranter has been involved with this field of work since 1984.  He has worked with people in a variety of industries to help improve reliability and implement successful condition monitoring programs.  He is an Australian delegate to ISO TC 108/SC5 “Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machine systems”.

Jason has written numerous articles and presented at conferences around the world. Jason has also been awarded “best presenter” at numerous conferences, including at the previous two Euromaintenance conferences. Thousands of people have viewed Jason’s Webinars and YouTube videos on the Mobius YouTube channel.

Tour the Total Refinery and Petrochemical Plant in Antwerp. Total employs 1,800 people at three large production sites in the port of Antwerp and has for more than 50 years focused on the production of fuels, base chemicals and plastics.  Total Raffinaderij Antwerpen is one of Europe’s most modern and diversified refineries and the largest in Belgium. It’s an international supplier of various oil products and base products such as naphtha, butane and aromatics for the petrochemical industry.  Naphtha and butane are converted into light components such as ethylene and propylene at the second site, Total Olefins Antwerp.  A large amount of the ethylene is then processed into high density polyethylene (HDPE) at Total Polymers Antwerp, the third plant of the Antwerp platform. They have integrated a Reliability program and are still focused on exploring new and better technologies into this program for safety reasons, environmental and continuously production warranty. When you attend this tour, you will learn about Total’s reliability program and how they manage it. You will hear about each of the three sites and an explanation of the production process. The tour will take you through the refinery with a stop at the control room.

Limited availability, lunch will be provided.

This is the first ARP course held in Australia. The course is ideal for anyone who wishes to gain a solid understanding of reliability improvement and condition-based maintenance. You will understand why you should improve reliability, what is involved in implementing a program, and what all the roadblocks will be.  You will have a clear understanding of the strategies, philosophies, and terminology associated with the very important process of improving reliability and performance. The course is perfect for managers, engineers, maintenance & operations managers, and condition monitoring leaders.

With the first six videos taken online (required only if you wish to take the exam), and a day-and-a-half of workshop presentations, the workshop will cover the following:

1. A big picture overview
2. The benefits of reliability improvement
3. How to assess the benefits for your organization
4. How to develop a reliability culture
5. Selling the program to senior management
6. Developing the program strategy
7. Understanding failure and failure modes
8. Defect elimination
9. Developing an asset reliability strategy
10. Work management (planning and scheduling)
11. Spares and material management
12. Precision and proactive maintenance
13. Condition monitoring
14. How to break out of the reactive maintenance cycle of doom
15. Continuous improvement
16. A summary of the implementation strategy

Jason Tranter, the founder of Mobius, will be the presenter, and he will use his 35-year experience, and animated presentations, to make the course informative, interesting, and understandable.

If you complete the videos and workshop lessons you will be eligible to take the two-hour, 60-question, multiple-choice ARP-I exam on Tuesday night.

Jason Tranter is the founder and Managing Director of Mobius Institute.  Jason is the author of the majority of the Mobius Institute training courses and e-learning products covering reliability improvement, condition monitoring and precision maintenance topics.  Titles include iLearnReliability, iLearnVibration, iLearnAlignment, and iLearnBalancing.  Vibration analysis classroom and distance learning courses follow ISO 18436-2 Category I – IV.

Mobius Institute has training centers in over 60 countries, and also provides certification through the ISO/IEC 17024 accredited organization, Mobius Institute Board of Certification.  Mobius has direct offices in Australia, Europe and the United States with over 20 employees.

Mr. Tranter has been involved with this field of work since 1984.  He has worked with people in a variety of industries to help improve reliability and implement successful condition monitoring programs.  He is an Australian delegate to ISO TC 108/SC5 “Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machine systems”.

Jason has written numerous articles and presented at conferences around the world. Jason has also been awarded “best presenter” at numerous conferences, including at the previous two Euromaintenance conferences. Thousands of people have viewed Jason’s Webinars and YouTube videos on the Mobius YouTube channel.

The Practical Vibration Analysis workshop, presented by Scott Dow, will provide an opportunity to sharpen your diagnostic skills and strengthen your depth of knowledge. This is no ordinary conference workshop. You will be challenged. You will be made to think. And you will learn essential skills that all vibration analysts must have to confidently diagnose the trickiest fault conditions (that might otherwise leave you frustrated and even embarrassed). Rather than teaching you how to diagnose faults, you will actually try to diagnose faults yourself. You will either learn from your mistakes or gain confidence from your victories.

During the workshop you will be grouped in a small team of three vibration analysts and given access to a range of information and data. You can ask for additional information, and you can perform additional tests, but everything you do will cost “points”. The aim is for your team to solve each of the diagnostic challenges (while being coached by Scott) and “beat” the other teams.

Scott has years of experience in vibration analysis and training (he is a senior Mobius Institute instructor) and the case studies you will solve have been chosen to include a range of difficulties and applications. So whether you are Category I or Category IV, you will gain a lot from this workshop.

Unfortunately, space is strictly limited and the available places will be taken quickly, so please register soon.

Here are some testimonials from people have been through this experience previously (during our “Vibration Analyst Flight School” courses).

“Experience is the best teacher and this class provides the opportunity to gain experience and learn from mistakes without the pain of having to explain why you made those mistakes to upper management.”
Eugene Begley, Cat I

“There is nothing as valuable as learning from experience. Taking difficult problems, trying to solve them and then having someone walk you through the solution is priceless.”
Sheldon Bayles, Cat II

“This class was one of the best I’ve ever attended due to the practical, hands-on approach.”
Dan Fiscus, Cat III

A mechanical engineer by trade, Scott Dow has been working in the vibration world for over 25 years. During that time, he has worked extensively as a field analyst and as a trainer, teaching formal classes and also mentoring clients individually and in small groups. During the mid-90s, Scott developed an innovative training technique based on recreating interesting and educational case studies he had encountered. Students would receive the actual data to analyze and were free to request any field tests they thought would help them diagnose the problem, which eventually they would have to do in the form of a submitted report that was assessed in light of the actual (known) case fault(s). In practice, this method has proven to be highly successful, allowing students to bridge the divide between theory and successful application of that theory in identifying machinery faults. You can find this case study technique being used as an important part of Mobius’ new class on Time Waveform Analysis (TWA).

Scott currently owns his own business, CBM Consultants, with one of his primary duties being  the Principle Instructor for Mobius Institute North America. When he is not conducting Mobius classes, he continues to mentor both individuals and small groups with either on-site or remote support for database setup, building analysis skills, field testing and more.

William Kruger joined ALL-TEST Pro, LLC as the Technical Manager in 2005. Since joining ATP, Bill has traveled the world teaching the Theory and Application of Motor Diagnostics, helping Fortune 500 Companies implement Predictive Maintenance Programs. In 2010 Bill’s proven instructional techniques earned him the new title of Training Technical Manager. Before joining ALL-TEST Pro, LLC Bill Kruger worked in many different aspects of the Engineering and Maintenance Fields. Bill worked as an Electrician in the US Navy Nuclear Submarine Program. He has completed the Journeyman Electrician Program and started one of the first Predictive Maintenance Programs in the Utility Industry. Bill Kruger holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from San Diego University. With his combined work in the field as well as with ALL-TEST Pro, Bill has over 40 years of proven experience in the practical engineering and predictive maintenance field.

In this workshop you will learn about unexpected issues that come with an alignment. Below are topics that will be covered along with a brief description.

Soft foot measurements

The soft foot measurement is still an under estimated problem. we will look at the following topics:

• How important is the soft foot measurement?
• Which measurement methods can we use to determine a soft foot
• Consequences of not adjusting the soft foot
• Solutions to reduce soft foot issues

Target your alignment wright

Before starting the alignment, it can be important that you are aware of the possible influences that could affect the final result like:

• Thermal growth
• Bearing clearance

What about a Runout?

If there are coupling, shaft issues or inaccuracies will this affect our alignment or are there other consequences?

• Movement of the coupling, additional vibration and coupling wear
• No influence on the alignment values
• Which consequences need to be taken into account

Offset machinery

Cardan shaft alignment is necessary although you have a guaranteed offset.

• Cardan shaft alignment more important than expected
• Cardan shaft misalignment can cause a change in running speed and other avoidable machine wear.

Hans De Schutter started his own company a few years ago.  As a consultant he works for different customers who prefer a high-end solution related to vibration analysis and all kinds of alignment cases.  For this services he can look back over 20 years of experience with in the industry and the world of reliability.  Hans holds a CAT III certificate.  In the early years he was active in the marine sector where he gained a lot of knowledge on rotating equipment.  In that period the interest raised towards reliability and especially towards improving the different processes in the range of the used machinery.

This is the first ARP course held in Australia. The course is ideal for anyone who wishes to gain a solid understanding of reliability improvement and condition-based maintenance. You will understand why you should improve reliability, what is involved in implementing a program, and what all the roadblocks will be.  You will have a clear understanding of the strategies, philosophies, and terminology associated with the very important process of improving reliability and performance. The course is perfect for managers, engineers, maintenance & operations managers, and condition monitoring leaders.

With the first six videos taken online (required only if you wish to take the exam), and a day-and-a-half of workshop presentations, the workshop will cover the following:

1. A big picture overview
2. The benefits of reliability improvement
3. How to assess the benefits for your organization
4. How to develop a reliability culture
5. Selling the program to senior management
6. Developing the program strategy
7. Understanding failure and failure modes
8. Defect elimination
9. Developing an asset reliability strategy
10. Work management (planning and scheduling)
11. Spares and material management
12. Precision and proactive maintenance
13. Condition monitoring
14. How to break out of the reactive maintenance cycle of doom
15. Continuous improvement
16. A summary of the implementation strategy

Jason Tranter, the founder of Mobius, will be the presenter, and he will use his 35-year experience, and animated presentations, to make the course informative, interesting, and understandable.

If you complete the videos and workshop lessons you will be eligible to take the two-hour, 60-question, multiple-choice ARP-I exam on Tuesday night.

Jason Tranter is the founder and Managing Director of Mobius Institute.  Jason is the author of the majority of the Mobius Institute training courses and e-learning products covering reliability improvement, condition monitoring and precision maintenance topics.  Titles include iLearnReliability, iLearnVibration, iLearnAlignment, and iLearnBalancing.  Vibration analysis classroom and distance learning courses follow ISO 18436-2 Category I – IV.

Mobius Institute has training centers in over 60 countries, and also provides certification through the ISO/IEC 17024 accredited organization, Mobius Institute Board of Certification.  Mobius has direct offices in Australia, Europe and the United States with over 20 employees.

Mr. Tranter has been involved with this field of work since 1984.  He has worked with people in a variety of industries to help improve reliability and implement successful condition monitoring programs.  He is an Australian delegate to ISO TC 108/SC5 “Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machine systems”.

Jason has written numerous articles and presented at conferences around the world. Jason has also been awarded “best presenter” at numerous conferences, including at the previous two Euromaintenance conferences. Thousands of people have viewed Jason’s Webinars and YouTube videos on the Mobius YouTube channel.

The Practical Vibration Analysis workshop, presented by Scott Dow, will provide an opportunity to sharpen your diagnostic skills and strengthen your depth of knowledge. This is no ordinary conference workshop. You will be challenged. You will be made to think. And you will learn essential skills that all vibration analysts must have to confidently diagnose the trickiest fault conditions (that might otherwise leave you frustrated and even embarrassed). Rather than teaching you how to diagnose faults, you will actually try to diagnose faults yourself. You will either learn from your mistakes or gain confidence from your victories.

During the workshop you will be grouped in a small team of three vibration analysts and given access to a range of information and data. You can ask for additional information, and you can perform additional tests, but everything you do will cost “points”. The aim is for your team to solve each of the diagnostic challenges (while being coached by Scott) and “beat” the other teams.

Scott has years of experience in vibration analysis and training (he is a senior Mobius Institute instructor) and the case studies you will solve have been chosen to include a range of difficulties and applications. So whether you are Category I or Category IV, you will gain a lot from this workshop.

Unfortunately, space is strictly limited and the available places will be taken quickly, so please register soon.

Here are some testimonials from people have been through this experience previously (during our “Vibration Analyst Flight School” courses).

“Experience is the best teacher and this class provides the opportunity to gain experience and learn from mistakes without the pain of having to explain why you made those mistakes to upper management.”
Eugene Begley, Cat I

“There is nothing as valuable as learning from experience. Taking difficult problems, trying to solve them and then having someone walk you through the solution is priceless.”
Sheldon Bayles, Cat II

“This class was one of the best I’ve ever attended due to the practical, hands-on approach.”
Dan Fiscus, Cat III

A mechanical engineer by trade, Scott Dow has been working in the vibration world for over 25 years. During that time, he has worked extensively as a field analyst and as a trainer, teaching formal classes and also mentoring clients individually and in small groups. During the mid-90s, Scott developed an innovative training technique based on recreating interesting and educational case studies he had encountered. Students would receive the actual data to analyze and were free to request any field tests they thought would help them diagnose the problem, which eventually they would have to do in the form of a submitted report that was assessed in light of the actual (known) case fault(s). In practice, this method has proven to be highly successful, allowing students to bridge the divide between theory and successful application of that theory in identifying machinery faults. You can find this case study technique being used as an important part of Mobius’ new class on Time Waveform Analysis (TWA).

Scott currently owns his own business, CBM Consultants, with one of his primary duties being  the Principle Instructor for Mobius Institute North America. When he is not conducting Mobius classes, he continues to mentor both individuals and small groups with either on-site or remote support for database setup, building analysis skills, field testing and more.

Workshop explains positive impact of Condition Based Lubrication supported by Ultrasound technology. From starting point of Lubrication practices where nothing or only copy/paste time based lubrication is done, we need to recognize the deficiencies of that kind of approach, understand where do they come from and , finally, what are the consequences. Once that step is done, solution must be found and put in place. Ultrasound supported Condition Based Lubrication offers an answer to proper bearing greasing practice, but not only that. It has a huge impact to whole lubrication strategy and activities of Condition Monitoring team as well. Those positive impacts can be seen only if a proper, modern, comprehensive solution is implemented, and in a right way. This workshop is offering an answer to those challenges.

Vibration analysis is a powerful detection and diagnostic tool, but there sure is a lot to know. Utilizing all of the Mobius Institute animations and simulations, this highly engaging workshop will be an excellent refresher for vibration analysts, but also a perfect introduction to vibration analysis for reliability engineers, CBM managers, and everyone involved with the non-vibration condition monitoring technologies.

Here is a quick run-down of what will be covered:

• We will begin with a basic introduction to what vibration can tell us about the machine condition.
• Next, we will explore the basic measurement techniques; proximity probes on critical journal bearing machines, and accelerometers for everything else.
• We will explore how we take the signal from the sensor and turn it into the waveform. We won’t get into the details of “signal processing”, just the essential information that affects all of the data you get to analyze as an analyst.
• Then we will cover where the spectrum comes from; what do those peaks mean. With that we will discuss harmonics, sidebands, and noise; they tell us so much, but they can be confusing.
• Now that we understand the power of the spectrum, we must understand its weaknesses. That’s when we will explore the time waveform and phase analysis.
• Now we are ready to explore some common fault conditions, including unbalance, misalignment, looseness, resonance, and bearing faults, where we can apply what we know about the data to solving actual problems.
• Next, we will review the analysis process. How do we go from data, via detection (with an introduction to alarms) to a diagnosis and recommendation about the action that must be taken?

And with all of that, you will have a good solid understanding of vibration analysis. You will know where it fits in a reliability improvement program alongside all the other condition monitoring techniques. The animations and simulations we use in all our courses will make all of those topics easy to understand – it will all make sense!

Jason Tranter is the founder and Managing Director of Mobius Institute.  Jason is the author of the majority of the Mobius Institute training courses and e-learning products covering reliability improvement, condition monitoring and precision maintenance topics.  Titles include iLearnReliability, iLearnVibration, iLearnAlignment, and iLearnBalancing.  Vibration analysis classroom and distance learning courses follow ISO 18436-2 Category I – IV.

Mobius Institute has training centers in over 60 countries, and also provides certification through the ISO/IEC 17024 accredited organization, Mobius Institute Board of Certification.  Mobius has direct offices in Australia, Europe and the United States with over 20 employees.

Mr. Tranter has been involved with this field of work since 1984.  He has worked with people in a variety of industries to help improve reliability and implement successful condition monitoring programs.  He is an Australian delegate to ISO TC 108/SC5 “Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machine systems”.

Jason has written numerous articles and presented at conferences around the world. Jason has also been awarded “best presenter” at numerous conferences, including at the previous two Euromaintenance conferences. Thousands of people have viewed Jason’s Webinars and YouTube videos on the Mobius YouTube channel.

Vibration screening is one of the most effective ways to detect and prevent equipment failure or downtime as well as identify early failure modes. Performing vibration analysis can be complex. Vibration analyzers typically require advanced training, third-party experts, or are too expensive to use on most equipment, leaving significant gaps in maintenance programs.

However, simplified vibration screening in combination with other types of portable and wireless condition monitoring can speed up a facility’s journey to reliability.

This workshop will discuss combining the multiple technologies, asset types, and tool selection which include the following:

• Technologies: Mechanical, electrical and thermal
• Asset types: Pumps, compressors, motors, turbines, fans, electrical panels, process equipment and HVAC systems
• Tool Selection: Portable, wireless and software integration

This presentation will discuss how combined technologies will give you a complete solution for your preventive maintenance and reliability program.

Frederic Baudart is Lead Product Specialist for Fluke Corp., focusing on the company’s reliability and condition monitoring product lines. He has 20 years’ experience in field service engineering work and preventive maintenance industries. He has held various field services and technical positions with responsibility for installation & commissioning as well as senior services management roles. He is also a Thermal/Infrared Thermography Level I certified and recently obtained his Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification. Baudart holds technical degrees in electrical and instrumentation engineering from Chome-Wynz technical college in Brussels, Belgium.

John Bernet is a Mechanical Application and Product Specialist for Fluke. Using his 30-plus years of experience in maintenance and operation of nuclear power plants and machinery in other plants, John has worked with customers in all industries implementing reliability programs. He is a Certified Category II Vibration Analyst with over 20 years of experience diagnosing machine faults and a Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional (CMRP). John served in the U.S. Navy as an electrician for 12 years.

The stators of large generators in electric power stations are equipped with end windings that connect the stator to the electric grid and guide the generated stator current through the generator. These end windings frequently exhibit white dusting and greasing at various locations during outage inspections.
The main contributor to this early ageing, as often pinpointed by the maintenance companies, is the local presence of vibrations, caused by a combination of complex electromagnetic and mechanic forces (Lorentz forces, Maxwell forces, thermal forces). The assessment of the vibration behaviour of generator stator end windings requires a perfect comprehension of the present forces and how they generate the vibrations.
Laborelec developed a methodology to assess the vibration sensitivity and behaviour of generator stator end windings. The methodology consists of three steps: visual evaluation, offline assessment of the vibration sensitivity and online monitoring of the vibration behaviour. The visual inspection will map the locations where damage is present and will identify what mechanism will most likely generate this damage, related to vibrations or to other causes. Then the offline assessment is performed by means of impact testing with the application of specific experimental modal analysis techniques on the impact test results. This assessment will reveal which vibration mechanism is potentially present and generating the damage. If a vibration suspicion is confirmed, one can install an online vibration monitoring system. The online monitoring is performed with specific instrumentation combined with signals from critical generator process parameters and focusing on specific frequencies. Combining these three techniques, it is possible to have a full assessment of the vibration behaviour and to validate the presence of vibrations as main contributor to the early ageing of the generator stator end windings.

Olivier le Fevere de ten Hove, 36 years old, is an expert in vibrations and mechanics of large power generation turbines. He has more than 10 years of experience in vibration analysis and vibration troubleshooting. Next to permanent monitoring, he has specialized in specific vibration testing (impact testing, modal analysis, operational deflection shape measurements) using various equipment. He has also conducted trim balancing operations on various turbine types. He has specialized in the dynamic behaviour of generator stator end windings and has been involved in several root cause analysis cases. Since 2007, he has conducted several studies related to generator stator end windings issues, in Europe and in the Middle East.

Why is Ultrasound so easy to use to assist with your lubrication program. We can use ultrasound to optimize your preventative schedule, but also to completely use ultrasound to determine when and how much you need to grease.

UE Systems Inc., headquartered in the USA, has been developing, distributing and supporting end-users with Ultrasound inspection tools since 1973. Mr. Boon has been with UE Systems Europe, headquartered in the Netherlands, since 2010. He has lectured about the technology of Airborne / Structure borne Ultrasound in most of the industrialized world and has been instrumental in the program implementation of Ultrasound inspection technology for multiple companies worldwide. In addition to his efforts to educate and lecture, Mr. Boon is the European Training Manager of UE Systems Europe, with direct responsibility for all the European countries as part of UE Systems’ global training department. Mr. Boon is a part of the UE Systems training development team and is level III certified for Ultrasound technology.

The world is moving ahead due to ideas or concepts in fashion, like Safety, Energy Efficiency, Asset Management and now Industry 4.0. In the last decade of last century, condition monitoring developed mainly because some new highly interested about technology engineers invested in “magic” devices that could help for machinery diagnosis. From a few years ago, everything changed because companies’ management took their responsibility on asset management.  Now Condition Monitoring seems to be important because this concept is part of Industry 4.0 wave, but Condition Monitoring should be important because it is essential for maintenance optimization as established in ISO 55001 standard.

New concepts like Integration, Machine Learning, IIoT, Cloud, Remote Monitoring &Automatic Diagnostics… have been included as users demands as if it were completely brand new concepts but the truth is that some of them had been running in some markets for years, so there is a real background to be exploited. In a few years, Condition Monitoring will be expanded for general use, unmanned and reliable.

Mechanical Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain). Professor of the Mobius Institute, collaborator in two Masters of Maintenance in the universities of Seville and the Polytechnic of Catalonia and in other courses for Industry. Predictive Vibration Analyst Category III (ISO18436-2) and CRL. He has worked in the area of predictive maintenance since 1997, where he has developed diagnostic work, design of monitoring systems, implementation of the predictive strategy in industrial plants and training from companies like SKF, BKVibro and Preditec. He has carried out projects in collaboration with the main companies in the electrical, petrochemical, paper, cement, metalworking and other sectors … He has also participated as a speaker in several national and international industrial maintenance conferences such as IMC (USA), PRECONLUB (Mexico), Reliability 2.0 (USA), Lubmat, AEM, AEC.

Most maintenance, reliability, and production/operations people understand the value of reliable assets. And countless organizations have attempted to utilize condition monitoring and reliability improvement techniques to achieve reliable, dependable assets. But what percentage of those programs achieve the benefits they set out to achieve? How many of those programs are still active five years after their establishment? Sadly, the answer is precious few… Unfortunately, too many organizations either take a piecemeal approach, with a smattering of the “obvious elements” that are discussed at most conferences (CBM, RCM, PMO, RCA, etc.), or they have no real plan, or they fail to achieve any improvement in the “culture of reliability” – or all of the above. In this presentation, Jason will briefly recap why so many programs fail to achieve the desired benefits and then outline a step-by-step strategy for implementing the program. Every stage, step, and milestone has defined goals – skip them at your peril! In this 45-minute session, it will not be possible to explain every step (and very few of the milestones), but it will, at the very least, provide an opportunity to reflect on why your program may not be achieving its stated goals, and it will certainly provide a roadmap for those just getting started with a new reliability-improvement initiative.

Jason Tranter (BE Hons) has been involved with condition monitoring and vibration analysis since 1984. In 1986 Jason formed his Australian company, ARGO, which was heavily involved in vibration monitoring and systems development. In 1990 he sold that company and the “ALERT” product line to DLI Engineering in Seattle (now AzimaDLI). Jason was in charge of product development, and later in charge of vibration products. In 1996 Jason returned to Australia and for the next three years he developed the ExpertALERT (EAV), DCX data collector, and DCX Online products for DLI Engineering. In 1999 Jason formed Mobius and began the development of the iLearnInteractive series of computer-based products for vibration and alignment training and analysis, including iLearnVibration, iLearnAlignment and Interpreter. These products have been used by thousands of people in over 90 countries to learn and become certified. Mobius was awarded the Victorian Regional Exporter of the year and was a finalist in the Australian Export Awards for 2007 and 2008. In 2005 Jason formed the “Mobius Institute” for expanded distance learning and public courses, and courses that comply with ISO and ASNT standards for certification. Mobius has offices in Australia, the United States and Costa Rica, and training centers in over 40 countries. In 2010 Jason formed the Mobius Institute Board of Certification, a not-for-profit organization to make it possible for vibration analysts anywhere in the world to achieve certification per ISO 18436-1. Jason has delivered technical papers around the world, and has had articles published in numerous international magazines and journals.

Case study analysis of a 3 types Newkirk effects from 2 machines.

On 2 steam turbine Newkirk effect was detected during high vibration problem solving.

In 1st example there was a critical vibration level exceeded and machine was triped out from operation on protection system. This example was not obvious as during visual inspections there was no signs of rubbing. Further diagnostics was showing higher energy on 1x and polar plot supervision revealed one point friction on one side of shaft characteristic for Newkirk effect called hot spot. Thermal shaft bending process was then detected and proper diagnosis could been placed.

In example 2 in 17 MW turbine Newkirk effect detected on polar plot was periodical in 24 h cycles. It was possible to register 2 h spiral vibration effect in that process caused by oil carbonisation in high temperature. Leakage from steam pointed on oil sealing was burning additives in oil and effected in rubbing of the shaft from formed structures.

Graduated vibrodiagnostics in 2005 at AGH University in Poland. Since then involved in vibration analysis with plenty of real life examples mainly from Chemical industry. Currently Manager of 25 people predictive maintenance team with vibroacoustic, technical control, NDT lab. Modal analysis expert with proven experience and B&K certificate. Personal interest in new methods of proactive maintenance.

Mateusz is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics at AGH University in Krakow joined program with Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Involved in vibration diagnostics for more than 10 years. Initially responsible for wind turbine remote diagnostics. Afterwards for commissioning of on-line systems and further for its development. Mateusz joined Hansford Sensors in 2009. He is currently responsible for Central, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and Canada. During serving support to partners/customers always interested in challenging examples of troubleshooting and advanced analysis. Privately father of 2 young kids with interest in photography and high fidelity audio.

Induction motors have applications in many engineering areas including high speed train, aerospace, electric vehicles, robotics, machine tool, etc. Nowadays, there is an increasing need for condition monitoring and prognostics of the induction motors due to their increasing range of applications and the high impact of their failure. Statistically, rolling-element bearing and stator winding failures are the primary causes of unexpected breakdown in induction motors. Due to the application of rolling-element bearings in almost all of the rotating machines, many condition monitoring and prognostic methods for bearings have been developed in the last four decades and published in literature. However, despite the high impact of winding failures in induction motors and their costly replacement, the amount of research in diagnosis and prognosis of winding faults remains limited. This presentation focuses on exploring a current and voltage-based fault diagnosis solution for early diagnosis of winding faults in induction motors. Three common insulation faults, namely (1) turn-to-turn, (2) inter-turn and (3) turn-to-earth were induced in an induction motor with three different levels of severity. Number of experiments have been carried out with different working regimes, comprising healthy and the aforementioned winding faults.  Both time-domain and frequency-domain features have been extracted from the current and voltage signals and their symmetrical components. Afterwards, the effectiveness of these features for distinguishing both healthy and faulty states is evaluated. The experimental results show that the combination of the extracted features can provide a comprehensive fault diagnosis scheme for winding insulation of induction motors.

Agusmian Partogi Ompusunggu is a senior research engineer at Flanders Make vzw, the strategic research centre for the manufacturing industry in Flanders, Belgium. He has diverse research experiences including (i) Condition monitoring, prognostics and health management, (ii) Dynamics & Vibration analysis, (iii) Industrial big data analytics and advanced signal processing, (iv) Tribology and (v) Advanced manufacturing technologies. He holds a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium. He earned his B.Eng. degree in 2004 and his M.Eng. degree in 2006 both from Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia. Dr. Ompusunggu has been working in different R&D projects together with high-tech companies in Flanders. He has been invited as speaker in national and international events. He has published more than 30 technical papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings.

The vibration spectrum is an excellent tool for detecting and diagnosing faults in rotating machinery.  But in truth it only tells part of the picture, whereas conducting a full phase analysis can go a long way in completing the picture allowing us to confirm vibration analysis problems. It is therefore essential that all vibration analysts understand how to correctly measure and interpret phase data.

We’ll begin by explaining how phase readings can be measured using single-channel and two channel vibration analyzers, as well as with a strobe. We’ll then move on to describing a series of fault conditions that can be diagnosed and confirmed with phase analysis techniques.  We will then look at how traditional VA phase techniques can be enhanced by conducting more detailed measurements that allows us to truly visualize how the machine/structure/system is moving, thereby providing evidence for root cause analysis of machine failure modes.

Mr. Dean Whittle is the founder and managing director of Reliability Maintenance Solutions (RMS) Ltd. based in the United Kingdom. During Mr. Whittle’s more than 36-year career he has held various roles in electro/mechanical engineering ranging a five-year apprenticeship through various shop floor/field services roles to district manager for a world-leading supplier of Reliability-Based and Condition-Based Maintenance products and services. During the past twenty-five years he has been committed to implementing plant reliability and condition monitoring improvement programs throughout UK industry; covering power, paper, petro-chemical, pharmaceutical, automotive, quarries, film/plastic, food, electronic, service and engineering manufacturing industries.

Mr. Whittle shares his expertise as an approved trainer for both the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) and Mobius Institute ISO-18436 accreditation programmes, and as a speaker at a number of conferences.

Additionally, Mr. Whittle is an active member in a number of accredited institutes and committees:

• ISO TC108 / SC5 Condition Monitoring & Diagnostics of Machine Systems
• Mobius Institute Board of Certification (MIBoC) Technical Committee
• The British Institute of NDT Council Member
• The British Institute of NDT Condition Monitoring Technical Committee
• The British Institute of NDT Vibration Analysis Working Group
• British Standards Institute – BSi Technical sub-committee GME/21/5 – Mechanical vibration and shock and Condition monitoring – Vibration of machines

British Standards Institute – BSi Technical sub-committee GME/21/7 Mechanical vibration and shock and Condition monitoring – Condition monitoring.

Maintenance and reliability improvements are simple; at least in theory!   But where most organization go off track is not in the strategy but in the execution.  Execution is where the rubber meets the road and can mean the difference between short term gains or a long term paradigm shift in an organization reliability culture.  The key to cultural change in not so much the methodology but the need for a champion lead and drive organizational change.  A champion is a combination of project manager, cheerleader and business analyst – in short, a crazy dancing guy!  Attend this session to learn the common traits that every champion has and learn some of the tried and tested strategies these leaders have used that have helped numerous organization change the way they think, act and feel about maintenance and reliability.

Mark Barnes serves as Vice President of the Des-Case Reliability Services team. In this role, Mark and his team of lubrication experts help educate end-users on the value of precision lubrication to asset reliability and provide support to help asset intensive company’s change the way they perform lubrication.

Prior to joining Des-Case, Mark was Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Noria Corporation with complete responsibility for all lubrication and oil analysis training and consulting activities. Mark has been an active consultant and educator in the maintenance and reliability field for 23 years and has worked with clients around the world to design and implement lubrication improvement plans. Mark is a frequently invited speaker at maintenance conference around the globe and has won awards for his ability to inspire companies to change the way they think, act and feel about lubrication.

Mark holds a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from The University of Southampton, UK and is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) from SMRP (Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals).  His list of current and former clients includes ExxonMobil, Chevron, Citgo, Cargill, International Paper, EDF, Heinz, Georgia Pacific, Coors, Southern Power, Alcoa, General Mills, Kellogg, Weyerhaeuser, Nissan and Lubrizol.

It is accepted more and more that condition- based maintenance is the most effective and cost-efficient approach to maximize the life of industrial machinery. Vibration and wear debris analyses are two key components of any successful condition-monitoring program and can be used as predictive or proactive tools to identify active machine wear and diagnose faults occurring inside machinery.

Vibration analysis in particular is becoming increasingly popular as a predictive maintenance procedure and as support for machinery maintenance decisions. Practitioners of oil analysis are familiar with the practice and advantages of oil wear debris analysis.

In 2001, I started my own company, Solinas Benelux BV. In 2001 we were the first company who was active in promoting the Lubrication bible for real Proactive Maintenance in the Netherlands and Belgium. As a company, we followed all the rules from the NORIA Corporation from Tulsa in the United States. With the start of 2018, Solinas was bought by the IJssel Predictive Maintenance BV in the Netherlands. They had bought the Olivera company already. With this combination of companies we can supply customers plant reliability with consults | Implementing Proactive Maintenance in the field | Training and Awareness Training in lubrication excellent practices | Lubrication program development | Vibration Analyses | Implementing Lubrication Management with quality and cost effective improvements. We developed Mafuta a webbased lubrication management, Ultrasonic lubrication, Uptime Works inclusive analysis software, IR inspections / thermography, Ultrasonic inspections, ODS measurements and MCE measurements.

Bearing damages in slow speed applications are notoriously difficult to detect with vibration analysis because of the low signal intensity compared to the surrounding noise.  In this presentation we will discuss the use of signal sources and online continuous measurement to help detection at low speed.

With a background of mechanical engineer Franklin has have more than 20 years’ experience in sales & services in the world of condition monitoring (vibration analysis) on critical rotating equipment.

Shaft alignment is often overlooked in the maintenance process. It is something that is done in a hurry, just before you have to start up the equipment again with the production manager breathing down your neck. Yet poor alignment is responsible for over 50% of all failures in rotating machinery.
Even though shaft alignment is so important to the whole maintenance process there are seldom written down guidelines and procedures for alignment.
In this presentation we will present the shaft alignment fundamentals and teach the 5-step alignment procedure. If correctly followed you will increase your success rate in alignment and improve on your equipment’s up time.

The vibration spectrum is an excellent tool for detecting and diagnosing faults in rotating machinery.  But in truth it only tells part of the picture, whereas conducting a full phase analysis can go a long way in completing the picture allowing us to confirm vibration analysis problems. It is therefore essential that all vibration analysts understand how to correctly measure and interpret phase data.

We’ll begin by explaining how phase readings can be measured using single-channel and two channel vibration analyzers, as well as with a strobe. We’ll then move on to describing a series of fault conditions that can be diagnosed and confirmed with phase analysis techniques.  We will then look at how traditional VA phase techniques can be enhanced by conducting more detailed measurements that allows us to truly visualize how the machine/structure/system is moving, thereby providing evidence for root cause analysis of machine failure modes.

Mr. Dean Whittle is the founder and managing director of Reliability Maintenance Solutions (RMS) Ltd. based in the United Kingdom. During Mr. Whittle’s more than 36-year career he has held various roles in electro/mechanical engineering ranging a five-year apprenticeship through various shop floor/field services roles to district manager for a world-leading supplier of Reliability-Based and Condition-Based Maintenance products and services. During the past twenty-five years he has been committed to implementing plant reliability and condition monitoring improvement programs throughout UK industry; covering power, paper, petro-chemical, pharmaceutical, automotive, quarries, film/plastic, food, electronic, service and engineering manufacturing industries.

Mr. Whittle shares his expertise as an approved trainer for both the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) and Mobius Institute ISO-18436 accreditation programmes, and as a speaker at a number of conferences.

Additionally, Mr. Whittle is an active member in a number of accredited institutes and committees:

• ISO TC108 / SC5 Condition Monitoring & Diagnostics of Machine Systems
• Mobius Institute Board of Certification (MIBoC) Technical Committee
• The British Institute of NDT Council Member
• The British Institute of NDT Condition Monitoring Technical Committee
• The British Institute of NDT Vibration Analysis Working Group
• British Standards Institute – BSi Technical sub-committee GME/21/5 – Mechanical vibration and shock and Condition monitoring – Vibration of machines

British Standards Institute – BSi Technical sub-committee GME/21/7 Mechanical vibration and shock and Condition monitoring – Condition monitoring.

The global engineering team of a multinational tyre company had established a Lubrication System Standard for all their manufacturing plants around the world. However, in South Africa their local lubricant supplier was unable to provide the service & support that was required to implement a best practice lubrication reliability programme. Instead, LE South Africa was therefore authorised to work with the plant to devise & then implement a full programme of correct lubricant storage & handling which included colour coding, labels, dedicated filter carts as well as Xclude Dessicant Breathers and Xpel Oil Containers.

Angus has worked for LE for more than 13 years in a variety of marketing & sales roles and is currently based in the UK. He is responsible for a cross-section of LE International’s distributors around the world ranging from: Australia to the Ukraine – spending time training new technical consultants and visiting a wide variety of LE customers in the field. Angus also plays an active part in LE’s OEM liaison – particularly with key gearbox & open gear manufacturers.

The dynamic behavior at part load has been a major problem for low head and medium head Francis turbines. Vortex rope (draft tube swirl), caused due to the flow instabilities in the draft tube under off-design part load operating conditions, create low frequency pressure pulsations at a frequency of 0.2 to 0.4 times the rotational frequency of the runner. High amplitude vibrations due to resonance can occur in case these pulsations coincide with the natural frequency of a hydraulic, mechanical, or structural component. This study presents the results of the vibration analysis done using the online vibration monitoring & diagnosis system installed on 2 x 100 MW Francis turbines in a hydroelectric power plant located in south east of Turkey which involve high overall vibrations exceeding the alarm limits at partial loads. Orbit and FFT spectrum plots are obtained from relative shaft vibration measurements performed using eddy-current displacement sensors wired to a real-time multichannel vibration analyzer. Measurement results at the turbine guide bearing revealed the vortex rope phenomenon between 40% and 65% loads.

Emre Orhon was born in İstanbul, Turkey, in 1978. He received the B.E. degree in mechanical engineering and the M.Sc. degree in machine dynamics, vibration & acoustics from İstanbul Technical University, in 1999 and 2009, respectively. From the same university he also received the M.A. degree in musical composition from Center for Advanced Studies in Music, in 2002. He holds Vibration Analyst Cat-II certificate. Since 2000, he has been with Pro-Plan Ltd., Istanbul, Turkey, where he is currently working as a senior engineer on condition monitoring & vibration analysis. He worked as a project manager in online vibration monitoring system installation projects in various power plants and conducted many lectures on machine vibration diagnostics in Turkey.

This presentation will analyse a major online installation through the analogy of a sailing ship. Preparation for a voyage, handling stormy seas and sunny days, reaping the benefit of the returns. Through this journey we will use real case studies and experience to start you on online.

Takeaways

Online Installation
Alarm generation
Root Cause Analysis
Reliability Improvement

He started his career attaining his National Diploma(S4) in Mechanical Engineering and becoming a Performance and Testing Technician in the Power Generation Industry. He has been in the field of Condition Monitoring for the past 21 years. Starting out as an apprentice he managed to improve his knowledge in condition monitoring in various industries and becoming involved in training. Currently, his main duties are shared between starting up new service contracts, Special Investigations, Training (Mobius Training Partner), CBM Connect Editorial board and active member. Industries that he has worked in include Power Generation, Coal Mining, Platinum/chrome refinery and mining, Waste Water Treatment, Food, Paper and Sugar Mills. His most recent achievement was to pass the Mobius CAT IV course and starting up two service contracts in the Power Generation Industry that include vibration, thermography, oil analysis, and alignment. Qualifications: Higher Diploma Mechanical Engineering, Vibration ISO CAT IV, Asset Reliability CAT 3, Oil Analysis, Thermal Snell Level 1, ODS and Modal Analysis.

The onshore and offshore wind market is growing rapidly. Maintenance costs of wind energy systems are still high. Business operators are demanding solutions to reduce those costs. To address these technological challenges, an endurance test bench has been developed, reproducing the kinematics of a wind turbine on a reduced scale. This test bench was designed to create a progressive natural degradation of the main mechanical components of the drive train. Several sensors have been installed (vibration, currents, voltage, speed, temperature, forces, torques). During endurance testing, time data were recorded and analyzed, in order to determine the most effective methods for the detection of defects and to estimate the remaining life of the components. As an example, a focus on results on wind turbine main bearing monitoring is presented. Methods of detection of bearing defects are known and proven, but may not work applied to slow speed shaft.

Used properly, oil analysis is an invaluable window into a plant’s lubrication practices. But all too often, the prescriptive value of oil analysis is diminished because simple activities that oil analysis may point to can’t be executed because we haven’t taken the time to establish the fundamentals of an effective lubrication program. In this session, we’ll look at the some of the common problems highlighted by oil analysis and explain how to develop lubrication policies, procedures and metrics to maximize the prescriptive value of your oil analysis program.

Mark Barnes serves as Vice President of the Des-Case Reliability Services team. In this role, Mark and his team of lubrication experts help educate end-users on the value of precision lubrication to asset reliability and provide support to help asset intensive company’s change the way they perform lubrication.

Prior to joining Des-Case, Mark was Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Noria Corporation with complete responsibility for all lubrication and oil analysis training and consulting activities. Mark has been an active consultant and educator in the maintenance and reliability field for 23 years and has worked with clients around the world to design and implement lubrication improvement plans. Mark is a frequently invited speaker at maintenance conference around the globe and has won awards for his ability to inspire companies to change the way they think, act and feel about lubrication.

Mark holds a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from The University of Southampton, UK and is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) from SMRP (Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals).  His list of current and former clients includes ExxonMobil, Chevron, Citgo, Cargill, International Paper, EDF, Heinz, Georgia Pacific, Coors, Southern Power, Alcoa, General Mills, Kellogg, Weyerhaeuser, Nissan and Lubrizol.

Operator Driven Reliability is the process of using a plants operator in the reliability loop. It is a concept that requires preparation and solid process implementation to engage the organization.
We will show both the process and the tools you could use.

Abstract: Because of their proximity to equipment, operators are usually the first to detect even the slightest changes in process conditions and machinery health, including abnormal readings, odd noises, excessive heat and vibration, pressure leaks and many more. Too often, their observations go unreported or are not effectively acted upon, eventually leading to machine failures, unplanned downtime and higher operating costs. Why not enable front line operators to take a more proactive role I  this era of digitalization.

Trained in Industrial Organisation & Management, and building on a broad experience as management consultant and business developer, Hanno is currently managing a team of Consultants and Engineers. Key objective is to improve asset performance through leveraging the human potential, implementing Maintenance & Reliability engineering processes, and using fit-for-purpose Information Technology.

Vibration monitoring on gearboxes is not obvious. Brand new gearboxes do have vibrations. Therefor putting alarm detection based on overall vibration levels often leads to false alarms or missed fault detection. Implementation of an automatic alarming can therefor be quite challenging. Best practice monitoring techniques will be presented based on synchronous averaging techniques and confidence factor illustrated with a case-studies on extruder/gearbox.

Traditionally, the worlds of process monitoring and machinery condition monitoring did not mix.  While were many reasons for this, the two most notable were the limitations in the available technology and divergent mindsets that existed on both sides of the fence.
Fast-forward to today. Thanks to significant advances in technology, successfully integrating the process and condition monitoring is not only possible, but is also becoming increasingly necessary to remain competitive and profitable in the global market.  Unfortunately, unlike technology, which seems to evolve at lightning speed, changing a mindset often lags behind.
The purpose of this presentation is to give examples of the latest technologies which allow the merging of process and condition monitoring and real-life case studies to show the results that can be achieved.  Change for the sake of change is almost always a waste of both time and money. However, change for an understood and acknowledged improvement has a much higher likelihood of success.  There is also normally much less opposition to implement the change if the benefits are understood and there is buy-in from program participants up front.  Areas covered will include: the latest data acquisition capabilities for synchronized process and condition monitoring data including integrated video, the latest tools for signal processing, process and condition monitoring, and machinery diagnostics.
Examples will encompass a variety of applications in order to show how an integrated approach is not uniquely suited to a single industry, but rather, is applicable to all industries.

Product Management, Support and Training for Condition Monitoring Tools

Christian graduated from the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen with Master of Science in Mechatronic Engineering. During his studies he worked for a power plant manufacturer optimizing mathematical models for simulating Fluid Structure Interaction in vibrating pipes. For iba AG he is working as product manager for Condition Monitoring tools, including the whole spectrum from online condition monitoring systems to expert vibration analysis tools. As product manager he is also offering support and training to customers on basics of vibration monitoring and how to use the iba-tools.

Bob began his career in Reliability serving over 10 years as a nuclear trained electrician in the US Navy Submarine Force and has been involved in Maintenance and Advanced Equipment Diagnostics for over 30 years. Bob joined IVC Technologies as Director of the Advanced Testing Group. Bob is a well known consultant in the vibration industry whose knowledge and experience helps direct the Advanced Testing Group to provide their customers with the most advanced technology in the industry focusing on complex and severe problems that have the greatest impact on the bottom line.

Following a bearing defect from stage 1 to stage 3 on a mine-hoist gearbox.  The presentation will cover the basic concept of HD Technology and how the HD technology can extend the pre-warning time dramatically. A mine hoist is a mission critical application in underground mining and the challenge to measure bearing condition is the low RPM (52 RPM) and the limited measuring time window (120 seconds). An innovative tool to show information from several thousand spectrums in one picture will be demonstrated among other advanced tools.

Tim Sundström, born 1964 in Sweden, has a M.Sc. degree in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering from Linköping University, Sweden. For over twenty years, he has been specializing in electronics development and has held managerial positions in the field since 1992. In 2001, he joined SPM Instrument as head of Research and Development, where he has been deeply involved in SPM HD development and field evaluations.

After several unplanned outages during a period of less than 45 days of the two redundant turbo-pumps in a big chemical plant in Belgium, Emerson and local reliability partner I-Care where contacted in order to propose a solution. Since these pumps are having a crucial impact on the production throughput of the plant, the case had to be handled with highest priority and precision. In order to make a suitable solution we advised to execute locally a root cause analysis test with the Emerson portable online analyzer. By the results of this analysis the root cause of the unplanned failures was uncovered. The combination of certain process circumstances and the product quality itself where causing at certain moments heavy cavitation with high vibrations, serious wear-out and integrity distortion at both pumps as result. Based on this analysis, the company decided to install a fixed online condition monitoring system of Emerson to have better insights and control of their process circumstances in order to avoid abnormal ware of their critical turbo-pumps.

Pierre Colon is a Mechanical Engineer and has a master degree in Total Quality Management. He’s working in reliability and Predictive Maintenance for 10 years. He was used to work on the field and was a vibration and thermographic analyst. Then he took care of training and support in I-Care and became the product director for the whole group in 2012.

Reliability improvement programs can deliver tremendous benefits to all industry, but unless you have the complete support of senior management the program will not be successful. In fact, if you don’t have support, the program may never get started, and existing programs may suddenly be shut down. But how do you gain, and maintain, that support? Can you just provide examples of what other companies and industries have achieved? Can you explain “industry best practice” and what “world class” maintenance looks like? Can you explain the “common sense” benefits of reliability improvement? No, that will not work. In this presentation, Jason will explain:

Jason Tranter (BE Hons) has been involved with condition monitoring and vibration analysis since 1984. In 1986 Jason formed his Australian company, ARGO, which was heavily involved in vibration monitoring and systems development. In 1990 he sold that company and the “ALERT” product line to DLI Engineering in Seattle (now AzimaDLI). Jason was in charge of product development, and later in charge of vibration products. In 1996 Jason returned to Australia and for the next three years he developed the ExpertALERT (EAV), DCX data collector, and DCX Online products for DLI Engineering. In 1999 Jason formed Mobius and began the development of the iLearnInteractive series of computer-based products for vibration and alignment training and analysis, including iLearnVibration, iLearnAlignment and Interpreter. These products have been used by thousands of people in over 90 countries to learn and become certified. Mobius was awarded the Victorian Regional Exporter of the year and was a finalist in the Australian Export Awards for 2007 and 2008. In 2005 Jason formed the “Mobius Institute” for expanded distance learning and public courses, and courses that comply with ISO and ASNT standards for certification. Mobius has offices in Australia, the United States and Costa Rica, and training centers in over 40 countries. In 2010 Jason formed the Mobius Institute Board of Certification, a not-for-profit organization to make it possible for vibration analysts anywhere in the world to achieve certification per ISO 18436-1. Jason has delivered technical papers around the world, and has had articles published in numerous international magazines and journals.

Traditionally, the worlds of process monitoring and machinery condition monitoring did not mix.  While were many reasons for this, the two most notable were the limitations in the available technology and divergent mindsets that existed on both sides of the fence.
Fast-forward to today. Thanks to significant advances in technology, successfully integrating the process and condition monitoring is not only possible, but is also becoming increasingly necessary to remain competitive and profitable in the global market.  Unfortunately, unlike technology, which seems to evolve at lightning speed, changing a mindset often lags behind.
The purpose of this presentation is to give examples of the latest technologies which allow the merging of process and condition monitoring and real-life case studies to show the results that can be achieved.  Change for the sake of change is almost always a waste of both time and money. However, change for an understood and acknowledged improvement has a much higher likelihood of success.  There is also normally much less opposition to implement the change if the benefits are understood and there is buy-in from program participants up front.  Areas covered will include: the latest data acquisition capabilities for synchronized process and condition monitoring data including integrated video, the latest tools for signal processing, process and condition monitoring, and machinery diagnostics.
Examples will encompass a variety of applications in order to show how an integrated approach is not uniquely suited to a single industry, but rather, is applicable to all industries.

Product Management, Support and Training for Condition Monitoring Tools

Christian graduated from the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen with Master of Science in Mechatronic Engineering. During his studies he worked for a power plant manufacturer optimizing mathematical models for simulating Fluid Structure Interaction in vibrating pipes. For iba AG he is working as product manager for Condition Monitoring tools, including the whole spectrum from online condition monitoring systems to expert vibration analysis tools. As product manager he is also offering support and training to customers on basics of vibration monitoring and how to use the iba-tools.

Bob began his career in Reliability serving over 10 years as a nuclear trained electrician in the US Navy Submarine Force and has been involved in Maintenance and Advanced Equipment Diagnostics for over 30 years. Bob joined IVC Technologies as Director of the Advanced Testing Group. Bob is a well known consultant in the vibration industry whose knowledge and experience helps direct the Advanced Testing Group to provide their customers with the most advanced technology in the industry focusing on complex and severe problems that have the greatest impact on the bottom line.

Parallelism of rollers has gained importance since the production speed of different kinds of sheet materials has been continuously increased in order to raise the production volume.
Classical alignment methods, especially optical measurement systems have been significantly improved but are still very time consuming and limited by the necessity of a line of sight.
Best results, both in quality and speed of alignment are obtained using a combination of high accuracy navigation gyroscopes and advanced optical measurement systems.

Born in Zagreb (Croatia) in 1957, Dragutin Lacko graduated in 1980 in Antwerp. Since 1990 he is involved in condition monitoring, laser optic shaft alignment and geometrical alignment. In the beginning his main occupation was selling measurement systems, giving technical support to customers and training users. Today he uses his experience to support the service department of PRUFTECHNIK N.V. and gives training sessions in shaft alignment and geometrical alignment.

This presentation examine two case studies where video amplification was used and then the data was compared to traditional Operational Deflection Shape analysis. In the analysis of the two cases one can see the correlation between the two technologies and also why you would choose the one technology above the other.

During the process of collecting the data all experience is shared so that any aspiring condition monitoring technician can know what to expect and also make an informed choice of the best technology for a specific condition monitoring problem.

• 4 levels of Predictive Maintenance; where do you fit?
• Scenario: you have detected a fault on a critical machine, now what?
  • The role of the analyst
  • The role of the Reliability manager
  • The role of the production manager.
• Key points on the road to Reliability.

Tommy Glesnes is certified as “European Expert in Maintenance Management” by EFNMS and the World Class Maintenance course, and Vibration Analyst category III by Mobius Institute. He has worked in the field of condition monitoring and maintenance optimization for more than 20 years, as a service provider. Our main specialty was to set up PdM programs, and remote diagnostic service with the aim to improve reliability and availability in addition to reduce maintenance cost for our customers.

Did you know that you can add a metal bar (with a weight on the end) to a machine that is experiencing high vibration and that vibration will be reduced, potentially dramatically? Yes, it is true! “Tuned absorbers” and “tuned mass dampers” are widely used in a variety of applications, from multi-story buildings to small industrial pumps, to minimize vibration. It is a tool that every vibration analyst should be aware of as it can help solve problems that you may struggle to solve otherwise. In this presentation, Jason will explain the basic principles, explain the design criteria, and provide a series of examples where they have been applied successfully.

Jason Tranter (BE Hons) has been involved with condition monitoring and vibration analysis since 1984. In 1986 Jason formed his Australian company, ARGO, which was heavily involved in vibration monitoring and systems development. In 1990 he sold that company and the “ALERT” product line to DLI Engineering in Seattle (now AzimaDLI). Jason was in charge of product development, and later in charge of vibration products. In 1996 Jason returned to Australia and for the next three years he developed the ExpertALERT (EAV), DCX data collector, and DCX Online products for DLI Engineering. In 1999 Jason formed Mobius and began the development of the iLearnInteractive series of computer-based products for vibration and alignment training and analysis, including iLearnVibration, iLearnAlignment and Interpreter. These products have been used by thousands of people in over 90 countries to learn and become certified. Mobius was awarded the Victorian Regional Exporter of the year and was a finalist in the Australian Export Awards for 2007 and 2008. In 2005 Jason formed the “Mobius Institute” for expanded distance learning and public courses, and courses that comply with ISO and ASNT standards for certification. Mobius has offices in Australia, the United States and Costa Rica, and training centers in over 40 countries. In 2010 Jason formed the Mobius Institute Board of Certification, a not-for-profit organization to make it possible for vibration analysts anywhere in the world to achieve certification per ISO 18436-1. Jason has delivered technical papers around the world, and has had articles published in numerous international magazines and journals.

The ability to record and listen to high frequency sound both in the air and through solids and to do so with virtually no influence the vibration levels present, gives Ultrasound a unique ability to provide additional information about the behavior of a component in a machine.

This presentation draws on case histories from numerous industries and countries to show how Ultrasound has proved invaluable in assisting the Vibration Analyst to find defects in bearings in otherwise challenging conditions, couplings, gearboxes, pumps and lubrication.

Degree in Acoustics Chartered Engineer Certified Reliability Leader 34 years in vibration measurement, 23 years using IR and 17 years using ultrasound. Tom Murphy has worked in the field of vibration measurement and specifically condition monitoring for most of his professional life. He now assists Companies to develop or re-vitalise their programs with a clear focus on the overlap between the various technologies.

As vibration analysts, it can be easy to get so involved in the collection, analysis and interpretation of vibration data that we may not always see the bigger picture of opportunity for our clients that comes from being able to adopt a Condition Based Maintenance Strategy.

Fully adopting CBM means ONLY doing maintenance work when Condition Monitoring identifies that it is required, abandoning what are often long-established routine Preventive Maintenance tasks.  This requires confidence that the Condition Monitoring techniques being used will be able to cover the full range of commonly occurring failure modes.  This means you need techniques which can detect electrical and operational issues as well as just mechanical ones.

This talk will cover the use of MBVI systems, a complementary technique to conventional Vibration Monitoring, that can cover these electrical and operational issues, as well as mechanical, vibration-related issues.  Using these in conjunction with your existing VA tools can help unlock significant benefits for you and your clients.

Geoff Walker is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with 40 years’ experience in Maintenance and Asset Management. Following a first degree in Engineering at St John’s College, Cambridge University, Geoff spent the first decade-and-a-bit of his career in the Chemicals Industry, covering the range of new plant design, new plant build, new plant commissioning, plant operation and maintenance, and technology development. His first exposure to RCM, FMEA and Condition Monitoring came in the mid-1980s, applying the techniques to fine chemical production plants.

He spent the next decade-and-a-bit of his career in Management Consultancy, being one of the founder members of Coopers & Lybrand’s Physical Asset Management practice and ending up as Director responsible for Physical Asset Management across Europe, Middle East and Africa. He has spent the last decade-and-a-bit developing and deploying smart systems for automated fault diagnosis and condition monitoring, and is one of the founding partners of Artesis LLP, who specialise in condition monitoring of rotating equipment using the drive motor as a sensor to monitor the behaviour and condition of the driven equipment. Geoff sits on a number of committees responsible for the development of standards for Condition Monitoring, for the British Standards Institute, and the International Standards Organisation, ISO. He also sits on the Committee for BINDT – the British Institute for Non-Destructive Testing.

Wind turbines are costly systems which make use of a great deal of technology in order to transform the energy from the wind into electric energy. Since green certificates provided by governments were shut down the need for reducing extra costs was increased in all areas, including of course, maintenance. Whereas the current trend is to use vibration monitoring systems to assess the health status of the turbine, other techniques as wear debris monitoring or SCADA-based predictive tools should not be underestimated. Furthermore, each of these techniques have their own strengths. And while by separate each of them provide value, combining them will provide the best results.

Hugo Fanlo Virgós is an Analyst at Performance Management department in EDP Renewables since 2015, where he designs, develops and makes use of different tools aimed at improving the power generation of wind turbines. Graduated from the University of Oviedo in 2004, with a master degree in Chemistry and a PhD from the University of Groningen, he is currently interested in predictive maintenance including software-based condition monitoring tools, vibration monitoring and oil analysis.

A large oil field service company was interested in being able to dramatically increase production by safely extending the engine oil drain intervals for their fleet of 2,000 vehicles. Each vehicle was having to change its engine oil too regularly and it meant many hours of lost downtime each & every month due to these many oil changes. In order to successfully & safely extend the drain intervals they partnered with their lubrication reliability company –who could provide not only a high performance, long life heavy duty diesel engine oil but also a comprehensive Xamine Oil Analysis Programme. The results of the trial were extraordinary & enabled them to introduce a truly ‘green’ programme.

Angus has worked for LE for more than 13 years in a variety of marketing & sales roles and is currently based in the UK. He is responsible for a cross-section of LE International’s distributors around the world ranging from: Australia to the Ukraine – spending time training new technical consultants and visiting a wide variety of LE customers in the field. Angus also plays an active part in LE’s OEM liaison – particularly with key gearbox & open gear manufacturers.

Tim Sundström, born 1964 in Sweden, has a M.Sc. degree in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering from Linköping University, Sweden. For over twenty years, he has been specializing in electronics development and has held managerial positions in the field since 1992. In 2001, he joined SPM Instrument as head of Research and Development, where he has been deeply involved in SPM HD development and field evaluations.

Current standard ultrasound instruments enable users the access to relatively simple parameters such as level measurements by means of narrow-band sensors and analogue electronics. This limits the informative value of ultrasound technology since the most physical processes generate ultrasound in a broad frequency range. The limitation of narrow frequencies prevents fails in some cases because of changed frequency distributions. Frequency variations are caused by changed operation, wear of surfaces and consequently of the friction, fluid turbulences and other. The extension of the accessible frequency – enabled by means of a new sensor technology – provides (in combination with advanced signal processing) improved detection of faults and unusual operation conditions.
The improved ultrasound technology will exemplified for roller bearings with increasing amount of damage.

A large number of bearing defects is caused by electrical problems. In many cases these bearing defects show typical signs like riffles in the outer race. But new studies show that electrical influence can also be a trigger for white etching cracks (WEC). A phenomena which can lead to an early bearing defect and can only be detected in a laboratory with complex methods.
There are many studies about current problems due to vfd driven motors. The protection of the bearings in electric motors is often done by isolating one bearing or by using shaft grounding methods. But who is taking care of gear boxes, main bearings in windturbines or other drives? How is it possible to detect if there is any current source which can lead to current flow through a bearing and hence to a early bearing defect..
This presentation will show new measurement methods to detect critical electric situation in machines. Measurements which can be done from outside of motors, large bearings like main bearings on wind turbines, paper machines … as well as from inside of gear boxes and several other machines.

Harald Reiners, born 1966 in Germany, got his training as an electronic engineer. After that he worked in a computer company for 14 years as the head of the hardware department. 2002 he joined the condition monitoring group of FAG Industrial services as a field service engineer which he is now leading for 9 years. As a level III certified specialist he did condition monitoring in several industries as wind power, marine, oil and gas, paper and steel. Additionally, he worked as a trainer and developed several special condition monitoring hardware and solutions.

Asset monitoring with vibration analysis is experiencing an accelerated development due to several catalytic factors. Installations are increasingly interconnected by industry standard TCP/IP based networks. Transmission speeds for wireless data is increasing. Digital storage and bandwidth becomes cheaper. Intuitive and mobile tablets and smartphones connect technicians to their plants through apps. New techniques such as data mining, deep learning and analytics enable us to plough through enormous amounts of data and extract patterns and relations that were invisible in the past.

This session illustrates with practical examples how these new technologies will empower technicians and engineers to efficiently assess the health of rotating equipment and how they will boost the effectiveness of the vibration analyst.

Remote access; let the data travel
Powerful automation techniques in combination with modern network capabilities allows us to monitor several production units from one central location. Furthermore, automation and digitalisation releases the analysts from unproductive and repetitive tasks. The result? More time for what really matters: analysing machinery issues and formulating solutions to eliminate the root causes of problems.

The end of closed system architectures
A connected infrastructure taps into more data sources than the vibration readings alone. We need all relevant parameters to normalize readings and a correct contextual alarm interpretation. Here we enter the field of IIoT connecting all ‘things’. We access relevant information without having to generate all of it. The power of digitalisation and the usage of new pattern recognition techniques will only work with open system architectures. Processed vibration data must be accessible by analytics and data mining engines. Dashboards and cloud based software must interact with data from different sources.

As the industrial internet of things is developing, machines will communicate with each other without human intervention. This does not mean that technicians will become obsolete. By using human skills that are difficult to automate and combine these with analytic engines and processing features of advanced soft- and hardware systems, we will harvest the full power of condition monitoring as never before while making the analyst’s job more efficient and meaningful.

Alain Naets started his career in condition monitoring and vibration analysis in 1993 and holds a master’s degree in industrial electro mechanic engineering from Groep-T (now KU Leuven University) in Belgium. In 1995, together with a colleague, he established PRUFTECHNIK NV, the Belgian/Dutch subsidiary of PRÜFTECHNIK AG, a leading German manufacturer of condition monitoring and industrial laser alignment systems. Between 1999 and 2003 Alain was in charge of the development of Condition Monitoring activities within the international PRÜFTECHNIK AG network. He gave product and technology trainings for PRÜFTECHNIK personnel worldwide. Since 2003 he is general manager of PRUFTECHNIK NV in Antwerpen and Rotterdam. Since then he has been leading the implementation of large on- and offline condition monitoring projects in the industry, marine and offshore segments. He is a Mobius institute certified ISO Category IV vibration analyst since 2014. That year he also established the Marine and Offshore competence centre for the PRÜFTECHNIK Group and he is a member of the Mobius Institute Board of Certification who issues the accreditations for the ISO 18436-2, Categories 1 to 4 certificates. He is the author of papers and articles about condition monitoring, vibration analysis and recently digitalisation and remote diagnostics within the condition monitoring sector. He teaches ISO accredited Mobius courses (level 1, 2 and 3) and acts as a visiting lecturer at the universities of Ghent and Leuven. Alain is involved in the development process of new generations of condition monitoring systems and software within the PRÜFTECHNIK Group.

The focus is on tube mills used for coal milling in the power generation industry. The drive train typically consist of: Motor (>2MW), Gearbox (>8Ton), Girth Gear(>7meter) driving a tube mill with a >70ton ball load. Power generation losses typically amount to 135MW if the mills are shut down unexpectedly.

The presentation combine over 10 years of experience in the field of Tube Milling applications, highlighting various special methods in the fields of; Oil Analysis, Vibration Analysis, Advanced Signal Processing, Operational Deflection Shape analysis, Thermal Analysis, Operational Visual inspections

There will be some specifics regarding the advances in the condition monitoring field and how it affected the analysis process.

Vibration analysis, proven as one of the most effective methods in identifying early failure on rotating equipment’s mechanical components. The standard method in identifying early failure using vibration analysis is by comparing the baseline vibration amplitudes with current amplitudes. There is standard such as ISO 10816 series that governs an acceptable limit of vibration value depending upon the size and type of rotating equipment. Nevertheless, for a running plant, having an acceptable vibration limit according to the standard is not always easy to maintain. There are certain cases where the vibration levels are beyond the acceptable limit, but yet due to operational requirements, nothing can be done to repair the level. On the other hand, through experience, it is learned that not all vibration level above standard need to be fixed. In this presentation, tips in overseeing vibration level above standard will be elaborated through several real machinery cases. The tips can be applied to machinery using rolling element bearing and useful as baseline for a vibration analyst to decide machine stop for repair.

Ronny H Rusli currently working as Predictive Maintenance Group Leader to lead Condition Monitoring Program at Saudi Aramco Riyadh facility, to ensure all rotating equipment availability by applying various condition monitoring techniques (vibration, oil analysis, etc). In the past, he worked as Field Service Engineer for SKF, managing Field Condition Monitoring Services at many plants, also he has been adjusted in Rotor Dynamic analysis and in-situ balancing for turbo machinery when working as Machinery Diagnostics Engineer (MDS) for Bently Nevada representative. He is level II Vibration Analyst certified and has more than 13 years in Vibration Analysis.

Clipper is one of the gas producing platform in the UK waters. The platform features two low-pressure compressors that have been known to cause difficulties on start-up. Often Operations would report failed starts on gearbox vibration. These compressors are driven via a speed increasing gearbox. The compressor has no axial thrust bearing and as a result thrust force has to be transmitted to the gearbox thrust bearing via a rigid coupling.
Vibration data was collected during several start-ups, showing failed starts present high synchronous vibration and all characteristics of shaft unbalance. During normal operations and cold starts the compressor present very low vibration.
A detailed analysis using nyquist plots allowed the analyst to understand how unbalance was changing at every start. A hot restart profile (vibration severity per start from first failed start) was also built, which helped understanding what conditions would make the compressor move from a failed hot restart to a successful start-up.
After ruling out looseness and rotor sag, attention was given to external factors. These were listed and their influence tested in the field during a test campaign.
It was found that vibration is mainly affected by leaving the rotor idle in hot gas. A secondary factor was the influence of cold nitrogen injection in seal gas cavity. While more intrusive solutions were possible and considered, the problem was solved by a combination of control changes which allowed the platform to save several days of lost production per year.

Charles Cottin graduated from Cranfield University with a Masters in Rotating Machines Engineering and Management. He has worked for Total (France), NAM (The Netherlands) and Shell UK in the selection, maintenance and troubleshooting of various rotating equipment. His specialties include maintenance optimisation, root-cause analyses and troubleshooting of performance and vibration issues. He is a Vibration Analyst level III and an MIMechE chartered engineer.

Like all other areas of our lives, technology and its creative use is revolutionizing the world of vibration analysis. This presentation will consider some of those recent developments, specifically on the latest advancements in how data is collected, analyzed and reported on back to the customer. Wireless sensors, Cloud-based data storage and algorithm-based analysis tools provide an efficient and effective predictive maintenance service to a customer, allowing customers with little or no vibration knowledge to utilize vibration analysis effectively.

Kihm is an Engineering Consultant for HBM Prenscia, where he provides technical support, training and engineering services activities related to FEA, signal processing, fatigue and vibration analysis in the industry. Frédéric holds a MS in Mechanical Engineering from IFMA University and is currently pursuing a PhD with the Institute of Sound & Vibration Research (ISVR) in Southampton.

The focus is on tube mills used for coal milling in the power generation industry. The drive train typically consist of: Motor (>2MW), Gearbox (>8Ton), Girth Gear(>7meter) driving a tube mill with a >70ton ball load. Power generation losses typically amount to 135MW if the mills are shut down unexpectedly.

The presentation combine over 10 years of experience in the field of Tube Milling applications, highlighting various special methods in the fields of; Oil Analysis, Vibration Analysis, Advanced Signal Processing, Operational Deflection Shape analysis, Thermal Analysis, Operational Visual inspections

There will be some specifics regarding the advances in the condition monitoring field and how it affected the analysis process.

Many condition monitoring programmes do not deliver their full potential due to a lack of focus regarding the equipment surveyed or prioritisation of maintenance. A common mistake is being over ambitious when implementing the programme, typically including too many equipment items which may become impractical or have diminishing returns. Adopting a risk based strategy ensures time and resources are focused where most beneficial to plant operation and safety to bring the greatest return on investment.

This presentation will introduce how criticality analysis can be utilized in setting up your condition monitoring programme and henceforth applied dynamically to prioritize maintenance. It will also introduce the concept of risk based compliance and how this can be turned into a primary key performance indicator for any condition monitoring programme.

Matthew Moore BSc (Hons) is the Global Subject Matter Expert in Condition Monitoring for Petrofac. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of vibration and condition monitoring and is a certified Mobius Institute ISO 18436-2 Category IV vibration analyst and training partner.

Matthew has extensive experience implementing vibration monitoring programmes and developing global guidance documents and condition monitoring strategies for the oil and gas industry. He is also the designer of CBMnet; Petrofac’s bespoke condition monitoring risk based reporting and information management system, which has been implemented on over 100 facilities in some of the remotest locations around the world.

Vibration is nothing more than a tool – an information tool – and there is a step by step approach to diagnosing machinery problems. Know your forcing frequencies, identify patterns of harmonics and/or sidebands, conduct appropriate field tests and so on. In this entertaining presentation, Scott Dow leads the audience through the process of solving a case study with a twist: through the use of polling devices, the audience will decide what the next step will be. Scott will present the actual question, take questions on the equipment and, eventually, poll the audience on the next step. Check for looseness? Soft foot? Collect higher resolution data? YOU, the audience, decides. Join the fun and see how well you do!

A mechanical engineer by trade, Scott Dow has been working in the vibration world for over 25 years. During that time, he has worked extensively as a field analyst and as a trainer, teaching formal classes and also mentoring clients individually and in small groups. During the mid-90s, Scott developed an innovative training technique based on recreating interesting and educational case studies he had encountered. Students would receive the actual data to analyze and were free to request any field tests they thought would help them diagnose the problem, which eventually they would have to do in the form of a submitted report that was assessed in light of the actual (known) case fault(s). In practice, this method has proven to be highly successful, allowing students to bridge the divide between theory and successful application of that theory in identifying machinery faults. You can find this case study technique being used as an important part of Mobius’ new class on Time Waveform Analysis (TWA).

Scott currently owns his own business, CBM Consultants, with one of his primary duties being  the Principle Instructor for Mobius Institute North America. When he is not conducting Mobius classes, he continues to mentor both individuals and small groups with either on-site or remote support for database setup, building analysis skills, field testing and more.

Motion Amplification (MA) is a video-processing technique that detects subtle motion and amplifies that motion to a level visible to the naked eye. Videos created through Motion Amplification enhance the understanding of the components and interrelationships creating the motion. Every pixel in the camera becomes a sensor, creating millions of data points in an instant, all in phase with one another.

A series of case studies will be examined focusing on structural components. Often structural components are the root cause of failure with machinery but are hard to diagnose or detect. Traditional vibration can often overlook these faults. We will examine how Motion Amplification lends itself to easily identify and diagnose structural issues common to motors and pumps. A live demonstration will be done to help understand the technique.

Jeff Hay, PhD is the Founder and CEO of RDI Technologies.  He is the inventor and visionary behind the Iris M platform that allows you to amplify and measure motion with the use of video.  His products are moving industrial vibration to the visual spectrum.  His passion is using his background in applied optical technology to change the way you see machinery and maintenance.

Data science work in heavy industry is not fully leveraged in operational decision making as data scientists are often not able to connect to the end user. In this talk, I will present some of the challenges encountered, how we overcame them and the solutions developed.

Alexandra is a data scientist at Arundo, where she works with customers in asset-heavy industries to develop data-driven products which reduce unplanned downtime and optimize operations. Prior to joining Arundo, Alexandra worked in optimization and automation of mechanical analysis and design in the energy and military sectors. Alexandra holds an M.Sc. in Computational Methods from Universitet Gent, an M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from RWTH Aachen, and a B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the US.

Contact us for your invitation and further information at becky@mobiusinstitute.com. Invitation only.

Hansford Sensors – excellence in vibration monitoring

 At Hansford Sensors, we design, develop and manufacture a wide range of high performance industrial accelerometers, vibration transmitters (loop powered sensors), cable assemblies, industrial enclosures and ancillary equipment.

Our products are used globally by the world’s leading companies. In each case, we deliver an unrivaled combination of product quality and reliability, prompt  delivery, competitive prices and outstanding customer and technical support.

Contact us for your invitation and further information. Invitation only – invitation is subject to SPM approval.