Machinery Failure Analysis

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Short Courses Available:

Centrifugal Compressor Operations for 21st Century Users

Dry Gas Sealing Systems for Centrifugal Compression Equipment

Compressors-Construction, Performance, Testing, Selection and Sizing

Reliability Evaluation of Steam Turbine Blades for Process Drives

Machinery Failure Analysis

Agenda
Machinery Failure Analysis : Agenda

Part I.  Introduction to Failure Analysis
1.    Fundamental Causes of Failures
    Design Failures
    Material Selection Deficiencies
    Material Imperfections
    Manufacturing Defects
    Assembly and Installation Errors
    Maintenance and Operation Errors
    Conclusion
2.    Failure Analysis Practice
   Failure Analysis Objectives
   How Far Should We Go?
   Main Steps
   Reports and Databases
3.    Failure Prevention Efforts
   Types of Failures
   Prevention of Failures
   Machinery Monitoring and Anticipatory Action
   Operators* Role in Reliability

Part II.  Failure Modes
4.    Ductile and Brittle Fractures
     Ductile Fracture Morphology
     Ductile Fracture Mechanism
     Brittle Fracture
     Brittle Fracture Morphology
     Brittle Fracture Mechanism
5.    Fatigue Fractures
     Fatigue fracture Mechanism
     Fatigue Fracture Surface Morphology
     Factors That Influence Fatigue Strength
6.    Wear
     Sliding Wear
     Hard Particle Wear
     Liquid Impingement Wear
     Cavitation
7.    Corrosion
     Electrochemical Corrosion Mechanism
     Uniform Corrosion
     Corrosion Fatigue
     Pitting Corrosion
     Galvanic Corrosion
     Corrosion Erosion
     Stress Corrosion Cracking
8.    Incrustation
     Coke Deposition
     Salt Deposition
     Biological Incrustation
9.    Electric Discharge Damage

Part III.  Machinery Component Failures
10.   Shafts
   Stresses Acting on a Shaft
   Fatigue Failures
   Shaft Wear
   Shaft Distortion
11.   Hydrodynamic Bearings
   Operation of a Hydrodynamic Bearing
   Hydrodynamic Bearing Construction
   Hydrodynamic Bearing Failure Analysis
   Fatigue Failures
   Bearing Metal Wear
   Corrosion
   Effect of Hard Particles on Bearings
   Effect of Lubrication
   Effect of Temperature
   Effect of Overloads
   Assembly Deficiencies
   Electrical Discharge Damage
   Fabrication Related Failures
   Design Related Failures
12.   Antifriction Bearings
   Antifriction Bearing Lubrication
   Antifriction Bearing Design Life
   Contact Patterns on Bearing Races
   Antifriction Bearing Failure Analysis
   Types of Failure
13.   Mechanical Seals
   How a Mechanical Seal Works
   Seal Mechanical Design
   Seal Hydrodynamic Design
   P * V
   Sealing System
   Mechanical Seal Failure Analysis
   Face Contact Patterns
   Failure Mechanisms and Causes
   Corrosion of Seal Components
   Mechanical Damage
   Thermal Damage
   Design and Manufacturing Defects
14.   Bolts
   How a Bolt Works
   Application of the Preload Error
   Reusing Bolts
   Bolt Failure
15.   Gears
   Gear Tooth Contact and Lubrication
   Loads Acting on the Gear Teeth
   Gear Failure
16.   Reciprocating Compressor Valves
   How a Compressor Valve Works
   Valve Failure
17.   Belt Transmissions
   *V* Belts
   Synchronized Belts
18.   Couplings
   Disc Coupling Couplings
   Grid Couplings
   Gear Couplings
   Coupling Standardization
19.   Turbomachinery Blades
   How a Turbomachinery Blade Works
   Blade Failure Analysis

Part IV.  Case Studies
20.   Failure Analysis Examples
   A Pump Failure Caused by Turbine Driver Overspeed
   Hydrogen Compressor Seal Failure
   Vibration Induced Fatigue Failures of Identical Reciprocating
      Compressors
   A Gearbox Failure from the Electrical Discharge Damage of a Bearing

Daily sessions are scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Continental Breakfast and Lunch will be provided daily (dinner on your own).

Refreshment breaks (complimentary) are scheduled twice daily.

The course will end at 3:00 p.m. on Friday for traveling convenience.