Absolute fault limit, 108 Acceleration, 19,22,23,29 Accelerometers, 52 Acceptance testing, 3 , 4 Active channels, 246 Aerodynamic instability, 91,

149,222 Alarm limits, 107 Alert limits, 107 American Petroleum Institute, 132 Amplitude, 8, 11, 15,22,23,46 Analysis parameter sets, 100 Analysis type, 101 Antialiasing filters, 105 Applied force, 15 Averaging, 105 Axial, 54 Axial movement, 1 5 9 4 Babbitt bearings, 157 Bandwidth, 101, 103, 227 Baseline data, 61, 128, 184 Bearing frequencies, 73,75,78, 89,92,93, 102,155 Blade pass frequency, 15,75 Broadband, 22,23,60,64,126, 133, 138 Cables, 53 Calibration factor, 243 Centrifugal compressors, 83, 114, 115 Centrifugal pumps, 94, 120 Chain drives, 75, 159 Channel coupling, 241 Circular frequency, 18 Common shaft analysis, 192 Composite trends, 128 Compressors, 83, 113 Constant speed, 98, 104,218 Couplings, 76,77 Crankshaft frequency, 85 Critical speeds, 139,201

Cross-machine comparison, 136, 182 Damping, 26,28, 30,33, 36,280 Data acquisition, 49,235 Data filters, 101 normalization, 136, 196 verification, 59 Degrees of freedom, 36,38 Displacement, 8, 17,22,29,50 Dynamic resonance, 152,205,211,218 Dynamic twist, 285 Dynamic vibration, 47,48 Eddy current probes, 50 Electric motors, 72, 117 Electromagnetic fields, 53 End play, 15 Engine analyzers, 5 Engineering units, 243 Equipment information sheets, 97 Exponential averaging, 251 Failure modes analysis, 138 Fans and blowers, 90, 118,211 Fast fourier transfonn, 10,42,45,63, 138, 225 Flat-top weighting, 249 Flow instability, 14 Forced vibration, 33 Fourier, 8 Fourier series, 2 1 Free run, 244 Free vibration, 28, 30 Frequency, 2 1,46 analysis, 101, 138 domain, 8,9, 10,22,45,49,65,69, 181 Full scale voltage, 242 Gearboxes, 78, 118 Gearmesh frequency, 79,89, 102, 160

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Periodic motion, 6, 17,20 Permanent mounting, 55 Phase angle, 21,46,281 Piezoeclectric crystals, 52 Piston orientation, 88 Pitch circumference, 82 Positive displacement compressors, 84, 115 Positive displacement pumps, 95, 123 Predictive maintenance, 3 , 4 Primary frequency, 2 1 Process envelope, 62, 130, 198, Process information sheets, 99 Process instability, 149,222,232 Process rolls, 93, 119, 166 Process weighting, 248 Pumps, 94, 120 Quality control, 3 , 4 Quick disconnect, 56 Radial, 54 Rathbone chart, 130 Real-time analysis, 225 Reciprocating compressors, 84, 1 15 Reciprocating machines, 15,84, 124 Rectangular weighting, 249 Reference channels, 247 Resonance, 150, 177,201 Revolutions per minute, 9 RMS, 25 Root cause analysis, 189 Root-mean-square,25 Rotating machinery, 13, 18 Rotor. imbalance, 14 passing frequency, 90 Running speed, 9, 10,74,76,79, 8 1, 90,9 1, 92.102 Screw compressor, 89, 116 Settling time, 57 Shaft deflection, 75,91,102,133,195 Signature analysis, 63, 181 Single-channel,48, 68 Single plane imbalance, 141 Sleeve bearings, 157 Slip frequency, 74 Speed, 75, 108, 197 Spring force, 3 1 Static. deflection, 29 resonance, 151,203,213 twist, 284 Steady state, 47, 68 Steam turbines, 74 Stiffness, 26,27,33, 36

Generators, 92 Handheld transducers, 56 Hanning weighting, 249 Harmonic function, 6,9,21, 102 Harmonic motion, 17, 20, 34 Hertz, 21 Hydraulic instability, 95, 149,222 Imbalance, 13,73, 140, 175, 177 Induced loads, 15 Industrial reference data, 62, 130, 185 Inertia force, 30 Jackshafts, 77, 163 Leak detection, 5 Line frequency, 73, 92 Linear averaging, 25 1 Linear motion, 15 Lines of resolution, 103 Load, 11,14,98,108,197 Load distribution, 93, 119 Loose parts detection, 3, 5 Loose rotor bars, 73 Low frequency response, 70 Magnets, 56 Mass, 26, 33, 36 Maximum frequency, 102 Mechanical imbalance, 14, 140 Mechanical looseness, 143 Mechanical motion, 15 Minimum frequency, 103 Misalignment, 93, 145, 173, 175 Mode shape, 75,91,133,222 Modulations, 146 Monitoring parameters, 71 Multi-channel, 48, 233 Multiplane imbalance, 142 Narrowband, 22,23,61,64,71,91, 104, 127, 134 Narrowband zoom, 233 Natural frequency, 29, 34, 213 Noise control, 3, 5 Nonharmonic motion, 20 Normalization, 10, 136, 196 Operating envelope, 14, 110 Orders analysis, 101 Overlap averaging, 106, 247 Passing frequencies, 99 Peak hold averaging, 251 Peak-to-peak, 24

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Synchronoustime averaging, 233,259 Time domain, 8, 10,42,49, 138 Torsional analysis, 234, 267 resonance, 278 stiffness, 37 Transducer, 11,49, 112 Transient analysis, 230, 255 Trending, 60, 125 Trigger group, 243 Turbulent flow. 14 Undamped, 28,33,38 Universal joints, 78 Vane pass frequency, 15 Variable speed, 98,208,219, 231 V-belts, 80, 173 Velocity, 19,22,29,51,54 analysis, 8 monitoring, 3 profile, 13, 16,21 severity, 22,63, 109, 110, 130 signature, 11, 15, 21,63, 138 sources, 16 damping, 30 Waterfall analysis, 182, 220, 255 Waveform. See Time domain Zero-to-peak, 22,24 Zoom analysis, 265

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