"The CBM course helped our team frame the requirements for improvement. It was a very enjoyable 2 days with Dean Whittle, his topic knowledge is impressive!. Many hours of trial and error saved!" -Alan M
The Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) course is a combination of reliability improvement (through precision maintenance practices), condition monitoring, and root cause failure analysis and provides the best all-round approach to reducing maintenance costs and improving availability.
Reliability engineers; condition monitoring team leaders; plant managers, maintenance managers and others in the maintenance and production departments who wish to understand why reliability should be improved, and how to improve it. If you already have a reliability or condition monitoring program, this course will help to better understand what it is all about. If you manage such a program, this course will help you to inject new life and ideas into that program.
Course highlights
Independent training, free from sales literature
Private onsite or virtual course for 5 or more students
Certificate of attendance. No formal examination
Professional instructors with a hands-on approach
Flexible range of online and offline study options
Understand maintenance philosophies like breakdown, scheduled, predictive, precision
A closer look at how to improve reliability by taking care of the simple things
Learn about alignment, balancing, resonance, lubrication, and acceptance testing
Review popular condition monitoring technologies: VA, Oil, Wear particle, infrared, ultrasound
Find answers through real life case studies that demonstrate actual benefits
Course description
If you’d like to know what Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) course is all about, then this one-to-two-day course is ideal. With a walk through of the CBM benefits and methods, combined with hands-on exercises, your understanding and appreciation of CBM will skyrocket.
The CBM course is ideal for any person who is considering starting a condition monitoring program or who wishes to improve reliability at the plant. The first step in implementing such a program is to understand the goals and benefits. The second step is to understand the practical steps that can be implemented to improve reliability. And the third step is to understand the condition monitoring technologies, and how they can provide early warnings about possible machine failure. (The fourth step is to have a plan to implement a successful program. This is summarised in this course, but it is available as a two day course: “Establishing and Operating and Successful Condition Monitoring Program”.) Thanks to the Mobius Institute animations and simulators, you will be surprised at how much you learn and understand about the condition monitoring technologies.
What is unique about this course?
RMS makes it unique. We spent a lot of time, effort and money to generate modern slides, illustrations, 3D animations, and software simulators to make these topics very easy to understand, and to captivate you during the course. There is nothing surer; if you are bored or confused you won’t learn a thing and you will have wasted your precious time. Our presentations and instructors are lively and animated, and you will understand, and remember, the topics we teach. You will go back to your plant feeling energized and prepared to take on all the challenges.
Course topics
Understanding maintenance philosophies
Breakdown or run-to-failure maintenance
When is it economically justifiable?
Scheduled or calendar-based maintenance
Is there a significant flaw in this method?
Do machines fail when you expect them to fail?
MTBF and MTBR
The P-F curve
Predictive or condition-based maintenance
The benefits
Planned maintenance versus unplanned
Is your plant ready for it?
Precision or reliability centred maintenance
The philosophical difference
The benefits
Is your plant ready for it?
Understanding OEE
Understanding risk
Minimising risk
Reliability, condition monitoring and insurance
Improving the bottom line
Cut maintenance costs or improve OEE?
Improving reliability
Taking care of the simple things
Bearing and seal installation
A quick review of the importance of correct installation and operation of bearings and seals
Precision shaft and belt alignment
The importance of precision alignment
What is misalignment?
How can you tell if a machine is not aligned
An overview of shaft and belt alignment techniques
Using dial indicators
Using laser-based systems
Correcting soft foot
Dealing with thermal growth
Precision balancing
The importance of balancing
What is unbalance?
How can you tell if a machine is not balanced
An overview of the balancing process
Single-plane balancing
Two-plane balancing
In-situ versus shop balancing
Balance grades (ISO standards)
Resonance control
What is resonance?
How common is resonance?
An overview to detecting resonance
An overview to correcting resonance
Improving lubrication
Understanding lubrication
The importance of lubrication
Contamination control
Acceptance testing, FMECA and Root cause failure analysis
Create a good plan with FMECA, and close the loop with RCA
Condition monitoring overview
Overview of condition monitoring
Is condition monitoring still necessary if you improve reliability?
Vibration analysis
A quick review of the fundamentals
The time waveform, spectrum analysis, overall level measurements
How to collect vibration readings
A quick introduction to diagnosing unbalance, misalignment, resonance, looseness, rolling element and journal bearing faults
Implementing a simple program to get started
Using portable analysers, on-line monitoring systems, and protection systems
Oil analysis
What information can be revealed?
What do the different tests mean?
Contamination, oil cleanliness, particle counting, elemental analysis, and more
Wear particle analysis
Why is it needed?
Relating particle size, shape, and color to machinery components
Infrared analysis or thermography
Understanding thermography
Spot temperature and the flawed measurement techniques
Infrared image analysis
Being aware of emissivity and environment conditions
Understanding resolution and focal length
Applying thermography to mechanical and electrical systems
Applying ultrasound to mechanical and electrical systems
Electric motor testing
A quick introduction to how vibration analysis and motor current analysis can detect faults in electric motors
Rolling element bearing testing
A quick introduction to how ultrasound testing, vibration analysis, and oil analysis can be used to detect bearing faults
Performance monitoring
Integrating performance monitoring into the condition monitoring program
Incorporating plant inspections into the condition monitoring program
Condition monitoring technologies and ISO and ASNT standards
Training and certification
The importance of plant-wide training
An overview to running a successful program
Selecting the appropriate technologies
Why programs succeed
Why programs fail
Case studies will be presented throughout the course that demonstrate the financial benefits of predictive maintenance and reliability, and they demonstrate how each technology can be implemented in order to detect fault conditions and diagnose the severity and nature of the fault condition.
Examinations
Student eligibility for certification
This course has no formal examination.
There are no entry requirements to attend this course.
Students receive a certificate of attendance.
Study options
Onsite
Private course for companies with 5 or more students
UK & Ireland courses. Worldwide by agreement.
1 Day for Topic theory; 1 Day for Practical work.
All required technology is provided.
Printed course materials are given out on the first day.
Technology requirements
All technology is provided.
Daily program
The training starts at 9 am on the first day and 8:30 am on subsequent days.
We aim to finish before 5 pm.
Virtual
Private course for companies with 5 or more students
UK & Ireland courses. Worldwide by agreement.
1 Day virtual study to cover the Topic theory
All technology is provided.
Printed course materials are sent prior to course start.
Technology requirements
Individual computer with camera and audio available to Go-to-Webinar. Organisations with facilities, one Camera with focus on the whole classroom.
Daily program
The training starts at 9 am on day 1, 8:30 am on subsequent days. We aim to finish before 5 pm. Regular breaks are built-in, as one would expect on a public hotel-based course.
Self-paced
An online self-paced course will be available in 2022
Technology requirements
Internet connected individual computer. The course does not require any software download.
Questions?
Meet the instructors
Dean Whittle is as an approved trainer for both the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) and Mobius Institute ISO-18436-2 accreditation programmes.
James Sylvester is as an approved trainer for both the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) and Mobius Institute ISO-18436-2 accreditation programmes.
Resources
More about Online Learning
What can I study online?
We are pleased to offer the following online training courses and learning solutions that include community-based digital support and personal instructor mentoring. You can learn at your own pace, with assistance from an instructor, and optionally take the exam at the end of the course.
If the high cost of travel and accommodation, and the time away from your family and work has stopped you from receiving the training that you need, then you should consider our distance learning courses.
At a time that is convenient to you, and at a pace that works best for you, you can take our lessons and learn in a very similar way to attendees of our classroom courses. Depending upon the course, you can either view fully narrated slides, or you can watch a video of the class in action.
Narrated slides
Utilizing the popular iLearnVibration and iLearnAlignment products, we offer distance learning courses where you can view the lessons at your own page, in your own time, and get assistance from an instructor when any questions arise. Of course, you can just buy the products and learn at your own pace without assistance, but you are sure to benefit from interaction with the instructor. In certain courses, you can also interact with other students.
Video lessons
These are not noisy, unprofessional videos taken from actual classrooms, each video was carefully created and edited so that you receive the full benefit. As you can see in this sample, you see the instructor talking and you see the slides (and simulators) being used in high resolution. All you need is a good Internet connection and a good monitor (1024×768 or better) and you will be ready to start learning. You can pause and rewind the video so that you can see and hear the instructor cover the topic again.
In addition to the lessons, hands-on videos are presented where a variety of vibration analyzers are used to perform a range of tests. The tests include demonstrations of averaging (linear, rms, and peak hold), bump tests, run up and coast down tests, simple ODS tests, bearing fault detection tests, phase analysis, live spectrum analysis, time waveform analysis, and more.
You can also perform activities defined by the instructor, and take quizzes that will be reviewed by the instructor.
This is a great way to learn. The convenience of learning from home, and the reduced costs associated with travel, meals and accommodation make this a very attractive option – especially while the world’s economy is still recovering.
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Updated (28/04/2023)
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Languages
We would assume that as the course and exam are delivered in English, your level of spoken and written English is sufficient for you to be able to attend the course and take the exam. If English is not your first language we can apply for extra time in advance of the course. Please notify us as soon as possible if there is any other reason why you need extra time in the exam (eg. Dyslexia), so we can see if we can arrange extra time for you in the exam. The exam body will need to be contacted to arrange this.
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FAQs
Can the CBM course be taken from a distance?
We cover all the topics listed on both the onsite and virtual course. This course does lend itself best to an onsite engagement.
Do I need my own technical equipment?
No, although many students do have access to equipment onsite. If that is not the case, we will anyway demonstrate using our own equipment.
How much does the course cost?
To receive a custom quotation complete the short form above. The training team strives to provide quotations within one working day.
Last updated: 27th September 2023
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Reviews (1)
1 review for Condition Based Maintenance Course
Rated 5 out of 5
Christopher A –
Thoroughly enjoyed the 1-day Virtual CBM course! I was quite skeptical initially whether it was possible to deliver this course via distance learning. I was pleasantly surprised. The printed slide deck for each attendee was very useful and a nice touch. Thanks to Dean for making the day worthwhile.
Christopher A –
Thoroughly enjoyed the 1-day Virtual CBM course! I was quite skeptical initially whether it was possible to deliver this course via distance learning. I was pleasantly surprised. The printed slide deck for each attendee was very useful and a nice touch. Thanks to Dean for making the day worthwhile.