Fundamentals of Vibration

VibrationVIEW User Training

Cost
$150 -or- Included free with VibrationVIEW User Training.

Cost
$695 per attendee. Additional attendees from the same company are $300 each.

Description
This course will explain the fundamentals of a closed loop vibration test system, including how shakers, amplifiers, controllers and accelerometers work. The importance of shaker sizing will be discussed. Sine, Random, and Shock testing will be defined.

Description
This course will cover basic system installation and software setup with hands-on instructions for all test modes and software features, as well as configuring inputs (accelerometers), configuring shaker limits for test safety, running System Check mode for trouble shooting, using a strobe-scope, calibrating accelerometers, basic and advanced reporting, recording data with your VR controller or VR Observer, and more.

Who Should Attend
Engineers, Test Technicians, Application Engineers and anyone else who is new to vibration testing or would like a better understanding of how vibration test systems function.

Who Should Attend
Engineers, Test Technicians, Application Engineers and anyone else who would like to understand the basics of VibrationVIEW software as well as advanced applications and features of the software. This is applicable for users of both the VR8500 and VR9500 Revolution series shaker controllers.

Schedule
1:00pm - 4:30pm. Snacks will be provided.

Schedule
9:00am - 4:00pm each day. Continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be provided.

Topics

• Background of vibration testing & shaker/amplifier/controller introduction
• Controller hardware features
• Global test settings including inputs, outputs, defaults
• System Check mode
• Sine testing, parameters, graphs (including SRTD, COLA, notching, accel calibration verification, sine step)
• Shock testing, parameters, graphs (including Transient Capture, SRS, User Defined Transient Waveforms)
• Random testing, parameters, graphs (including SoR, RoR, notching, Random Import)
• Waveform Recorder
• Field Data Repliation (FDR) testing, parameters, graphs
• Test notes, forms &reports
• Automated Verification
• Graphs, annotations, cursors, shortkeys, helpful hints
• Remote Inputs &Outputs
• Kurtosion® (kurtosis control)
• Fatigue Damage Spectrum (FDS)

Ogden, Utah

VibrationVIEW User Training
February 22-23, 2012
9:00am - 4:00pm

Location:
Ogden Marriott
247 - 24th Street
Ogden. UT. 84401 USA

Ask for the "Vibration Research" guest room rate of $129/night (cutoff date Feb 1).

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Fundamentals of Vibration
March 13, 2012
1:00pm - 4:30pm

VibrationVIEW User Training
March 14-15, 2012
9:00 - 4:00pm

Location:
Courtyard Grand Rapids Downtown
11 Monroe Avenue NW
Grand Rapids. MI. 49503 USA

Ask for the "Vibration Research" guest room rate of $134/night (cutoff date Feb 12).

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Fundamentals of Vibration
June 5, 2012
1:00pm - 4:30pm

VibrationVIEW User Training
June 6-7, 2012
9:00 - 4:00pm

Location:
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
187 Monroe Avenue NW
Grand Rapids. MI. 49503 USA

Ask for the "Vibration Research" guest room rate of $134/night (cutoff date May 15).

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Fundamentals of Vibration
July 17, 2012
1:00pm - 4:30pm

VibrationVIEW User Training
July 18-19, 2012
9:00 - 4:00pm

Location:
SpringHill Suites Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport/Mall of America
2870 Metro Drive
Bloomington. MN. 55425 USA

Ask for the "Vibration Research" guest room rate of $129/night (cutoff date Jun 26).

Orlando, Florida

Fundamentals of Vibration
November 6, 2012
1:00pm - 4:30pm

VibrationVIEW User Training
November 7-8, 2012
9:00 - 4:00pm

Location:
Orlando Airport Marriott
7499 Augusta National Drive
Orlando. FL. 32822 USA

Ask for the "Vibration Research" guest room rate of $129/night (cutoff date Oct 6).

John Van Baren
President
Fundamentals of Vibration

Andy Cogbill
Sales & Training
VibrationVIEW User Training

Jordan Van Baren
Sales & Training VibrationVIEW User Training

Jeff Ludwig
Sales & Training VibrationVIEW User Training

Jared Van Baren
Sales & Training VibrationVIEW User Training