Emerson Offers New Classes in Machinery Health Management
KNOXVILLE, TENN (November 15, 2006 ) - Emerson Process Management will add four new classes to its educational services offerings for Machinery Health Management in 2007. The courses reflect technology innovations released by Emerson in the last seven months, and customer requests for expanded offerings in these areas. Courses include:
- Turbomachinery Diagnostics using the CSI 4500 Machinery Health Monitor with Transient capabilities - This 5-day class covers details of the operation, maintenance, management, diagnostics and design of rotating machinery using vibration information. Emphasis is placed on interpreting start-up/shutdown and steady state vibration data plots, understanding the sources of rotating machinery vibration, and recognizing common machinery malfunctions. Students receive a copy of Fundamentals of Rotating Machinery Diagnostics, written by vibration monitoring pioneer and rotor dynamics researcher Donald E. Bentley.
- CSI 9210 Machinery Health Transmitter - This 2-day course is intended for systems operators and engineering personnel responsible for analyzing data collected from essential motor-pump machine trains. The course covers the fundamentals of configuration, application, data interpretation and sensor installation for the CSI 9210 Machinery Health Transmitter.
- Laser Alignment for the CSI 2130 Machinery Health Analyzer - This 2.5-day course includes hands-on training using horizontal alignment demonstrators and the CSI 2130 Machinery Health Analyzer. The course includes management of an alignment program using the AMS(TM) Suite: Machinery Health Manager software application.
- Advanced CSI 2130 Machinery Health Analyzer with PeakVue® technology - This course is intended for personnel with single-channel vibration analysis experience and little or no multi-channel experience. The course covers advanced signal processing using Emerson's patented PeakVue technology for slow-speed analysis, transient capabilities, coherence and cross-channel phase, operating deflection shapes (ODS), modal analysis, and other advanced techniques.
For more information, go to assetweb.com/mhm and select Education.
Machinery Health Management solutions are key elements of the PlantWeb architecture and Asset Optimization products and services of Emerson Process Management. PlantWeb automates the flow of information on asset reliability and performance to the people who run the business. To help users apply and use field-generated information, Emerson offers world-class Asset Optimization products along with services capable of significantly improving process plant reliability. Results include improved process availability, increased productivity, and reduced equipment cost-of-ownership.
About Emerson Process Management
Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, pulp & paper, power, water and wastewater treatment food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and other industries. The company combines superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, and project management, and maintenance services. Emerson brands include PlantWeb®, Fisher®, Rosemount®, Micro Motion®, Mobrey®, Bristol®, DeltaV(TM), Ovation®, AMS(TM) Suite, CSI and Machinery Health(TM).
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2006 were $20.1 billion. For more information, visit www.GoToEmerson.com.
Contacts:
Kim Nichols, Emerson Process Management
1 (865) 675-2400 X2102
Kim.Nichols@EmersonProcess.com
Peter Dossing, Emerson Process Management
1 (512) 832-3162,
Pete.Dossing@EmersonProcess.com
