IMVAC Europe 2017 - International Machine Vibration Analysis Conference
 
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Tuesday - 06/06/2017
06:00 - 16:30Registration
07:00 - 08:00Morning Coffee and Tea
08:00 - 09:15Welcome and Keynote Address
08:30 - 09:15KN1: Keynote - Challenges for Maintenance in a Changing World
Herman Baets, Company Manager - Independant Consultant, MRT
09:30 - 12:30WS1: Practical vibration analysis workshop: Interactive and challenging case studies (Part 1 - Part 2 required below)
Scott Dow, Senior Instructor, Mobius Institute
AMWS2: Time signal analysis of ultrasound signals workshop
Tom Murphy, Corporate Training Manager, SDT Ultrasound Solutions
AMWS3: Detecting and preventing rolling element bearing faults
Jason Tranter, Managing Director, Mobius Institute
12:30 - 13:30Lunch
13:30 - 16:30WS1: Practical vibration analysis workshop: Interactive and challenging case studies (Part 2 - Part 1 required above)
Scott Dow, Senior Instructor, Mobius Institute
PMWS4: Bearing inspection with ultrasound
Peter Boon, European Training Manager, UE Systems Europe
PMWS5: An animated introduction to fluid-film bearing vibration analysis
Jason Tranter, Managing Director, Mobius Institute
16:30 - 18:00Welcome Reception in Exhibition

Wednesday - 07/06/2017
06:00 - 16:30Registration
07:00 - 08:00Morning Coffee and Tea
08:00 - 09:15Welcome and Keynote Address
08:30 - 09:15KN2: Keynote - Successfully Applying Predictive Analytics for Data Driven Maintenance
Dr. Joris Van Ostaeyen
09:15 - 09:45Morning Coffee and Tea Break in Exhibition
9:45 - 10:301S1: Isolators – How on earth does putting springs under a machine reduce vibration?
Jason Tranter, Managing Director, Mobius Institute
2S1: Case Study Challenge: Test your analysis skills in a case study presentation that asks you, the audience, to decide what to do next
Scott Dow, Senior Instructor, Mobius Institute
3S1: Case Study: Condition Monitoring & RCA: A road map to operational excellence
Muhammad Asadullah, Assistant Manager Technical Services, Uch Power Private Limited
4S1a: The felt roll bearings - how to identify loose inner ring's fit on a roll journal
Pavel Jakobson, PdM and Precision SME, ILIM Group
4S1b: Failure detection on a bearing from an alternator with envelope technique.
João Duarte dos Santos, Lieutenant, Engineer, Portuguese Navy
10:45 - 11:301S2: Case Study: Added value of permanent vibration monitoring for turbomachinery
Sébastien Grégoire, Technology Manager Vibrations & Mechanics, Laborelec
2S2: Accurate condition monitoring of ultra-low and low speed machines
Tim Sundstrom, Manager of Strategic Sales & Application, SPM Instrument AB
3S2a: Case Study: Bridge to better Condition Based Maintenance
Jos Sas, Product Manager, Allied Reliability Group
3S2b: Case Study:Predictive Maintenance and Vibration CM in a paper plant: SUPREME project
Sophie Sieg-Zieba, Project Manager, CETIM
4S2: Machinery Health Diagnostics: An insight to condition monitoring
Daniyal K. Durrani, Reliability Lead, United Energy Pakistan (former British Petroleum)
11:45 - 12:301S3a: Motion Amplification: A revolution in vibration and structure monitoring
Nicolas Bleret, Business Development Director, I-Care
1S3b: Case Study: History of dealing high vibration on NOx gas compressor during startup
Mohsin Murtaza, Machinery Engineer, Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited
2S3: High frequency vibration analysis using the PeakVue technology
Anders Hultman, Vibration Engineer M.Sc., Askalon
3S3: High return motor management
Mark Gurney, Reliability Engineer
4S3: Condition monitoring on rotating machines illustrated by an example of azimuth thruster
Harald Reiners, Manager Condition Monitoring Services, FAG Industrial Services
12:30 - 13:30Lunch in Exhibition
13:30 - 14:152S4a: A quick introduction to the other condition monitoring technologies
Jason Tranter, Managing Director, Mobius Institute
3S4: The Multi-Technology Approach to CBM
Ettore Di Pasquale, Service Division Manager, SPM Instrument Srl
4S4: How to increase your MTBF through wireless vibration monitoring?
Johan Van Puyenbroeck, Business Development Manager, I-care Reliability Group
Pieter Van Camp, I-care Reliability
14:15 - 14:45Afternoon Coffee and Tea Break in Exhibition
14:45 - 15:301S5: Recent advances in vibration based bearing condition monitoring
Agusmian Ompusunggu, Senior Research Engineer, Flanders Make vzw
2S4b: cont'd. A quick introduction to the other condition monitoring technologies
Jason Tranter, Managing Director, Mobius Institute
3S5b: Oil Analysis of air compressors leads to 48% energy saving
Mark Gurney, Reliability Engineer
4S5: Quality alignment depends on measurement quality
Dragutin Lacko, Technincal Manager, PRUFTECHNIK N.V.
15:45 - 16:301S6: Case Study: Wind turbine gearbox shafting torsional vibration analysis
Max Ma, President, MHCC
2S5: Assessing the fatigue life of components mounted on rotating machinery
Frédéric Kihm, Engineering Consultant, HBM Prenscia
Dr. Marco Bonato, Reliability Engineer, Valeo
3S6: Case Study: Predictive analysis to a HDPE extruder gearbox failure – Reverse analysis
João Costa, Reliability Engineer, Repsol
4S6: High definition gearbox monitoring
Tim Sundstrom, Manager of Strategic Sales & Application, SPM Instrument AB
16:30 - 17:30Reception in Exhibition
18:00 - 20:30Evening Dinner & Entertainment

Thursday - 08/06/2017
06:00 - 15:00Registration
07:00 - 08:00Morning Coffee and Tea
08:00 - 08:45KN3: Keynote: Fault Detection, Root Cause Analysis and Documenting your VA Program
Dean Whittle, Managing Director, Reliability Maintenance Solutions Ltd
09:00 - 09:45K4: Keynote - Making Vibration Analysis Count
Jason Tranter, Managing Director, Mobius Institute
09:45 - 10:15Morning Coffee and Tea Break in Exhibition
10:15 - 11:001S7a: Vibration troubleshooting - case studies for different fault types
Ninoslav Zuber, Associate Professor, Technical Research Center and Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad
2S6: VFDs: The vibration analyst's worst nightmare
Scott Dow, Senior Instructor, Mobius Institute
3S7: Why care about torsional vibrations ?
Frits Petit, Expert Engineer Vibrations & Mechanics, Laborelec
4S7: Bridging the Vibration Gap with Digital Vibration Products
Tom LaRocque, Director, Research and Development, Meggitt (Maryland), Inc.
11:15 - 12:001S7b: cont'd. Vibration troubleshooting - case studies for different fault types
Ninoslav Zuber, Associate Professor, Technical Research Center and Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad
2S7: Acoustic vibration monitoring
Tom Murphy, Corporate Training Manager, SDT Ultrasound Solutions
3S8a: Case Study: Torsional resonance on centrifugal blower
Kris Deckers, Technical Director, Allied Reliability Group Emea
3S8b: How using a different kind of sensor can give a new dimension to your Vibration Analysis
Geoff Walker, Operations Director, Artesis LLP
4S8: Monitoring System - Learn as much as possible, Do what you know
Héctor Palacio, Condition Monitoring Systems Specialist, Héctor Palacio
12:00 - 13:00Lunch Exhibition
13:00 - 13:451S8: Online condition monitoring on overhead cranes
Stijn Droessaert, Support Manager Crane Maintenance , ArcelorMittal
2S8a: Case Study: Vibration analysis of bearing faults in RCPH-2 pumps
Rao Vamsidhar, Assistant General Manager, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
2S8b: Case Study: Single shot balancing saves time and power
Rao Vamsidhar, Assistant General Manager, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
3S9: Rotor balancing and influence coefficient analysis
Stanley Bognatz, President, M&B Engineered Solutions, Inc.
4S9: Case Study: Combining advanced vibration analysis techniques with Finite Element Analysis
Geert van Rijswick, Technical Manager, Van Geffen Allround Machine Support B.V.
14:00 - 14:451S9a: Test your skills: Interactive diagnostic challenge session
Dean Whittle, Managing Director, Reliability Maintenance Solutions Ltd
2S9a: Offline monitoring several years then successful root cause analysis by phase measurement
Jean-Luc Pierrieau, Technical Application Engineer, Schaeffler France
2S9b: Online monitoring could be usefull to see variable conditions and do root cause analysis
Jean-Luc Pierrieau, Technical Application Engineer, Schaeffler France
3S10: Vibration analysis of alignment problems regarding closed coupled generator sets
Marc Böhning, Application & Product Support Engineer, Zeppelin Power Systems GmbH & Co. KG
4S10: How vibration analysts can take advantages of modern expert systems?
Johann Loesl, International Business Development Manager, ACOEM
14:45 - 15:00Afternoon Coffee and Tea in Foyer
15:00 - 15:451S9b: cont'd. Test your skills: Interactive diagnostic challenge session
Dean Whittle, Managing Director, Reliability Maintenance Solutions Ltd
2S10: Case Study:An investigation into the source of vibration of a 20 MW Turbo Alternator
John Sykes, Training Manager and Technical Authority, AVT Reliability
3S11: Effect of load change on the vibration spectra and timewave form of planetary gears
Ibrahim H Caglayan, General Manager, VibraTek Eng Co Ltd
Gungor Aydin, Preventive Maintenance Chief, Denizli Cement
4S11a: Fault detection under medium and low rotational speed
Carina Freitas, Research Engineer, Siemens Industry Software
4S11b: Case Study: Blade vibration monitoring
Rik Geerdink, Senior Expert Vibrations, Advituro
15:45 - 17:15Interactive Forum / Closing / Giveaways