This course provides advanced diagnostic techniques for fluid-film-bearing machinery, including turbines, large compressors, and pumps. Participants will gain an understanding of rotor dynamic behavior, journal bearing characteristics, and methods for identifying and analyzing faults in rotating equipment supported by fluid film bearings. Content Provider: NATCOM
Rotor dynamics fundamentals of fluid-film machinery
Journal bearings, oil-film behavior, and instabilities (whirl, whip)
Shaft (proximity probe) vibration analysis and diagnostics
Nader Shafik Farah is Vice President of Engineering and Trainings at NATCOM, which he has helped build for over twenty years. A Cairo University engineering graduate, he leads the company's work in turbomachinery control, vibration monitoring and reliability — and personally instructs its ISO 18436 vibration analysis (Cat I–III) and condition-monitoring programmes, connecting the standards directly to real field practice.
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