MDCM Course on Advanced Machine Diagnostics and Condition Monitoring, 23-24 September 2010

About the course

This two day course on condition monitoring is organised for the first time by the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The course, given by professor Randall of the University of New South Wales, Australia, gives an overview of the most up-to-date techniques in machine condition monitoring and diagnostics by vibration analysis and signal processing.

Who should attend

The course on Advanced Machine Diagnostics and Condition Monitoring is intended for researchers and engineers, active in the field of machine design, maintenance, monitoring and diagnostics, who wish to update their knowledge on recent topics in vibration based condition monitoring. No detailed knowledge of the related topics is required; some general background in the field of machine monitoring is however advantageous.

Organising committee

K.U.Leuven, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Division of Production Engineering, Machine Design and Automation (PMA)

Prof. B. Randall, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, Course Chairman,
Prof. P. Sas, K. Vergote, K.U.Leuven.

Course administrator

Mrs. L. Notré
K.U.Leuven Department of Mechanical Engineering, PMA
Celestijnenlaan 300B, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM
Tel (+32) 16 32 24 82; Fax (+32) 16 32 29 87
e-mail : lieve.notre(@)mech.kuleuven.be

Lecturer

Bob Randall is a visiting Emeritus Professor in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, which he joined as a Senior Lecturer in 1988. Prior to that, he worked for the Danish company Bruel & Kjaer for 17 years, after ten years experience in the chemical and rubber industries in Australia, Canada and Sweden.  He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1996 and to Professor in 2001. He has degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Arts (Mathematics, Swedish) from the Universities of Adelaide and Melbourne, respectively. He is the invited author of chapters on vibration measurement and analysis in a number of handbooks and encyclopedias, and a member of the editorial boards of three journals including Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing and Trans. IMechE Part C. He is the author of more than 190 papers in the fields of vibration analysis and machine diagnostics, and has successfully supervised fourteen PhD and three Masters projects in those areas. Since 1996, he has been Director of the DSTO (Defence Science and Technology Organisation) Centre of Expertise in Helicopter Structures and Diagnostics at UNSW. Languages: English, French, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian.

General information

Registration fee

The registration fee is € 900. A reduction of 50% will be granted to students. Fee includes lecture notes, lunch and refreshments during break periods.

Click here to register. At the end of the registration, you will be lead to a secured online payment server, where you can pay by creditcard (Visa or Mastercard).

Location and language

The course takes place from 23 until 24 September 2010 on the campus of the K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 300B, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. The course language is English.

Accomodation

A limited number of rooms is available at the following hotels. Please arrange hotel reservations yourself before 1 August 2010.

Visa

If you doubt whether you need a visa, you can check it here. If you are from a European Country included in the Schengen Visa only your national identity card or your passport is needed. The Schengen countries are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
There are countries that don't require a visa if the person will stay less than 3 months.
If required, it is recommended that you apply for a visa as soon as possible (approximately 2 months before the conference starts). We can provide the invitation letter as long as you have already registered and paid. Please note that this letter does not guarantee that you receive a visa.

Useful hints for participants

Registration starts at 8.30 a.m. on Thursday 23 September, 2010, at:
K.U.Leuven, PMA,
Celestijnenlaan 300 B
B-3001 Heverlee

Look for the signs ISMA/ISAAC/MDCM Registration. Make sure you take the entrance next to the O&J. Peters Lab (this is in the middle of the parking lot)
Parking space is available.

How to get to PMA?

A route description can be found here.
When travelling from the airport, please make sure you take an official taxi at the taxi rank.
When travelling by train make sure your take direction LEUVEN NOT Louvain-la-Neuve!

Weather

September is late summer in Belgium, with the daily temperatures ranging from 15°C to 20°C, although occasionally the maximum may reach 25°C. On average, the weather is sunny with a few days of rain during the month. An umbrella and a light raincoat are advisable.

Electricity

The electric power is 220 V AC, 50Hz.

Opening hours banks and stores

Banks are generally open from 09.00 a.m. till 3.30 p.m., department stores from 09.30 a.m. till 6.00 p.m., while most other shops stay open from 09.00 a.m. till 07.00 p.m. Mid-day, most shops generally remain open, although you may find a few closed from 12.00 till 02.00 p.m. On Fridays, supermarkets and department stores are generally open until 08.00 p.m.
Money changing after banking hours is available at airports.

Credit cards

Shops and restaurants usually accept major international credit cards such as EuroCard-MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Diners Club, etc., with a preference to EuroCard-MasterCard and Visa.

Programme

The course on Advanced Machine Diagnostics and Condition Monitoring will include, among others, the following topics.

The programme is divided in two days, Thursday from 8.30 until 19.00 and Friday from 8.30 until 17.30.

• Vibration monitoring techniques and applications
  Prof. B. Randall, University of New South Wales
  Transducers and their application areas; introduction to all three phases of condition monitoring, i.e. fault detection, diagnosis and prognosis.
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• Vibration signatures and signal types
  Prof. B. Randall, University of New South Wales
  Signal classification – stationary, slowly varying, transient, deterministic, random, cyclostationary; Fault signatures – unbalance, misalignment, cracked shaft, oil whirl, hysteresis whirl, dry friction whirl; faults in gears, bearings, bladed machines, electrical machines, reciprocating machines.
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• Basic signal processing
  Prof. B. Randall, University of New South Wales
  Fourier analysis; Hilbert transforms and applications to amplitude and phase demodulation; cepstrum analysis applied to harmonic and sideband families, separation of source and transfer function effects, and detection of echoes; order tracking and angular sampling; time/frequency analysis; cyclostationarity and spectral correlation.
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• Specific application areas
  Prof. B. Randall, University of New South Wales
  Gears and rolling element bearings and their separation by linear prediction, self adaptive noise cancellation and discrete/random separation – a semi-automated bearing diagnostic technique for cases varying from a high speed gas turbine bearing to the main bearing of a radar tower – determining the size of a spall by detecting and enhancing the very different response signals from entry and exit. IC engines – misfires by torsional vibration – cylinder pressure reconstruction – time/frequency analysis.
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• Fault simulation
  Prof. B. Randall, University of New South Wales
  Gears, bearings, IC engines – with a view to generating data to train neural networks without having to experience vast numbers of actual failures.
  
  
• Case study 1: Resonance problems of feed water pump & valve
  J. Sas, CoServices
  
  
• Case study 2: Modulation caused by bearing faults
  J. Sas, CoServices