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Volume 14, Number 2 Chicago Area

September 2009

CHAPTER CHATTER
_____________________________________________ Arizona IPdM Meetings were held in May and June to discuss local Chapter issues, future meetings and functions. The July meeting was combined with a retirement party for Georgana Meiner. __________________________________________ Central Florida The second meeting of the chapter was held in August. Featured were three presentations Paul Zubritzky (Advanced Vibration Solutions) spoke on torsional vibration analysis; D. Wyndell Kirkland gave a presentation on detailed analysis of gear teeth discovering a manufacturers defect analysis; and Michael Schutze discussed resonance shift analysis of crawler shoes. New chapter officers are: Chairman, Talmadge Ward; Vice Chairman, Steve Malec; Treasurer, Keith Smith; Secretary, Chuck Hildebrand; and Membership Chairman, Mike Schutze. __________________________________________ Central New York Contact John Bagby (585/924-5900 x833) for information regarding upcoming events. __________________________________________ Chesapeake Contact Joe Humphrey (301/843-4313) for information regarding upcoming events. __________________________________________

Contact Tim Smith (815/942-7354) for information regarding upcoming events. Cincinnati Tri-State Contact Fred Hery (937/226-4053) for information regarding upcoming events. Coastal Bend The September meeting featured three round table discussions. Jim Williams, Jr. of Bradleys hosted Table 1 on electric motors; Marianne Duncanson of ExxonMobil hosted Table 2 on lubrication; and Ron Carlson of Flint Hills Resources hosted Table 3 on pumps. Exhibits were displayed. The October meeting will feature Mike Grace of IOtech giving a presentation on signal processing. New chapter officers are: President, Seldon Jennings; Vice President, Dick Lane; Treasurer, Ruben Fuentes; Secretary, Ron Carlson; Membership, Frank Berrera; and Web Master, Robert Rhodes. Colorado Contact Jeff Sweers (303/935-4615) for information regarding upcoming events. __________________________________________ Delaware Valley Contact Dave Butchy (215/698-0800) for information regarding upcoming events. __________________________________________ Eastern Michigan Keith VanHentenryck, Lazertech, gave a special presentation on windmills and vibration at the annual Bring Your Spouse/Significant Other Night in May. The theme of the October 1 meeting will be Whats New in

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Vibration Products, Services and Case Histories, and will include presentations by Emerson, PCB Piezotronics, MBA and Lazertech. This is also Bring Your Boss Night. Elected officers for 2009-2010 are: Chairman, Israel Salinas; Vice Chairman, Jeff Olsen; Secretary, Mark Malanyn; Treasurer, Thomas Drain; Membership Chairman, A.J. Fynan; and Program Chairman, Keith VanHentenryck. _____________________________________________ Georgia The June meeting included presentations by Lou Pagliaro on gear box vibration analysis; Phillip Moncrief (OSHA) on uncommon case histories; and John Olshanski (Emerson) on vibration analysis setting alarms. Case histories, brought by the attendees, were discussed. The September meeting, hosted by Kimberly-Clark, featured the following speakers: Mike Keohane (VibrAlign) on precision alignment techniques and considerations; Tim Rouher (Stowe Woodward) on wireless vibration monitoring; and Allen Plymon (Jay Electromechanical Services) on motor vibration analysis case histories. _____________________________________________ Gulf Coast Contact Joe Howard (225/635-0443 Baton Rouge) or Dennis Schiably (985/264-7401 New Orleans) for information regarding upcoming events. __________________________________________ Heart of Illinois Contact Mike Thornton (309/579-3510) for information regarding upcoming events. __________________________________________ Houston Contact Andrew Walker (865/250-5947) for information regarding upcoming events. __________________________________________ Hudson/Mohawk Contact Thomas Walter (518/456-9919, X107) for information regarding upcoming events. __________________________________________ Niagara Frontier Joe Deery, AIM&C, discussed the real history of realtime spectrum analyzers at the May meeting. The 15th Annual PdM Big Event was held in September.

Thursdays conference included sessions on basic vibration analysis (Jack Peters, CTC); Alignment (John Piotrowski, Turvac); intermediate vibration analysis (Rod Acklin, Commtest); and failure modes based reliability tools (Doug Plucknette, Allied Reliability). A trade show and reception followed. Fridays mini-courses included an RCM Blitz workshop by Doug Plucknette and a shaft alignment course by John Piotrowski. __________________________________________ Northern California Contact Charles Koffler (510/567-0630) for information regarding upcoming events. __________________________________________ Northern New England Contact Rick Smith (603/659-6868) for information regarding upcoming events. __________________________________________ Northern Ohio The May meeting featured a discussion on two times line frequency issues, thermo sensitive issues, and synchronous rotor problems by Don Dolence, Monarch Electric Service. Correct operation and maintenance of laser tachs, sensors and stroboscopes for TTL pulses to vibration data collectors or data acquisition systems was the topic of a presentation by Dick Peters (Monarch Instrument) at the September meeting. __________________________________________ Piedmont There were four presentations at the September meeting. Ted Royal of Duke Energy discussed what makes an award winning PdM program; David Kesler of Technical Associates presented large ID fan vibration case histories; Clay Boyd of Duke Energy presented large motor vibration case histories and John Dillon of Philadelphia discussed why mixers fail impeller technology. ____________________________________________ Southern California The topic of the October 21 meeting will be epicyclical gearbox subsynchronous vibrations. Contact Sal DiFrancia (562-492-9500) for further information regarding this event. ____________________________________________ Southern Indiana Mark Granger from Emerson Process Management spoke on Wireless Vibration Will It Increase Reliability and

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Reduce Costs? at the April meeting. A new attendance record (38) was set at the August meeting. Nelson Baxter of ABM Technical Services discussed special case histories that were not bearing related. Emerson Process Management sponsored the hospitality table. _____________________________________________ Tennessee River Contact Blake Van Hoy (865/574-9880) for information regarding upcoming events. _____________________________________________ Triplex The September meeting will feature Ken Shifflett of Solvay Solexis. He will discuss the compatibility of different families of lubricants. _____________________________________________ Upper Midwest Craig Truempi of Novaspect is the new chairman. Contact Craig at ctruempi@novaspect.com for further information on the chapter. _____________________________________________ West Michigan The May spring meeting featured an entire day of training on the detection of bearing defects. Discussions were presented by Jan VanZelfden (SKF), Tom Spettel (P-M-SI), and Bob Martin (CSI/Emerson). Bearing case histories were also presented. A September/October meeting is scheduled. _____________________________________________ Western Pennsylvania Contact Bill Ciaramitaro (724/733-6706) for information regarding upcoming events. _____________________________________________ Wisconsin The 11th Annual Training/Seminar was held in April. Jim Fitch (Noria) spoke on oil analysis the better and best practices. A tour of the Johnson Controls facility in Glendale, Wisconsin was featured at the August meeting followed by a presentation of recent case histories of methods and applications of PdM technology. The day ended with the chapter hosting a Milwaukee Brewers/Cincinnati Reds outing at Miller Park. The September training event will feature a discussion of root cause failure analysis by Neville Sachs __________________________________________

33rd Annual Meeting

The 2009 National Technical Training Symposium including the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Vibration Institute was held at the Hilton Harrisburg in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 23-27. About 100 persons and 25 exhibitors attended the Symposium. A Basic Machinery Vibrations training course was conducted in conjunction with the Symposium. The Symposium was initiated on Tuesday with two oneday training seminars Time Waveforn Analysis and Measurement and Analysis of Rotor Vibrations. Nelson Baxter conducted the Time Waveform course and Malcolm E. Leader, William Pryor III, and Bruce Weathersby conducted the latter course based on papers by Leader, Pryor, Weathersby, and Eshleman. The opening session on Wednesday began with a tribute to the late Professor Fred Nelson, Tufts University and Board of Directors of the Vibration Institute, by Henry Pusey. Dave Corelli, Chairman of Certification gave an update of the Vibration Institutes certification program. Kevin Guy introduced Nelson Baxter, winner of the annual Jack Frarey Memorial Award for advancements in vibration analysis. The keynote address was presented by Dr. Neville F. Rieger, Chief Scientist, STI Technologies, Inc., Board of Directors Emeritus, on the Development of Powered Machinery. Dr. Rieger developed a chronology of machinery origins and development beginning in 2450 B.C. and continuing through the 16th century. Dr. Reiger then showed how 17th century inventers started the industrial revolution and how technology continued to develop through the use of steam power in the 18th and 19th centuries. Early developments of use of electricy in the late 19th and early 20th century were covered. The first invited paper, on Integrating Reliability Center Maintenance and Condition Monitoring into the Commissioning Process, was given by Alan Pride of PMA Consulting, Inc. In the commissioning program for buildings Mr. Pride discussed failure modes and effects analysis, specification requirements, pre-functional performance testing, functional testing, documentation, training, and continued quality and reliability. The second invited speaker was Bill Branca, who spoke on the dynamic analysis of wind turbine foundations. He showed the construction of a site including assembly

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along with soil testing and analysis, vibration modes, and dynamic analysis. Notable papers that are in the proceedings include Induction Motor Case Histories A Focus on Electrically Related Phenomena by Bryan Evans, Understanding Amplitude and Phase in Rotating Machinery by Dr. Edgar J. Gunter, Case Study Analysis of Two Stage Planetary Gearbox Vibration by Ken Singleton, Transient Time Analysis Techniques by Malcolm Leader, Large ID and FD Fan Systems by Frank Perricone, Handling Signal Analysis Complications by Sidney Booksh, TimeFrequency Analysis by Howard Gaberson, Centrifugal Pump Vibration Diagnostics by William Marscher, Operating Deflection Shapes by Robert Sayer, Acceptance Requirements for Equipment Reliability by Brian Biby, Journal Bearing Analysis by Ray Kelm, High Frequency Vibration Analysis by James Robinson, and Advanced Concepts in Rolling Bearing Vibration Analysis by Rene Archambault. In addition, there were workshops on How to Monitor Machinery and panel sessions on Electric Motor Testing and Wireless Technology. The technical papers can be found in the proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Vibration Institute. ______________________________________________

Nelson Baxter (Left) Accepts the Jack Frarey Award from Kevin Guy (Right)

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Dr. Neville F. Rieger Accepts the Keynote Speaker Plaque from Dr. Ronald L. Eshleman

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