Timken Reliability Solutions has begun hosting Reliability Training Workshops across the country with intent to educate engineers, distributors and maintenance managers on how to gain higher levels of uptime and performance.
Led by Timken Reliability Consultants, the one- to four-day workshops include courses on RCM (reliability centered maintenance), vibration analysis, bearing maintenance fundamentals and predictive maintenance. Following the vibration analysis course, attendees can become ISO and ASNT certified.
“Timken has a century’s worth of knowledge on friction management and reliability solutions available to share with attendees, focused on improving equipment performance and overall operations,” said Tom Millis, manager global reliability services. “Some aspects of bearing maintenance and vibration analysis can be complex so we developed content that is easily understood. The courses are also set up to provide insight into a range of maintenance topics and provide strategies that help attendees improve their company’s uptime.”
The workshops will include three different training paths that cater to a range of operations. Attendees can choose from a three-day RCM introductory course or predictive maintenance fundamentals course, as well as a three-and-a-half day vibration analysis course. A general one-and-a-half day bearing maintenance class is also available.
During the Reliability-Centered Maintenance course, participants will learn how RCM works, what it achieves and the resources needed to apply RCM successfully. The level-one vibration analysis course is an introduction to vibration analysis for personnel who are new to vibration monitoring and analysis, whereas the level-two vibration analysis course is an intermediate course intended for those who have at least 12 months’ vibration analysis experience and a thorough understanding of vibration theory and terminology. Both vibration classes include an optional certification exam. Courses on bearing maintenance and predictive maintenance will introduce participants to the fundamentals of both topics.