Topic:
Compressors - The Practical Approach
Presenter(s):
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Mr. Vetro is a Mechanical Engineer with 35 years of experience with rotating equipment and construction services. Throughout his career Tony has been heavily involved in functions that focus on plant operations, engineering and equipment reliability issues. His responsibilities have included equipment troubleshooting and repair, equipment reliability programs, failure investigations, predictive maintenance programs, vibration analysis of rotating equipment and piping systems, site engineering, equipment installation and commissioning.
As a consulting engineer, Tony has conducted numerous third party evaluations of equipment and process plants. He has also acted as the lead machinery specialist and mechanical engineer in support of de-bottleneck projects and grass roots facilities. Additional skills include developing computer models for machinery performance analysis and failure investigations. Other areas of analysis include pipeline models and finite element programs for performing rotordynamic and stress analyses of a variety of problems. He has also authored several training programs related to pumps, compressors, turbines and the systems that they operate in.
Details:
Half-day (4-hour) interactive workshop
Exact time: 8:00AM to 12:00PM
Description:
Compressors and blowers can be found in many parts of our industrial processes and often are a focal point of the operation and plant performance.
This introductory course will cover the different types of equipment including blowers and the different types of compressors such as screw, reciprocating and centrifugal compressors. In addition to the different machine types and construction features, the basic theory of operation will be covered which will allow the user to better understand where and when to use the different types of compressors.
The primary focus of this course will be providing the knowledge and skills required to monitor machine performance, troubleshoot plant problems and make changes to improve plant operation.
A three day version of this course has previously been taught through the continuing education department at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Alberta and for customers throughout Western Canada and the Middle East.