Pumps and Compressors - Design, Operation, Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
16 Nov 2025 Riyadh, KSA $ 3,900 Register

Pumps and Compressors - Design, Operation, Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Introduction

Pumps and compressors are generally critical machines in any production process, and hence it is vital that maintenance is most effective for these units. This course aims to provide delegates with a comprehensive understanding of how to use a combined predictive and preventive maintenance approach to achieve maximum reliability and greatest understanding of any deterioration that may occur.

Objectives

    The program assumes familiarity with the design and construction of pumps and compressors. From this starting point it adopts an analytical approach to understanding the failure of all types of pumps and compressors. From a component-by-component perspective, the program investigates the root causes of failure and relates these to operating conditions and process parameters. Design, installation, lubrication and wear-related failure mechanisms are identified and a detailed understanding of the troubleshooting and diagnostic methods needed to detect and identify these is developed. The program provides participants with the knowledge needed to be effective in the inspection, monitoring and diagnostics of pumps and compressors, with emphasis placed upon the importance of a combined condition monitoring and strip-down inspection approach to maintenance.

Training Methodology

This is a highly interactive training course with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas. Participation is encouraged in a supportive environment. To ensure the concepts introduced during the program are understood, they will be reinforced through a mix of learning methods, including lecture-style presentations, open discussion, case studies, simulations, and group work.

Who Should Attend?

Engineers, supervisory and technical staff involved in the monitoring, predictive maintenance and diagnostics of pumps and compressors.

Course Outline

Day 1:

  • Friction, lubrication and wear mechanisms.
  • Adhesive wear, abrasive wear, fatigue and fretting
  • Machinery life cycles
  • Mechanical issues, balancing and alignment
  • Statistical reliability analysis

Day 2:

  • Reliability models
  • Root cause of, symptoms and detection mechanisms for imbalance
  • Looseness
  • Misalignment
  • Gear problems
  • Bearing problems
  • Cavitation, causes and prevention

Day 3:

  • Anti-friction bearings: types, lifetime, mounting, applications, related problems
  • Plain and pad bearings, thrust bearings: operation, maintenance, incidents
  • Mechanical seals, types, operation, related problems
  • Other seals for positive displacement pumps and reciprocating compressors
  • Performing a balance 

Day 4:

  • Vibration monitoring
  • Overall and spectral measurements
  • Vibration limits
  • Introduction to spectrum analysis
  • Lubricant monitoring
  • Shape, size, amount, the chemical composition of debris
  • Analytical techniques 

Day 5:

  • The role of condition monitoring in pump and compressor maintenance Diagnostic methods
  • Capabilities and limitations of condition monitoring, and the need for a combined approach
  • The importance of plant inspection
  • Measurement devices, and what to monitor and where

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