Training & workshops Optimize your balancing processes with our expert knowledge.

Practical experts demonstrate key balancing processes on typical balancing machines and answer your questions.

MainTopics:

• Fundamentals of balancing technology
• Proper operation of typical balancing (measurement) machines
• Common balancing methods

Target Audience:

• Machine operators, foremen, setters, work planners, methods planners, quality managers, designers, developers
• Anyone needing or wanting to update their basic knowledge in balancing technology

Prerequisites:

• Basic technical knowledge
• Live online training with real-time transfer technology

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Interactive seminar on balancing in practice and for imparting advanced knowledge

Main Topics:

• In-depth understanding of balancing technology and its implementation
• Assessment of the suitability of typical balancing methods (e.g., turning balancing)
• Identifying common errors and possible solutions
• Bringing in your own questions 

Target Audience:

• Machine operators working as competent partners in the company, foremen, designers, methods planners, developers, work preparers, quality managers
• Employees who interact with customers or suppliers regarding balancing processes

Prerequisites:

• Participation in the seminar "101 – Basic Knowledge" or good knowledge of balancing technology

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Basic knowledge and practical application.
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Main topics:

• Refresh of knowledge about balancing
• Normal distribution
• Representation of groups using histograms and probability networks
• One-sided (null-bound) distribution
• Practical applications

Target Audience:

• Technicians and engineers in mass production and laboratories who need to statistically evaluate unbalance measurement values
• Technicians and engineers in quality assurance who plan and conduct statistical acceptance procedures for balancing machines
• Technicians and engineers in design and manufacturing planning who want an overview of the statistical analysis of unbalance measurement data

Prerequisites:

Basic understanding of balancing technology or participation in the "101 – Basic Knowledge" seminar

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Theory and Practice of Operational Balancing

Main Topics:

• Successful balancing of rotors in operational installation conditions to address unbalance caused by assembly influences
• Operation of device functions and benefits of device features
• Understanding application conditions (application-related questions)
• Comprehending important relationships
• Detecting vibrations and resonances
• Setting appropriate measurement ranges
• Frequency analysis
• Avoiding unrealistic machining tolerances of the rotor
• Measurement and determination of unbalance tolerances

Target Audience:

• Operators, foremen, team leaders, designers, process engineers
• Employees from research and development, prototype construction, and service
• Anyone who is to be introduced to the world of operational balancing and needs to contribute competently

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Theory and Practice

Main Topics

• Balancing of compliant rotors
• Assessment of suitable balancing procedures and previously applied methods
• Fundamental understanding of rotor and machine systems
• Background knowledge on rotor construction and classification
• Condition assessment of rotors

Target Audience

• Balancing personnel/operators with prior knowledge / plant operators
• Process planners, designers, developers
• Employees involved with the task, e.g., in rotor dynamics

Prerequisites

Good knowledge of balancing stiff rotors or participation in our seminars “101 – Basic Knowledge” and “102 – Basic Knowledge” related to stiff rotors

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Theory and Practice – Case Studies

Main topics:

• Evaluation of typical rotor characteristics
• Design features of rotors
• Balancing in manufacturing (single units, small series, large series)
• Tolerance determination
• Drawing analyses for manufacturing and assembly
• Balancing process, testing procedures, and process capability
• Planning a balancing process
• Sources of errors
• Influences from adjacent processes (intensive course)

Target:

• Better understanding of theoretical fundamentals and interrelationships for efficient and quality-assured production, ensuring product properties
• Increased innovation potential through improved evaluation of processes and procedures 

Target Audience:

• Process managers (typically middle management), production management
• Designers, quality managers, methods planners, team leaders, work preparers

Prerequisites:

Good physical/technical understanding

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Main Topics:

• Principles of rotor dynamics
• Balancing methods
• Regular inspections
• Balancing in one or two planes
• Horizontal and vertical balancing machines
• Tool setup
• Safety measures
• Tolerances
• Special procedures:
  - Index balancing
  - Dummy balancing
  - WEDI and UNDI methods
• Process quality monitoring

Target Audience:

Managers, machine operators, methods planners, production planners, and designers—everyone involved in balancing engine rotors and seeking to learn about the latest developments in engine rotor balancing technology.

The seminar also covers balancing of rotors from industrial gas turbines with low rotational speeds.

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge of balancing

For introductory or refresher training, we recommend the seminar "101 – Basic Knowledge" on balancing stiff rotors immediately prior.

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Main Topics:

• General principles
• Balancing of rigid rotors
• Dynamics of elastic rotors
• High-speed balancing methods
• Permissible residual unbalances
• 1f-eccentricity
• 2f-eccentricity
• Requirements to be fulfilled by the balancing machine.

Target Audience:

Machine operators, foremen, design and method engineers and production planners involved in the balancing of rolls for paper and foil plants in manufacturing and overhauling processes.

Prerequisites:

Knowledge of the balancing of rigid rotors, or participation in our courses dealing with balancing of rigid rotors: 101 - Basic course and 102 - Advanced course.

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Main Topics:

• General principles
• Balancing of rigid rotors
• Dynamics of elastic rotors
• High-speed balancing methods
• Permissible residual unbalances
• Rotor types
• Requirements to be fulfilled by the balancing machine.

Target Audience:

Machine operators, foremen, design engineers, method engineers and production planners involved in the balancing of rotors of machines for the manufacture of synthetic fibres in production and overhauling processes.

Prerequisites:

Knowledge of the balancing of rigid rotors, or participation in our courses dealing with balancing of rigid rotors: 101 - Basic course and 102 - Advanced course.

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The explanations are theoretical and practical on your or our machines.

Main topics

• Basics and types of imbalance
• Design of drive shaft balancing machines
• Types of drive shafts
• Causes of imbalance
• Balancing drive shafts
• Balancing tolerances for drive shafts: recommendations and current values
• Selecting the balancing speed for drive shafts, resonance speeds
• Choosing the position of the balancing planes
• Safety aspects
• Typical faults in the balancing process for drive shafts
• Special features of balancing drive shafts
• Working with clamping tools
• Selecting the balancing speed for drive shafts, resonance speeds
• Reverse balancing
• Influence of balancing tooling
• Dummy balancing process
• Shaft elastic behavior of fast-running, long drive shafts
• Balancing drive shafts with buckling play

Target Audience

• Employees who balance rotors
• Shift supervisors and employees from work preparation.
• Process planners, designers, quality engineers, and managers who require relevant knowledge and case studies.

Prerequisites

Good physical/technical understanding. Participation in “Seminar 101 – Basic Knowledge” or basic knowledge of balancing technology and balancing rigid rotors.

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The explanations are theoretical and practical on your or our machines.

Main topics

• Refresher course on balancing rigid rotors
  • Basic concepts: imbalance, vectors, types of imbalance
  • Causes of imbalance
  • Compensating for imbalance
• Tolerances for imbalance ISO 21940-11
• Special procedures if applicable: flip balancing, key compensation...
• Influence of disturbing forces
• Typical features of balancing processes on turbo rotors
• Dynamics of elastic turbo rotors
  • Condition of a rotor – constant, variable
  • Settling behavior (spinning)
  • Bending natural modes, influence of the bearing
  • 2f behavior
  • Suitable low-speed balancing methods for turbo rotors
  • High-speed balancing methods
  • Permissible residual unbalance
  • Recording a ramp-up curve
  • Rotor-specific calibration
• Implementation with the special capabilities of your balancing machine
• Practical application:
  • Operating and setting up the system(s)
  • Explanation, demonstration, practice, discussion of the above topics

Target Audience

• Employees who balance turbo rotors
• Shift supervisors and employees from work preparation.
• Process planners, design engineers, quality engineers, and managers who need relevant knowledge of the high-speed behavior of turbo rotors, rotor dynamics, and example considerations.

Prerequisites

Good physical/technical understanding. Participation in “Seminar 101 – Basic Knowledge” and “Seminar 102 – Advanced Knowledge” or basic knowledge of balancing technology and balancing rigid rotors.

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Theory-based seminar – focused presentation with discussion sections

Main topics

• Basics
  • Imbalance, rigid behavior
  • Types of imbalance
• Low-speed methods
  • Balancing individual parts
• High-speed methods
  • Shaft elastic behavior
  • Low-speed methods for shaft-elastic rotors
  • High-speed balancing methods
  • Balancing of hub assemblies Hub assembly machine
• Statistical evaluation of imbalance measurements
  • General statistical fundamentals,
  • Procedures for verifying the suitability of test processes
  • Statistical procedures for machine and process qualification
• Machine technology solutions
  • Component balancing machine for turbine rotors or compressor wheels
  • Balancing of hub assemblies Hub assembly machine
• Processes
  • Requirements and implementation in processes
  • Modern machine technology solutions

Target Audience

Engineers and technicians from development, production, and quality assurance

Prerequisites

Good physical/technical understanding. Participation in “Seminar 101 – Basic Knowledge” or basic knowledge of balancing technology and balancing rigid rotors

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The explanations are theoretical and practical on your or our machines.

Main topics

• Refresher course on balancing rigid rotors
  • Basic concepts: imbalance, vectors, types of imbalance
  • Causes of imbalance
  • Compensating for imbalance
  • Tolerances for imbalance ISO 21940-11
  • Special procedures for worms, if applicable: transfer balancing, key compensation, static rotor sag...
  • Hydraulic unbalances
• Typical balancing procedures for decanter rotors
• Dynamics of elastic electric rotors
  • Condition of a rotor – constant, variable
  • Bending natural modes, influence of the bearing
  • 2f behavior
  • Low-speed balancing procedures (e.g., balancing in optimal planes)
  • High-speed balancing procedures
  • Permissible residual unbalances
  • Recording a ramp-up curve
  • Rotor-specific calibration
• Implementation with the special capabilities of your balancing machine
• Practical application:
  • Operating and setting up the system(s)
  • Explanation, demonstration, practice, discussion of the above topics

Target Audience

• Employees who balance rotors
• Shift supervisors and employees from work preparation.
• Process planners, design engineers, quality engineers, and managers who need relevant knowledge of the high-speed behavior of decanter rotors, rotor dynamics, and example considerations.

Prerequisites

Good physical/technical understanding. Participation in “Seminar 101 – Basic Knowledge” and “Seminar 102 – Advanced Knowledge” or basic knowledge of balancing technology and the balancing of rigid rotors.

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The explanations are theoretical and practical on your or our machines.

Main topics

• Refresher course on balancing rigid rotors
  • Basic concepts: imbalance, vectors, types of imbalance
  • Causes of imbalance
  • Compensating for imbalance
  • Tolerances for imbalance ISO 21940-11
  • Special procedures if applicable: flip balancing, key compensation...
• Typical features of balancing processes on electric motors
• Dynamics of elastic electric motors Condition of a rotor – constant, variable
  • Settling behavior (spinning)
  • Bending natural modes, influence of the bearing
  • 2f behavior
  • Low-speed balancing procedures
  • High-speed balancing procedures
  • Permissible residual unbalances
  • Recording a ramp-up curve
  • Rotor-specific calibration
• Implementation with the special capabilities of your balancing machine
  • Practical application: Operating and setting up the system(s)
  • Explanation, demonstration, practice, discussion of the above topics

Target Audience

• Employees who balance rotors
• Shift supervisors and employees from work preparation.
• Process planners, design engineers, quality engineers, and managers who need relevant knowledge of the high-speed behavior of large electric motors, rotor dynamics, and example considerations.

Prerequisites

Good physical/technical understanding. Participation in “Seminar 101 – Basic Knowledge” and “Seminar 102 – Advanced Knowledge” or basic knowledge of balancing technology and balancing rigid rotors.

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The explanations are theoretical and practical on your or our machines.

Main topics

• Introduction
• General basic knowledge of balancing technology with a focus on static balancing
• Basic concepts (unbalance, disc-shaped rotor, eccentricity, basic formulas); Calculating with imbalance vectors (vector concept, representation of force as a vector, shifting/decomposing individual forces, addition of forces, forces on a rigid beam); disc model and real rotor; central main axis of inertia.
• Types of imbalance
• Measuring principle: measuring static imbalance in the gravitational field
• Differences between rotating and static measuring systems (advantages, disadvantages, special features, design, etc.)
• PISA correction to compensate for inclination
• Mounting the adapter
• Taring the system
• Notes on setting up/installing/calibrating a balance
• Special features of static balancing machines:
  • Maximum load (weight, imbalance, tightening torque)
  • Influence of temperature and magnetism
  • Measuring range
• Testing static balancing machines using pull check
• Deviations during balancing: Recognizing and dealing with
  • typical sources of error in balancing machines, missing specifications, compensation, procedure, operating conditions, etc.
  • Distinguishing between random, scalar, and systematic deviations
  • Influence of co-rotating balancing accessories on repeatability
  • Clamping systems: centering accuracy, clamping ranges, influence of rotor geometry
• Clarification of open questions

Target Audience

• Employees who balance rotors
• Shift supervisors and employees from work preparation.
• Personnel responsible for maintaining static balancing machines
• Process planners, quality engineers, and managers who require relevant knowledge and case studies.

Prerequisites

Good understanding of physics/technology. Participation in “Seminar 101 – Basic Knowledge” or good knowledge of balancing technology and balancing rigid rotors

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The explanations are theoretical and practical on your or our machines.

Main topics

• Basics of imbalance and balancing technology
• In-depth theoretical background, including
  • background information on blade weighing
  • Moment weighing or mass weighing
  • Blade distribution
  • Specifications
  • Structure and types of existing blade scales
• The measurement process and its influencing factors
  • Systematic and random deviations
  • Environment
  • Bucket mounts
  • Error influences
• Master blades
• Weighing blades in practice
  • 1/2/3-axis weighing
  • Absolute measurement and relative measurement
• Testing and calibration of bucket scales
• Working with Bladis software
  • Distribution and optimization
  • Quick test of the scales

Target Audience

• Employees who balance rotors
• Shift supervisors and employees from work preparation.
• Personnel responsible for maintaining blade scales
• Process planners, quality engineers, and managers who need relevant knowledge and case studies.

Prerequisites

Good physical/technical understanding. Participation in “Seminar 101 – Basic Knowledge” or good knowledge of balancing technology and balancing rigid rotors

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Main Topics:

• Basic principles of balancing technology - Refresher
• Construction and working principle of unbalance measuring systems
• Recognition, localisation and elimination of faults
• Maintenance
• Spare parts

Target Audience:

Machine operators, set-up personnel, foremen and maintenance staff of Schenck balancing machines.

Prerequisite:

Basic knowledge of electronic measuring systems and basic knowledge of balancing (in accordance with course 101 Basics).

No. of participants

max. 6 Persons

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Main Topics:

• Fundamental principles/theoretical aspects
  similar to the courses described above - by arrangement, e.g. for a three-day course similar to course 101 Basics
• Measuring equipment and capabilities of the universal balancing machines available on site
• General balancing tasks, and specific aspects connected with balancing of the customer's rotors
• Balancing process
• Discussion of balancing methods used
• Possibilities of improvement

Target Audience:
Machine operators, foremen, development and design engineers, method engineers and production planners involved in processes in which universal balancing machines are used - both horizontal and vertical.

Number of participants 
Depending on the type and number of balancing machines available and on the specific balancing task.

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Following the training course, we offer you targeted on-site production support. Our experts support your employees directly at the balancing machine – in the real production environment. The aim is to put the knowledge gained in the training course into practice immediately and to confidently master typical challenges in series production.

• Confident application of the knowledge learned to specific components
• Support during the initial setup and optimization of your balancing processes
• Error minimization through practical support during the start-up phase
• Individual tips and tricks for your employees

Our production support ensures that training content leads to sustainable process improvements – efficiently, practically, and precisely tailored to your requirements.

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