SignalCalc Analyzers Training

Data Physics offers multi-session, hands-on training for its highly acclaimed SignalCalc Dynamic Signal Analyzers. This section explains the training curriculum and lists upcoming classes.
Dynamic Signal Analyzer Training Objectives


Students will learn how to set up and use their Data Physics analyzer effectively for noise and vibration measurements. Emphasis will be placed on :

  • understanding basic signal processing in order for the student to recognize measurement problems and interpret results
  • using shakers and impact hammers for Frequency Response Measurements.

The course is presented in two parts. Part I emphasizes the standard features of all the analyzers and comprises the first three days of the course week. Part II covers all the various add-on options available for the analyzers and is covered the last two days of the week. Students may register for Part I, Part II, or both.
Who Should Attend?
 
 
  • New users
  • Existing users
  • Users upgrading to Windows
  • Prospective customers
  • Test technicians
  • Test engineers
  • Test managers
  • Quality engineers
  • Professionals involved in the following fields:
    • Product evaluation and testing
    • General vibration analysis
    • Structural testing
    • Field testing
    • Noise analysis
    • Quality control
    • Rotating machinery analysis
    • Floor vibration measurement

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Next Training Sessions:
Date Location Details
July 21-25, 2008

Data Physics Corporation
1741 Technology Drive Ste. 260
San Jose, CA 95110
TEL: 408-437-0100
FAX : 408-437-0509

 Course Schedule
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Contact us for more information:

Data Physics Corporation World Headquarters
1741 Technology Drive Suite 260
San Jose, CA 95110
TEL: 408-437-0100
FAX : 408-437-0509
Instructors


Lectures are presented in a clear and concise manner by instructors who have many years' experience in vibration control and signal analysis. Classes are kept small enough to foster communication between students and instructors. Class size is limited to 15 students and questions are always in order.
Hands-On Training and Demonstrations

The best way to learn about making measurements involves lots of hands-on time with a broad range of experiments. The labs in the analyzer class use signal generators, shakers and hammer kits to offer a variety of measurement challenges. Each lab has 2-3 students per station, so that all students have the chance to actively participate in lab sessions.

New in 2002, we have added the Mentor training aid to greatly increase hands-on measurement time in the courses. Mentor is an integrated training system developed at Data Physics and designed to give each student an instructor right in the PC. The Mentor simulator is a function-specific analog computer, an electronic model of a reasonably complex mechanical system. Students will use the measurement techniques studied in class to characterize this system. To supply the sort of challenges encountered in the field, Mentor includes opportunities to add noise, nonstationary behavior, and shaker limitations. Meanwhile, the accompanying Mentor Help file, a self-paced teaching system, steps the student through the experiments, guiding and explaining along the way. Each experiment teaches an aspect of measurement or signal processing, and each builds on the one before.

 
Dynamic Signal Analyzer Training Content


Part I : Standard Analyzer (3 days)

  • Basic operation of SignalCalc Analyzers and Mentor
  • Introduction to digital signal processing
  • Power Spectrum measurements
  • Transfer Function & Coherence analysisSynchronous Signal Averaging (time and frequency)
  • Auto and Cross-Correlation
  • Histogram and PDF measurements

Part II : Analyzer Applications (2 days)

  • Throughput-to-Disk recording, analysis, playback
  • Real-time octave and fractional octave analysis
  • Shock Response Spectrum analysis
  • RPM-Based Spectral measurements
  • Order tracking for rotating machinery analysis
  • Waterfall and Spectrogram analysis
  • MIMO Frequency Response measurements
  • Drop Test analysis
  • Sine Data Reduction of shaker control tests
  • ActiveX communication and programming

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