Data Analysis Techniques for Engineers and Technologists
Mechanical, Maintenance & Reliability · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 3,900
Overview
The corporate ethos which sees change as a survival necessity coupled with continual demands to achieve greater production efficiencies and reduced operating / maintenance costs means that engineers and technologists are faced with ever-increasing plant and process performance targets.
Learning Objectives
To provide delegates with a working vocabulary of analytical terms to enable them to converse with people who are experts in the areas of data analysis, statistics, and probability, and to be able to read and comprehend common textbooks and journal articles in this field.
To provide delegates with both an understanding and practical experience of a range of the more common analytical techniques and data representation methods, which have direct relevance to a wide range of analytical problems.
To give delegates the ability to recognize which types of analysis are best suited to particular types of problems.
To give delegates sufficient background and theoretical knowledge to be able to judge when an applied technique will likely lead to incorrect conclusions.
To provide delegates with an overview of the main data analysis applications within engineering systems.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for professionals working in mechanical maintenance and reliability, as well as those whose responsibilities require a stronger practical grasp of the subject and its application within their organisation.
Professionals in Mechanical & Maintenance
Maintenance and reliability engineers
Rotating and static equipment specialists
Course Outline
Day 1 — The Basics
Sources of data, data sampling, data accuracy, data completeness, simple representations, dealing with practical issues. Workshop using centrifugal pump performance data.
Fundamental Statistics
Mean, average, median, mode, rank, variance, covariance, standard deviation, "lies, more lies and statistics", compensations for small sample sizes, descriptive statistics. Workshop using production data from a batch fermentation process.
Data Mining and Representation
Day 2 — Single, two and multi-dimensional data visualization,…
Probability and Confidence
Probability theory, properties of distributions, expected values, setting confidence limits, risk and uncertainty, normal distribution, weibull distribution, binomial distribution, exponential distribution. Workshop using statistical process control data in the machinery protection system of a turbine-compressor installation.
Histograms & Frequency of Occurrence
Histograms, Pareto analysis (sorted histogram), cumulative percentage analysis, the law of diminishing return, percentile analysis. Workshop using historical failure data from a group of reciprocating compressors.
Day 3 — Frequency Analysis
The Fourier transform, periodic and a-periodic data, inverse transformation, practical implications of sample rate, dynamic range and amplitude resolution. Workshop using vibration data from a large gearbox.
Regression Analysis and Curve Fitting
Linear and non-linear regression, order; best fit; minimum variance, maximum likelihood, least squares fits, curve fitting theory, linear, exponential and polynomial curve fits, predictive methods. Workshop using failure data from large three phase induction motors, and remaining lifetime prediction.
Day 4 — Data Comparison
Correlation analysis, the autocorrelation function, Mahalanobis’ distance, practical considerations of data set dimensionality. Workshop using diesel engine performance and pollutant emission data.
The Power of Excel and MATLAB
Pivot tables, the analytical toolbox, internet-based analysis tools and macros, dynamic spreadsheets, sensitivity analysis, visualization. Workshop involving step-by-step examples of the advanced capabilities of spreadsheets and the exploitation of ready-written resources.
Day 5 — Quality Control Applications
Terminology, control charts, statistical control, estimating the process mean and variation, capability indexes, control charts for attribute data. Workshop on constructing the x bar and R charts for a milling process.
Reliability Evaluation Applications
Terminology, reliability definition and concepts, reliability functions, a reliability evaluation process. Workshop on evaluating the hazard rate, survivor function, failure density function, and cumulative failure distribution function for typical industrial equipment.
Accreditation
Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.
What do Al-Khobraa mechanical, maintenance and reliability courses cover?
The portfolio covers reliability-centred maintenance (RCM), preventive and predictive maintenance, condition monitoring and vibration analysis, root cause failure analysis, rotating and static equipment, asset management and maintenance planning — including preparation for the CMRP (Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional) credential.
Who should attend a mechanical, maintenance or reliability course?
These courses suit maintenance and reliability engineers, maintenance planners and schedulers, mechanical and rotating-equipment technicians and supervisors, condition-monitoring analysts, asset and plant managers, and operations staff accountable for equipment availability.
How long are mechanical, maintenance and reliability courses, and where are they held?
Most Al-Khobraa mechanical, maintenance and reliability courses run over 5 days. The exact duration, dates and city for this course are listed in the dates section on this page. Public sessions run across Saudi Arabia — Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Khobar, Jubail and Yanbu — as well as regional and international venues, with live virtual classrooms available on request.
What certificate will I receive?
Delegates who complete the course receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of completion, issued by a Saudi-registered training provider. Al-Khobraa also delivers internationally accredited programmes; where a course carries an external awarding body such as PMI, CIPS, ILM or IOSH, that body is named on the course's own page.
Can mechanical, maintenance and reliability training be delivered in-house for our team?
Yes. Any Al-Khobraa mechanical, maintenance and reliability course can be delivered in-house at your own premises anywhere in Saudi Arabia or the GCC, with the content, dates and language of delivery tailored to your team. Al-Khobraa is an approved HRDF (Hadaf) provider, so eligible Saudi employers can seek training support. Contact us for a quotation.
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