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Keypad 

The VIBER X5™ has double sets of the most frequently used keys, that’s too allow operation 
by both left and right hand.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key 

DESCRIPTION 

 

ON/OFF. Used to switch ON or OFF the Instrument. 

OK key 

ESC key 

MENU key 

Aux key 

UP Arrow key 

RIGHT Arrow key 

Light Key 

ON/OFF key 

Ctrl key 

DOWN 
Arrow key 

Red & Blue LED 

Green LED 

F1 key 

F2 key 

F3 key 

F4 key 

Display 

LEFT  

Arrow key 

Summary of Contents for VIBER X5 MKIII

Page 1: ...VIBER X5 MKIII...

Page 2: ...Instrument Manual...

Page 3: ...E mail info vmiab com www vmiab com Copyright 2012 by VMI International AB No copying or reproduction of this information may be undertaken without written permission of VMI International AB Due to co...

Page 4: ...result of the use of VIBER X5 MkIITM measurements Even though great efforts are made to make the information in this manual free from errors and to make the information complete for the user there cou...

Page 5: ...4 2 TRANSFER A ROUTE TO OR FROM THE INSTRUMENT 33 4 3 MEASURING IN ROUTE 33 4 4 INSTRUMENT ROUTE SETTINGS 35 4 5 INSTRUMENT ROUTE MANAGER 36 4 6 ROUTE VIEWER 36 5 SETTING UP MEASUREMENTS 39 5 1 GETTI...

Page 6: ...ISO 1940 1 SETTINGS 97 8 5 BALANCING WINDOW DESCRIPTION 99 8 6 1 AND 2 PLANE BALANCING 99 8 7 EDIT TRIAL WEIGHT 102 8 8 BALANCING REPORT 103 8 9 RESIDUAL UNBALANCE 104 8 10 RESPONSE MATRIX 104 8 11 BA...

Page 7: ...to use them 6 Recommended Vibration Levels This chapter describes the ISO standard 10816 3 and which vibration levels that is recommendable It also describes resonance and where to place the transduce...

Page 8: ...X5 MkII uses SpectraPro condition monitoring software to manage data Using an existing database it may be used together with Easy VIBER Easy Balancer and XVIBER instruments just the way it is with no...

Page 9: ...and top of line services at competitive prices to our customers Quality of products and services is of prime importance for us We welcome customer suggestions and feedback in order to improve consiste...

Page 10: ...2 transducers adjustable magnet holder for the tachometer and a pocket scale The VIBER X5 case is designed with space for the Balancing kit items Current probe Enables speed measurement and analysis o...

Page 11: ...low operation by both left and right hand Key DESCRIPTION ON OFF Used to switch ON or OFF the Instrument OK key ESC key MENU key Aux key UP Arrow key RIGHT Arrow key Light Key ON OFF key Ctrl key DOWN...

Page 12: ...ents from HOLD status confirm an action or go forward in a menu AUX Used to stop a measurement ESC Escape Used to Cancel an action or to return to the previous menu Arrows UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT Depending...

Page 13: ...13 Cable Connector solder view...

Page 14: ...14 Auto Detection Transducer Connections...

Page 15: ...as soon as possible Charger icon may be Green indicates that the battery is charging Red the external charger stopped the charging process The external charger still supplies the Instrument The red in...

Page 16: ...as F2 View Spectrum in the example above or not assigned The shortcut bar may have one or two rows depending on the context The bottom row the background have gray color refers to the actions selected...

Page 17: ...menu for that measurement To edit the value of a specific parameter first select it using UP or DOWN Arrow keys It will be highlighted To start editing press RIGHT Arrow key Depending on the parameter...

Page 18: ...ce that the status bar will change to indicate the available shortcuts F1 Delete one character on the right side of the cursor F2 Backspace delete one character on the left side of the cursor F3 Clear...

Page 19: ...ry basis Measure In this menu all measurements off route applications are located Balancing Enter into the balancing menu Files Files menu is used when you want to view copy or handle your stored file...

Page 20: ...in Figure 1 13 1 3 11 2 Display This tool performs a color display test You can visually observe if the screen colors are as expected and if some pixels are defective From Main Menu select Settings Sy...

Page 21: ...and Transducer Settings are also available By pressing F4 bias measurement parameters will be set to default 1 3 12 General Settings This menu is used to set the general instrument parameters From th...

Page 22: ...y user until the Instrument will shut down in order to save power The user can select between NEVER or 1 2 5 10 and 30 minutes Backlight Level With this you set the backlight level in which the instru...

Page 23: ...ucer type This may be Triaxial standard VIBER X6 option for VIBER X5 MkII Accelerometer Velocimeter Displacement or Process AC Sensitivity X Transducer sensitivity in mV Unit Notice that the unit may...

Page 24: ...ectable 000 2 Acc 2 Acceleration Auto detectable 001 3 TRIAXIAL 3 axial Acc Auto detectable 010 4 PROCESS AC User defined 011 5 DISP 1 Displacement User defined 011 6 DISP 2 Displacement User defined...

Page 25: ...lected The option for External Internal and Coil current clamp can also be selected Tacho Idle This setting is to configure when the tachometer will trigger each rotation When Low is selected the lead...

Page 26: ...FON0001 BIN Character drawing instructions according with specification version 1 Program PRG SYSTEM X5_V104 PRG firmware version 1 04 Messages MES LANGUAGE SWE_100 MES Swedish language messages acco...

Page 27: ...y the firmware program file and the associated resource files in to the designed folders For downgrade remove the newest firmware files Step 2 Start the instrument in boot loader mode 2 1 Press the F2...

Page 28: ...When connected files can be copied into a USB storage device Internal memory A virtual device having internal used data as a configuration file The right side contains the list of the files in the se...

Page 29: ...ot to modify the file content All measured parameters or notes are read only The best way to really analyze the files measurements is to use the SpectraPro PC software package File type Folder Extensi...

Page 30: ...may be used to copy paste delete or in other ways handle files in the instruments SD card no driver needs 2 3 Signal Generator Function The Signal Generator Function gives the Viber X5MkIII compatibil...

Page 31: ...nt for a better performance If the software of VIBER X5 MkIII is asking me to edit a file name what names are valid for the micro SD Card Answer The file system for the SD Card accepts file names up t...

Page 32: ...s 4 Route Route measurement is used when machines are measured and this is done on a regular basis The Route information is downloaded from the SpectraPro PC program and the measurements notes and oth...

Page 33: ...2 Transfer a Route to or from the Instrument Before transferring a route to the instrument the route should be created in the SpectraPro application for more details read SpectraPro User s Manual Tra...

Page 34: ...he route measuring where you left it by simply selecting the Route application again The route screen displays Which Route machine point and direction to be measured Type of measurement to do in the p...

Page 35: ...or machine level you will go to the first point on the plant or machine OK Start measurement F1 Select another route from the route file list F2 View spectrum time signal only for vibration direction...

Page 36: ...Audio input Filtered or Direct Filtered input will filter out all frequencies below 500 Hz From the Route Settings screen there is a direct link to Select Sensor and Edit Transducers menus The transdu...

Page 37: ...to open directly the Route Viewer application when you double click on any Route file To do this proceed as followed In Windows Explorer just double click on any Route file The files have the extensi...

Page 38: ...the USB cable between the Instrument and the PC and the Open file window will appear on the computer screen Route files are located in the ROUTE folder on the SD Card If a Route file is corrupted a wa...

Page 39: ...channels is automatically determined in accordance with the installed transducers Therefore you should configure the instrument and attach the transducer s before selecting the measurement type 3rd st...

Page 40: ...and high frequency energy Peak Peak minimum to maximum amplitude of a sine wave at the frequency of interest and is calculated from the RMS value Use for detection of displacement sometimes used for...

Page 41: ...result in spectral leakage in the FFT spectrum By using Window correctly the spectral resolution of your frequency result will increase Each window function has its own advantage and suitability for...

Page 42: ...Blackman window hold back the side lobes more than 92dB giving it about 11 wider bandwidth than the Kaiser Bessel window Kaiser Bessel Compares roughly to the Blackman but for the same main lobe width...

Page 43: ...ement stops automatically when all the parts have been measured Smart averaging is similar to linear averaging with one difference If the value changes more than 5 percent the averaging resets The adv...

Page 44: ...ltogether depending on the characteristics of the windowing function For this reason it is a good idea to use overlap processing For 50 overlap the instrument starts to collect the 2nd set of samples...

Page 45: ...ms occur in pumps etc Increased noise level try to investigate the reason Plan an action during next regular stop Keep the machine under observation and measure at shorter time intervals than before t...

Page 46: ...ed of the machine For instance a machine supported by rubber or spring have resonances at low running speeds The machine starts vibrate at certain low revolutions When the speed is increased above the...

Page 47: ...A natural excitation force is for example unbalance at the running speed misalignment on mainly twice the speed gear mesh forces etc One common resonance frequency is the critical speed of a shaft wh...

Page 48: ...e shaft centre Measure axially at the same height as the shaft centre Figure 6 1 Measurement locations Mp 2 V Mp 2 H Mp 2 A Mp 1 V Mp 1 A Mp 1 H Mp 3 H Mp 3 V Mp 3 A Mp 4 V Mp 4 H Mp 4 A Mp 2 V Mp 2 H...

Page 49: ...is used to find early signs of bearing faults Envelope can also be used to detect cavitations in pumps Page no 60 Total value This application is used for analyzing the effect of mechanical actions a...

Page 50: ...bending in steam turbines due to uneven heating as the machine speed is gradually increasing during power up Page no 702 Orbit XY Shape With this application you may see the relative orbit displaceme...

Page 51: ...ect Current sensor on either the primary or secondary circuit fluctuations in motor current can be observed 7 1 1 How to Upgrade To upgrade your VIBER X5 with additional 1stSend the serial number SN o...

Page 52: ...he measurement In addition shortcuts are available to access relevant setting menus F1 Assign channels menu F2 Edit transducers menu F4 Reset settings to default By pressing F4 a default set of measur...

Page 53: ...just press again the OK key 7 2 3 Listening to bearing sound The listening of bearing sound is an old proven method Sound analyzes of low speed bearings and gears can sometimes be much faster and eve...

Page 54: ...s This noise or vibrations are increased if the bearing is poorly lubricated overloaded or has a damaged surface Both listening and reading the BC value is a good way to analyze bearings In the diagra...

Page 55: ...ak Frequency Range Hz 500 6400 500 32000 1000 32000 3000 32000 Averaging Disabled Linear Smart No of Averages 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 Audio Enabled Disabled NOTE Audio output will only be available during me...

Page 56: ...llection may be temporary suspended by pressing the AUX key To resume measurement just press again the OK key During live measurements you can press F2 Change the detection type RMS Peak or p p F4 Cha...

Page 57: ...the measurements In regular Spectra auto ranging is being made continuously 7 4 1 Spectra Measurement Settings When you select Spectra or Advanced Spectra the instrument will display the setting menu...

Page 58: ...The frequency is displayed on the X axis and the value on the Y axis The scale for the value is displayed on top of the spectrum chart On the right side of each channel you have the cursor value and...

Page 59: ...gh the cursor will move to the next line This cursor is only available when 1 channel is on display o Line This cursor is mainly used to see line values The cursor will move to the position of next sp...

Page 60: ...lect Measure and Envelope Or from Main menu select Measure Advanced and Envelope VIBER X5 has two applications for Envelope measurement One regular Envelope which is located under Measurements and one...

Page 61: ...n speed If we instead onlymeasure the fluctuations of the signal the remaining signal will look like the picture below The resulting spectrum will be a spectrum that emphasizes the fluctuations and mi...

Page 62: ...urement Enabled or Disabled In the Advanced Envelope Settings menu the settings are extended and more flexible Here you can change Detection type RMS Peak or Peak Peak HP Filter Hz 150 275 600 1200 22...

Page 63: ...creen press F2 The spectra are zoomed to cover the whole screen Settings F4 Open the Settings menu for spectra measurement Move the cursor using the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys Zoom in or out the X Scal...

Page 64: ...64 Envelope value gE RMS 0 001 0 01 0 1 1 10 100 1000 10000 RPM 2000 3000 400 5000 4000 500 Good Acceptable Fair Failing Replace Figure 0 1 Envelope Value...

Page 65: ...sing F4 all the parameters will be set as default values Press OK to start measurement Press ESC to exit 7 6 1 1 Emissivity Set the coefficient for surface reflection factor Emissivity factor using ch...

Page 66: ...rom the IR sensor During live measurements you can F3 Change measuring unit C or F F4 Access the Temperature Settings menu The data collection may be temporary suspended Hold by pressing the AUX key T...

Page 67: ...ear Smart Averaging numbers 1 2 4 8 16 32 or 64 By pressing F4 all the parameters will be set as default values Press OK to start measurement Press ESC to exit 7 7 2 Measure Speed On the right side of...

Page 68: ...r Amplitude Phase The following parameters can be set Measurement type Acceleration Velocity Displacement or mV Show unit depending on the above selection Frequency unit Hz or RPM Multiple X1 X10 The...

Page 69: ...from measurements menu the instrument will display the settings menu The following parameters can be set Engineering unit user defined This is just a description of the parameter that will be measured...

Page 70: ...veraging number if it is set Signal unit can mA or Volts During live measurements you can press F4 Access the Phase Settings menu The data collection may be temporary suspended Hold by pressing the AU...

Page 71: ...tion to the above settings the instrument will automatically disable the energy saving function automatic shutdown if this is enabled Press OK to start measurement Press ESC to exit 7 9 2 Measure Coas...

Page 72: ...own Coast down is used for analyzing mechanical resonances the speeds where the vibration is amplified From Main menu select Measure and Coast Down 7 10 1 Coast Down measurement settings When you sele...

Page 73: ...asured points the number is displayed after the measurement is finished On the right side screen appears the current measurements for one of the measured channels in two diagrams each of them having t...

Page 74: ...and there is some imbalance causing the centerline to move in a circle The orbit plot at the left shows an ideal condition of the shaft in the bearing while the one on the right shows that the shaft i...

Page 75: ...reen into a bitmap picture file To view the waveform used to display the diagram press F3 To calculate the maximum deviation of the diagram press F1 After calculation this will be displayed on the dia...

Page 76: ...VIBER X5 MkIII SD card Send graph to MS Word This action will send the graph plots to a MS Word document file Preview Print With this action you can preview or print a report containing graph plots IN...

Page 77: ...is function logs amplitude and phase data together and displays a report about each separately 7 12 2 Data Logger Settings In this menu the following parameters can be set Measurement type Acceleratio...

Page 78: ...lays the measurement parameters and waits for a start confirmation It displays Press OK to start measurement On the Window header the file name of the logging session is displayed The screen contain t...

Page 79: ...Note Pad or similar application The program starts with a main screen where it displays the configuration of current data logging file The window has on the bottom a series of buttons which allow the...

Page 80: ...VIEW Display the data in print preview mode EXIT Exits to main page When View option is selected the program will display all the values and the events recorded into the file in a window from which yo...

Page 81: ...New Create a new Vibshape list From file Open a previously stored list 7 13 1 Vibshape Settings When you select New the program displays the settings menu The following parameters can be set Measurem...

Page 82: ...ement list 1 one point each time you press OK to measure If you have selected a transducer for Vib1 and Vib2 you will add to the measurement list 2 two points each time you press OK to measure The fir...

Page 83: ...ut the cursor on either multiple 1 or 2 the program will select both multiplies there after enter MENU key menu and select Insert new point Press OK to measure the new point Only 1 point will be measu...

Page 84: ...If using the Fluke i2000 Flex AC Current Probe we recommend using the 20A 100mV A setting to ensure a correct reading Becoming familiar with the current probes instructions before use is also recommen...

Page 85: ...p frequency due to current variations in the stator windings caused by the lower sideband Side bands A healthy motor under full load Power freq 50Hz A faulty motor under full load Current 100A Power f...

Page 86: ...ulation early we are able to take corrective measures at an opportune time to repair or replace the motor Full Range view is used to detect frequency components that are a function of airgap eccentric...

Page 87: ...f a higher frequency In other words lower frequencies ride on the higher frequency signal This makes the carrier frequency the dominant peak in the FFT spectrum and most of the information is lost in...

Page 88: ...umber of averages the resulting time signal will be a signal synchronous with the tachometer reading This function is particularly useful when analyzing a machine were several shafts and speeds are in...

Page 89: ...measuring three separate synchronous spectrum with the tachometer placed on the three parts the two rollers and the felt you can find the source of the vibration and also measure when patterns occur i...

Page 90: ...patibility with installed 4 20mA Loop Power Monitoring systems In this menu you can adjust the settings to meet your requirements by changing the Shown Units Range Hi Averaging No of Averages 24V Powe...

Page 91: ...r in the same horizontal vertical or axial direction as the bump direction 1 Select Measure in the main menu 2 Select Advanced in the Measurement menu 3 Select Bump test in the Advanced Measurement me...

Page 92: ...the cursors and will give you a possibility to fine adjust the time area You cannot change the resolution in zoom mode Note Move the area to a position where it doesn t include the part containing th...

Page 93: ...ursor Use up or down buttons to change the amplitude scale Use the waveform button to go back and change resolution and time area Press the Menu button the small green button to save add cursors add n...

Page 94: ...is optional Rotor unbalance can be caused by design material manufacturing and assembly Every rotor has an individual unbalance distribution along its length even in a series production Balancing sec...

Page 95: ...mm s 25 grams When we want to balance a machine where the unbalance sensitivity is unknown we must use trial weights and trial runs No vibrations are completely stable If we measure the same measuring...

Page 96: ...data if Auto save measurement is enabled If the measurements are not stable enough the speed is out of tolerance the instrument will save the data when this number of measurement is reached Auto save...

Page 97: ...ical the length dimensions will automatically be symmetrical depending on H value for inboard and L value for outboard rotor type The instrument calculates maximum allowable residual unbalance and com...

Page 98: ...special requirements G 2 5 Turbo compressors Rigid turbo generator rotors Gas and steam turbines including marine main turbines merchant service computer hard disks Machine tool drives Turbine driven...

Page 99: ...ve to mount two balancing weights 1 one plane balancing is used when the heavy rotor part is narrow axially for example a brake disk a narrow fan wheel or when the normal rotor speed is low For 1 plan...

Page 100: ...cing speed After it stabilize press OK to start initial measurement This is the step when balancing speed is saved in rotor data After this step the speed is compared with this to calculate if it is w...

Page 101: ...move at specified angle F2 Change unit Switch the indication between weight and vibration units F3 Edit weight distribution Use UP or DOWN Arrows to move the marker to edit No of positions and or weig...

Page 102: ...ed It is often difficult to place the balancing weight on exactly the radius we have written in the instrument The stiffness of the bearing support is nonlinear and depends on the vibration level Afte...

Page 103: ...Why do I want to keep the trial weight in the machine If the trial weight is impossible or very difficult to remove If I have drilled or grinded away material as a trial weight If the trial weight sub...

Page 104: ...be mounted When you use the Response Matrix all transducers including the RPM transducer must be placed in the same directions and locations as when the Response Matrix was first calculated What is a...

Page 105: ...is mounted in the zero 0 direction in plane 2 a21 is the normalized vibration in Mp2 for 1gram millimeter unbalance in plane 1 b21 is the angle of the vibration in Mp2 if the trial weight in plan 1 i...

Page 106: ...cing Report File Preview and Balancing Report Copy the report file into MS Word The program starts with a main screen where it displays the configuration of current balancing file The window has on th...

Page 107: ...the Balancing Report can be added or excluded Rotor picture Vibration Final vibrations readings Balancing Matrix Measurement List All the result after Fine Balancing run will be shown in a list Trial...

Page 108: ...eadings it should be regularly calibrated 9 1 Battery Management The instrument has two battery packs built in Backup battery A small 3V battery for the Real Time Clock the expected life of this batte...

Page 109: ...ng the time you have set To resume your backlight setting press the Light key Use Auto Off time This will stop the Instrument after a while if no key is pressed The software switches off the backlight...

Page 110: ...not go off means the microprocessor board did not start properly This may be either caused by a power supply fault or by the board itself If the LED sequence is normal but still the display is empty...

Page 111: ...vice there is an SD card controller error Pleace contact a VMI service center If the device is published appears in Control panel but cannot be handled as a disk it is a problem with the SD card which...

Page 112: ...rt Check the battery connectors and the fuses If the battery pack voltage before charging is almost nothing the charging system assume that a battery pack is not connected and will not start charging...

Page 113: ...items are wrongfully disabled or they have unusual values Press F4 Default settings and after this configure the parameter as you wish This can appear when an incompatible program is loaded into the...

Page 114: ...ing ESC Thereafter enter again into the application The file corresponding to the current work session may be corrupted By exiting the work session the instrument will close it When again entering the...

Page 115: ...n software dependent Built in Transducers Temperature 10 to 120 C Infrared Tachometer Up to 60000rpm 0 1 to 2m range Measurements Processing Direct single or double integrated or deviated configured i...

Page 116: ...peak Electromagnetic Sensitivity CE Certified Sealing Hermetic Welded Weight without magnet 51 grams Case Material 316L Stainless steel Mounting 28 Tapped Hole Mounting stud M6 Adapter stud Mounting...

Page 117: ...Charging status 12 Check Bias 20 Coast Down 67 Coast Up 65 Connection 27 Copy a file 25 Ctrl 10 D Data Logger 72 Data Logger files Viewer 74 Date and time 12 Delete a file 25 Detection type 36 Display...

Page 118: ...Power supply 20 Process 64 Program version 16 R Rectangular 38 Red LED 10 Residual unbalance 92 Resonance 43 Response matrix 83 92 Rotor Types 86 Route 29 Route Settings 32 Route Viewer 33 Run up 65...

Page 119: ...119 U Unbalance sensitivity 83 Unit system 18 Update 22 V W Vibshape 75 View a file 25 Window 37 Windows Explorer 28 Virtual Keyboard 15 VMI192 8 X XY Shape PC Application 70...

Page 120: ...lting from a defect in material or workmanship or by other than normal use Damage resulting from repairs performed other than by an authorized service centre The limited two year warranty and remedies...

Page 121: ...VMI International AB E mail info vmiab com www vmiab com...

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