Posts by Thomas Winnard - Application Engineer
November 2022 modal training seminar with Dr. Pete Avitabile (Vancouver, BC)

The latest Experimental Modal Analysis Seminar was held from November 8-9, 2022 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Crystal Instruments partnered with Dalimar Instruments to present these modal training seminars in Canada. During the seminar, Dr. Peter Avitabile covered the basics of modal measurements, impact hammer tests, and shaker tests. The modal training seminar participants learned the theory behind techniques, performed measurements, and received hands-on training experience.

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2022 Vibration Institute Annual Training Conference & Expo (VIATC) - Savannah, GA

Crystal Instruments enjoyed sharing handheld and high channel condition monitoring solutions from August 3-4 at the 45th Vibration Institute Annual Training Conference & Expo (VIATC) in Savannah, GA. Vibration practitioners from industries such as nuclear energy to machine monitoring gathered to exchange ideas, learn from industry experts, and interface with various equipment providers.

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Recent Experimental Modal Analysis Seminar with Dr. Pete Avitabile

Crystal Instruments recently hosted an Experimental Modal Analysis Seminar with Dr. Pete Avitabile at the Crystal Instruments Training Center in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Over the course of three days, participants benefited from lectures by Dr. Avitabile in the morning and received hands-on experience with practical modal testing hardware and software in the afternoon.

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Advantages of Circular Recording vs. Standard Timestream Recording

Some data acquisition applications will inevitability run into one of the most common problems of the information age: information overload. Today, modern DAQ systems, such as the highly versatile Crystal Instruments Spider product line, can store significant amounts of vibration data. Now, memory limitations are significant. However, sifting through large amounts of data in order to capture a small transient event is undesirable.

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