Course Description

This 3-day technical training program provides participants with practical knowledge and advanced techniques to improve bearing performance, reliability, and service life in rotating equipment. The course covers bearing types, failure modes, lubrication best practices, installation and alignment techniques, condition monitoring, and root cause failure analysis. Participants will learn how to reduce premature bearing failures, optimize maintenance practices, and implement reliability-centered strategies to extend bearing life in industrial applications.

Course Objectives

Upon the successful completion of this course, each participant will be able to:

  • Identify bearing types and select appropriate bearings for applications.
  • Understand common bearing failure modes and their root causes.
  • Apply correct bearing installation, handling, and storage practices.
  • Improve bearing lubrication management and contamination control.
  • Use vibration and condition monitoring techniques to detect early failures.
  • Implement maintenance strategies to enhance bearing reliability and lifecycle cost.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for maintenance engineers, rotating equipment technicians, reliability engineers, and mechanical professionals responsible for bearing maintenance and performance.

Course Agenda

Registration

Welcome & Introduction

Pre-Test

Day 1 – Bearing Fundamentals, Selection & Failure Mechanisms 

  • Introduction to bearings and rotating equipment reliability
  • Types of bearings: ball, roller, thrust, tapered, spherical
  • Bearing load ratings and basic life calculations (L10 life concept)
  • Bearing fits, tolerances, and operating clearances
  • Common bearing failure modes:
  • Fatigue, wear, corrosion, brinelling, fluting
  • Overheating, misalignment, electrical erosion
  • Failure identification using visual symptoms and patterns
  • Exercise: Bearing damage identification workshop (photos/case examples)

Day 2 – Installation, Lubrication & Contamination Control 

  • Correct bearing handling, storage, and transport procedures
  • Proper installation techniques: heating methods, mounting tools, pullers
  • Shaft/housing inspection requirements
  • Alignment and balancing impact on bearing life
  • Lubrication fundamentals: grease vs oil lubrication
  • Selecting the right lubricant (viscosity, additives, temperature limits)
  • Re-lubrication intervals and best practices
  • Contamination control: seals, filtration, and cleanliness standards
  • Exercise: Lubrication planning and bearing installation checklist development

Day 3 – Condition Monitoring, Predictive Maintenance & Life Extension Strategies 

  • Condition monitoring overview for bearings
  • Vibration analysis indicators for bearing defects
  • Bearing defect frequencies (BPFO, BPFI, BSF, FTF concepts)
  • Temperature monitoring and infrared inspection basics
  • Oil analysis and grease analysis fundamentals
  • Ultrasound testing for lubrication condition and defects
  • Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) process for bearing failures
  • Reliability strategies: precision maintenance, standardization, best practices
  • Capstone case study: improving bearing life in a plant scenario
  • Exercise: RCFA report and improvement plan preparation

Post Test

End of the Course

Assessment Methodology

All courses conducted by EdTech will begin with a Pre-evaluation and end with a Post-evaluation. The instructor will evaluate the knowledge and skills of the participants according to the feedback given by participants. This will help to recognize the benefits and the level of knowledge gained by participants through the course.

Training Methodology

Facilitated by a highly qualified specialist, who has extensive knowledge and experience; this program will be conducted using extensively interactive methods, encouraging participants to share their own experiences and apply the program material to real-life work situations in order to stimulate group discussions and improve the efficiency of the subject coverage.

Percentages of the total course hour classification are:

  • ​40% Theoretical lectures, Concepts and approach
  • 20% Motivation to develop individual skill and Techniques
  • 20% Case Studies and Practical Exercises
  • 20% Topic General Discussions and interaction

Course Manual

Participants will be provided with comprehensive presentation material as reference manual. This presentation material is a compilation of core valuable information, references, presentation methods and inspiring reading which will be used as a part of the material guide.

Course Certificate

At the completion of the course, all participants who successfully accomplished the required contact hours will receive an EdTech Training Participation Certificate as a testimony to their commitment to professional development and further education.

Why Edtech ?

  • Industry Experienced; Internationally Qualified Trainers
  • Hands-on Practical Sessions & Assignments
  • Intensive Study materials
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Realistic training methodology
  • High-Quality Training in Affordable Course Fees
  • Achievement Certificate, as approved by the Ministry of Education (Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education Training - ACTVET), HABC, AWS, IAOSHE, SHRM, etc.