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Bearings & Lubrication Applications, Methods, and Handling
Course Description

 Mechanical Engineers, Superintendents, Supervisors, Foremen & Technicians

 Machinery Engineers, Superintendents, Supervisors, Foremen & Technicians

Plant Engineers, Superintendents, Supervisors, Foremen & Technicians

Maintenance Engineers, Superintendents, Supervisors, Foremen & Technicians

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas, and will include:

  • Lectures
  • Workshop & Work Presentation
  • Case Studies and Practical Exercise
  • Videos and General Discussions

Day 1

  • Lubrication Theory
  • Introduction
  • Purpose of a Lubricant
  • Functions of Lubricating Oil
  • Tribology & Friction
  • Coefficient of Friction
  • Metal-to-Metal Contact
  • Dynamic Clearances in the Design of Components
  • Lubricant Film Types
    • Boundary Lubrication
    • Mixed Film Lubrication
    • Hydrodynamic Lubrication
  • Lubricant Types
  • Introduction
    • Lubricant Composition
    • Base Oils
    • Base Stock Quality
  • Mineral Lubricants
  • Synthetic Lubricants
  • Vegetable Lubricants
  • Greases
  • Solid Lubricants
  • Lubrication Applications
  • Introduction
    • Selecting a Lubricant Delivery System
    • Lubricant Delivery Options
  • Manual Lubrication
  • Natural Delivery Methods
  • Oilers
  • Pressure Delivery Methods
  • Centralized Lubrication

DAY 2

4-Lubrication Additives

5-Grease types

6-Oil Analysis

  • What Oil Analysis Can Tell You
  • On-Site Analysis versus Lab Analysis
  • Oil Analysis monitors three conditions:
  • The Benefits of Oil Analysis
  • Lubrication Properties
  • Water Content
  • Rules for Oil Sampling
  • Wear Particle Analysis
  • Wear Particles Analysis Case Study

 

Day 3

Introduction to Bearings

  • What is the Function of the Bearings?
  • Friction
  • Comparison Between Friction Types
  • The Forces Acting on the Shaft
  • Classification of Bearings

Anti-Friction Bearings

  • Advantages
  • Disadvantages
  • Types of Rolling Elements:
  • Bearing Loads
  • Bearing Arrangement
  • Anti-friction Bearing Materials

Identification of Anti-Friction Bearings

  • ISO Identification of Anti-Friction Bearings
  • ISO Bearing Standards
  • Non-ISO Standards and Codes
  • ISO Bearing Type and Size:
  • Generic Supplementary Designations
  • Bearing clearance
  • How to Get the Correct Bearing for each of the Operating Conditions

 

DAY 4

Anti-friction Bearing Failure

  • Wear Marks
  • Normal Fatigue Failure
  • Misalignment
  • Damage Caused by Incorrect Fitting
  • Loss of Bearing Clearance
  • Loose Fits
  • Tight Fits
  • Brinelling and False Brinelling
  • False Brinelling
  • True Brinelling
  • Lubrication Failure
  • Contamination
  • Excessive Loads
  • Overheating
  • Reverse Loading
  • Corrosion

DAY5

Fluid Film Bearing

  • Friction Bearings (Sliding Friction)
  • Advantages
  • Disadvantages
  • Sliding Surface Bearings (Plain Bearings)
  • Types of Plain Bearings
  • Plain radial bearings
  • Thrust plain bearings
  • Tilting-pad Bearings
  • General Requirements for Bearing Materials
  • Materials Types (Plain Bearings)
  • Large Babbitt or White-Metal Lined Bearing
  • Plain (Journal) Bearing Materials
  • Classification of Sliding Surface Bearings
  • Classification of Sliding Surface Thrust Bearings
  • Bearing Clearance
  • Hydrodynamic Bearing Failure Analysis
  • Fatigue Failures
  • Bearing Metal Wear
  • Corrosion
  • Effect of Hard Particles on Bearing
  • Effect of Lubrication
  • Effect of Overloads
  • Assembly Deficiencies
  • Electrical Discharge Damage
  • Design-related Failures

Maintenance

  • Preventive maintenance
  • Reliability-centered maintenance
  • Combination of condition-based and preventive maintenance
  • Maintenance activities

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Course Rounds

5 Days
Code Date Venue Fees Action
ME183-01
2026-04-19
Casablanca
USD 5950
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ME183-02
2026-07-06
Istanbul
USD 5950
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ME183-03
2026-10-04
Cairo
USD 5450
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ME183-04
2026-12-13
Dubai
USD 5450
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