MDCase is a PC-based training tool
for people who want to gain experience identifying the
cause of rotating-machinery problems. The product name
'MDCase ' is a short moniker for 'Machinery Diagnostic
Case History Player', and is pronounced 'M' 'D' 'Case'.
As the expanded name suggests, MDCase
allows the user to 'playback' a case history that focuses
on a specific machinery malfunction. The 'player' functionality
of MDCase puts the user (presumably you) in the role
of a machinery diagnostician who is being requested
to solve a machinery problem. As in the real world,
the actual malfunction remains unknown until the user
identifies it.
All case histories are based on real
world problems which have been solved by experience
diagnosticians. The cases include more information than
is needed, so it is up to the user to sift through the
available information and hone in on and interpret the
relevant information.
There are many good courses which will
teach you the basics of using the predictive/diagnostic
technologies (e.g. vibration analysis, thermography,
oil analysis, etc.), but the 'basics' don't become a
'skill' without sufficient practice. It would take many
years for the typical machinery diagnostician to receive
comparable exposure to the many case histories made
available through MDCase.
A FREE evaluation version is available
with two real-world case histories. This evaluation
version is the complete case player with only 2 of the
50 available cases. Get your Evaluation CD by contacting
us at vsc@vib.com.
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