The Vibration Analysis Pocket Guide is a reference prepared for everyone who takes measurements and interprets spectra in the field. In fifteen pages it collects the knowledge daily work calls for most often: measurement quantities, parameter selection, severity assessment, and the spectral signatures of unbalance, misalignment, looseness and bearing faults.
Every figure in it is computed rather than drawn: each spectrum is the transform of a signal built from the physics it illustrates, so what you see on the page is what that fault does to a measurement. Annotated spectra, shaft orbits, the four stages of a bearing failure and a step-by-step envelope analysis run alongside the text.
The bearing fault frequency formulas (BPFO, BPFI, BSF, FTF), the gear sideband rules and a ten-item field checklist to run before turning a finding into a diagnosis are all inside. It works as solid preparation for anyone heading into vibration analysis training, and as a desk-side summary for anyone already working in the field.
A field reference written by Sensemore. It is not accredited training and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by any certification or standards body. Where it quotes a value from a standard it does so as a single labelled illustration; the standard itself remains the authority, and this guide is not a substitute for holding it.