Vibration Institute Calendar 2009

         

2009 National Technical Training Symposium
       (33rd Annual Meeting - Vibration Institute)

        June 23-26, 2009  
        Hilton Harrisburg

          One North Second Street
          Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
          Telephone: 717/233-6000 or 1-800-HILTONS
          Fax: 717/233-6830
          rate: $124.s/d            


63rd Meeting of the Society of MFPT

April 28-30, 2009
          Crowne Plaza Hotel
          33 East 5th Street
Dayton, Ohio 45402
Telephone: 937/224-0800
rate: $99.
 

VIBRATION INSTITUTE COURSES - 2009
 
You must make your own hotel reservation.  The Institute reserves blocks of rooms at the hotels in which  the Basic Machinery Vibrations, Machinery Vibration Analysis, Balancing of Rotating Machinery, and Rotor Dynamics and Balancing courses are scheduled.  These rooms are held for the Institute until one month before a course begins.  If you need overnight accommodations, contact the hotel directly.   To avoid confusion about rates, please inform the hotel that you are attending an Institute-sponsored course when you make your reservation.  The exceptions to this policy are the courses scheduled for Graves' Mountain Lodge in April You must make your room/board reservation directly with the Institute and pay in advance or guarantee payment with a credit card.  Directions to the Lodge are sent to registrants.

NEW VIBRATION INSTITUTE TRAINING

Intermediate Shaft Alignment - Instructor: John Piotrowski, Turvac, Inc.
Course date posted below - course description posted on Vibration Institute Course Descriptions page.

AIRLINE TRAVEL

The Vibration Institute is not responsible for the purchase of non-refundable airline tickets or the cancellation/charge fees associated with canceling a flight.  Please confirm that the course will be held before purchasing airline tickets.  The Vibration Institute retains the right to cancel a course until three weeks before the first day of the schedules class.

REGISTRATION

The course fee covers the cost of all sessions, demonstrations, luncheons, breaks, and course notes/materials.  Please register with the Institute in advance; use the registration form on the  Institute's web site.  Participants will receive confirmation of registration by mail.  If you do not receive a letter confirmation, please call our office at 630-654-2254 to make sure your registration has been received. Make all checks payable to the Vibration Institute.

Cancellation of registration will be honored, and full fee refunded, provided written notification is received at the Institute office no later than one week before the opening date of each course.  A $200. fee will be charged for later course cancellations and $50. for later exam cancellations. 

          Please remember that if you arrive at the course and/or certification exam without prior registration, payment
          must be made in full or you will not be admitted.

Introduction to Machinery Vibrations - Fee $975.
                  

                April 21-24, 2009
                Graves' Mountain Lodge
                Route 670
                Syria, Virginia 22743
                (rates - contact the Institute)
                Certification Examination - April 25, 2009

                 August 11-14, 2009
                 Omni Royal Orleans
                 621 St. Louis Street
                 New Orleans, Louisiana 70140
                 504/529-5333   rate: $109 s/d
                 Certification Examination - August 15, 2009
 
                  November 3-6, 2009
                  Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites/Boston Peabody
                  One Newberry Street
                  Peabody, Massachusetts 01960
                  978/535-4600  rate: $105 s/d
                  Certification Examination - November 7, 2009
            

Basic Machinery Vibrations - Fee $1,150.

                                     
                    February 24-27, 2009
                    Fiesta Resort Conference Center
                    2100 South Priest Drive
                   Tempe, Arizona  85282
                   1-800/528-6481  rate: $145. s/d
                   Certification Examination - February 28, 2009

                    May 19-22, 2009
                    Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake
                    3000 NASA Clear Lake
                    Houston, Texas 77058
                    281/333-9300   rate: $129.
                    Certification Examination - May 23, 2009

                    June 23-26, 2009
                    Hilton Harrisburg
                    One North Second Street
                    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
                    717/233-6000  rate: $124. s/d
                    Certification Examination - June 27, 2009
                    (in conjunction with the 2009 NTT Symposium)         

                    September 28-October 1, 2009
                    Emerson Conference Center
                    Knoxville, Tennessee
                    telephone the Institute for hotel list
                    Certification Examination - October 2, 2009

                    December 8-11, 2009
                    Holiday Inn
                    7800 South Kingery Highway
                    Willowbrook, Illinois 60527
                    630/325-6400  rate:  $109s/$119d
                    Certification Examination - December 12, 2009                              

            

        Machinery Vibration Analysis  - Fee $1,350. 

                   
                    February 24-27, 2009
                    Fiesta Resort Conference Center
                    2100 South Priest Drive
                    Tempe, Arizona  85282
                    1-800/528-6481  rate: $145. s/d
                    Certification Examination - February 28, 2009

                    May 19-22, 2009
                    Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake
                    3000 NASA Clear Lake
                    Houston, Texas 77058
                    281/333-9300   rate: $129. s/d
                    Certification Examination - May 23, 2009

                    August 11-14, 2009
                    Omni Royal Orleans
                    621 St. Louis Street
                    New Orleans, Louisiana 70140
                    504/529-5333   rate: $109 s/d
                    Certification Examination - August 15, 2009

                    September 28-October 1, 2009
                    Emerson Conference Center
                    Knoxville, Tennessee
                    telephone the Institute for hotel list
                    Certification Examination - October 2, 2009

                    December 8-11, 2009
                    Holiday Inn
                    7800 South Kingery Highway
                    Willowbrook, Illinois 60527
                    630/325-6400  rate:  $109s/$119d
                    Certification Examination - December 12, 2009                         


        Advanced Vibration Analysis  - Fee $1,450.
 
                    April 21-24, 2009
                    Graves' Mountain Lodge
                    Route 670
                    Syria, Virginia 22743
                    (rates - contact the Institute)
                    Certification Examination - April 25, 2009                   
 
Rotor Dynamics and Balancing (RDB) - Fee $1,450.
 
August 11-14, 2009
Omni Royal Orleans
621 St. Louis Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70140
504/529-5333   rate: $109 s/d
Certification Examination - August 15, 2009

Balancing of Rotating Machinery (BRM) - Fee  $1,350.

         November 3-6, 2009
         Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites/Boston Peabody
         One Newberry Street
         Peabody, Massachusetts 01960
         978/535-4600  rate: $105 s/d
         Certification Examination - November 7, 2009
 

Intermediate Shaft Alignment (ISA) - Fee $1,695.

      April 21-24, 2009 (tentative date)
      Graves' Mountain Lodge
       Route 670
       Syria, Virginia 22743
       (rates - contact the Institute)
       Certification Examination - April 24, 2009      
       (exam begins at 2:00 PM and 2  hours are allowed)
       Instructor: John Piotrowski, Turvac, Inc.

       December 8-11, 2009 (tentative date)
       Holiday Inn
       7800 South Kingery Highway
       Willowbrook, Illinois 60527
        630/325-6400  rate:  $109s/$119d
        Certification Examination - December 11, 2009
        (exam begins at 2:00 PM and 2  hours are allowed)
        Instructor: John Piotrowski, Turvac, Inc.