PROFESSIONAL HISTORY ABSTRACT

Tom Spettel, President
Predictive Maintenance Services, Inc.
8060 Talaria Terrace
Kalamazoo, Michigan  49009

B.S.M.E. (with honors), Lawrence Technological University, 1968
M.S.M.E., University of Michigan, 1971
Vibration Analyst: Category IV, Vibration Institute

Prior to forming Predictive Maintenance Services Inc. in 1986, Tom worked as a project engineer, maintenance engineer, senior rotating equipment engineer, sales manager, consulting engineer, training instructor, consulting engineering manager and training manager for various industrial corporations.

He has extensive experience in developing and operating Predictive Maintenance (PDM) programs on rotating machinery in many industries. Some of these are:

• Water and Wastewater Treatment
• Power Generation
• General Manufacturing
• Automotive Parts % Assembly
• Petrochemical & Refining
• Pulp & Paper
• Pharmaceutical
• Cement
• Metal Working
• Steel & Iron Foundry  
• Food Processing
• Tire and Rubber  
• Commercial/Industrial Construction

Services provided to these industries include:

• Performing  "needs analysis" surveys to define the requirements of PDM programs.
• Developing Continuous Improvement Plans (CIP) to define enhancements to existing or goals for new PDM programs.
• Developing purchasing standards for new or rebuilt rotating machinery
• Acceptance testing of new or rebuilt rotating machinery.
• Vibration analysis of machine problems.
• On-site balancing.
• Coupling alignment.
• Training in vibration analysis of rotating machinery.

He has also used his professional experience as a training instructor and training manager to conduct courses on:

• Basic Vibration Analysis

• Vibration Signature Analysis

• Advanced Vibration Analysis

• PDM Software

• Field Balancing

• Shaft (coupling) Alignment

Additional training has been provided to clients through "mentor" programs, where classroom training is combined with on-the-job training over an extended period of time.

Professional affiliations:
Vibration Institute

• Board of Directors (National Organization).

• National Distinguished Service Award.

• Past Chairman, Specialist I and II Certification Committee.

• Program Committee Member, Annual Meeting (multiple years).

• Various positions on the board of directors of the New Orleans, Chicago, and West Michigan local chapters.

American National Standards Institute/ISO

• S2.92 Committee on “Qualification & Certification of Condition Monitoring & Diagnostics Personnel”

Texas Board of Registration for Professional Engineers (inactive)

Published technical articles include:

• Dynamics of a Vertical Pump.

• Shaft Position Measurements Reveal the Cause of Turbine Failure.

• Reverse Indicator Alignment Calculations . . .

• Re-excitation of Turbine First Balance Resonance by Gearbox Oil Whirl.

• Application of "Expert" Software to Vibration Analysis.

• Evaluation of the Financial Payback of a Vibration Program ...

• Spectrum Display Basics: From "Average" to "Zoom".

• Predictive Maintenance Using Vibration Analysis in a Large Stamping Press Room.

• Machinery Signature Analysis.

• Critical Speed Analysis of Machine Spindles.

• Practical Method to Eliminate Running Speed Resonance Problems.

• Resonance Testing.

• On-Site Oil Analysis: A New Tool for the Vibration Analyst.

• Vibration and Oil Wear Particle Analysis of a 600 HP, 2-Pole Motor.

• Condition Monitoring Using Time Waveform Parameters.

• Modal Analysis of a Fan Blade Failure.  

• Comparison of  Measurement Techniques to Detect Bearing Race Damage.

• How to Fix Vibration Problems.

Instructor/Lecturer for:

• The Vibration Institute

• General Motors Corporation.

• Computational Systems Incorporated.

• The Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

• The University of Virginia.

• Union College (NY).

• Bently Nevada Corporation.

• General Physics Corporation.

• Baker College (MI).