Nelson Baxter has more than 30 years of vibration analysis experience in the following industries: nuclear power plants, fossil power plants, paper mills, refineries, steel mills, automotive factories, foundries, pharmaceutical firms, hydro-electric units, and drag lines. His education includes a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, and a MS in Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University. Baxter is a registered Professional Engineer certified to Levels I, II, III, and IV in Vibration Analysis by the Vibration Institute; a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Board of Directors of the Vibration Institute; a contributing editor to Sound and Vibration Magazine; and an instructor of Mechanical Vibrations Level IV course for the Vibration Institute. Baxter has also authored papers for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Sound and Vibration Magazine, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Vibration Institute.

Baxter's specific experience includes balancing large steam turbines and generators, fans, exhausters, motors, turbine drives, vertical pumps, and cooling towers. He also aligns fans, motors, pumps, gearboxes, and turbines using reverse dial, rim and face, and laser alignment techniques. In addition, Baxter tests fans, motors, vertical and horizontal pumps, gearboxes, and turbines. He determines the natural frequency of structures; performs modal analysis of phase leads and rotors; analyzes vibratory conveyor and sound problems; measures current waveforms of electric motors to detect broken rotor bars; tests electric lines for harmonics; and tests and analyzes variable speed drives.

Delaware Analysis Services, Inc. specializes in Vibration Analysis, Balancing, Modal and Rotor Dynamic Analysis, Vibration Monitoring Systems Design, Vibration Training, and Periodic Vibration Monitoring Services. Delaware Analysis Services, Inc. is WBE/MBE Certified and has been in business since 2005. Kevin Guy, Senior Field Engineer has 30 years experience in the Predictive Maintenance field. He is a Certified ISO Category IV Vibration Analyst. His experiences have been published in over fifty articles including papers, magazine articles, case histories, and a Power Industry Case History Book. We can help your organization improve productivity, control maintenance cost, and much more.

Jim Berry received BS and Master Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from N.C. State University in 1973 and 1974, respectively. Berry has 32 years of mechanical engineering experience, which includes 30 years in vibration analysis and noise control, 28 years in Finite Element Computer Modeling, designing and implementing Predictive Maintenance Programs, and performing Vibration Diagnostics and Modal Analysis, and 7 years of experience in stress and fatigue analysis of machine and structural components. Berry has published several articles in journals and magazines such as Sound and Vibration.

Berry has given presentations to several engineering societies including the Vibration Institute, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Acoustical Society of America (ASA), the American Institute of Plant Engineers (AIPE), the American Society of Textile Management Engineers (ASTME), and the Predictive Maintenance Technology National Conference (through P/PM Technology). He has performed vibration analysis of machines, frames, and foundations using a wide variety of single and multiple-channel, real-time analyzers, programmable data collectors, tape recorders, and so forth.

Berry has authored five Seminar Texts in "Analysis I", "Analysis II", "Analysis III", "Advanced Vibration Analysis", and "Applied Modal & ODS Analysis" with an emphasis on the use of Vibration Signature Analysis and Corrective Methods in Condition Monitoring programs. These seminars are offered at various locations in the United States and in Europe, and are given throughout the year by Berry as well as other qualified Analytical Group personnel. Currently, Berry has about 18 years of experience as an instructor in Vibration Analysis.

Stan Bognatz has more than 20 years of experience in the nuclear, fossil, and wind-power generation fields, as well as the petrochemical, pulp and paper, and wastewater sectors. Prior to founding M&B Engineered Solutions, he worked for GE/Bently Nevada for almost 20 years, where he managed and staffed their Machinery Diagnostic Services and Asset Care teams. He currently specializes in critical rotating machinery analyses, large turbo-machinery train balancing, modal analyses, optical and laser alignment, predictive maintenance, and oil analyses and thermography. He is Six Sigma Green Belt certified, and he completed a number of customer projects, which contributed to marked reliability improvements.

Bognatz has authored and presented numerous technical papers, which covers topics such as optical alignment, diagnostics techniques, system integration, and lube-oil analysis. He earned an Associate of Applied Science degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology in 1982, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1985 from Penn State University, and is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Wilkes University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Bognatz is also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Vibration Institute, and the Society for Manufacturing and Reliability Professionals.

Tim Irwin has more than 20 years of experience in the nuclear and fossil power generation fields as well as the textile and pulp and paper sectors. Prior to joining M&B Engineered Solutions, he worked for Siemens Power Generation as a Field Service Engineer on large turbine generator sets; Seminole Electric Coop., Inc. as a Rotating Machinery Engineer at a 1300 MW coal fired power generation facility; and Bently Nevada/GE in their Machinery Diagnostic Services group performing various vibration diagnostic activities and long term Engineering support for various customers. He currently specializes in critical rotating machinery analysis, predictive maintenance support, and turbo-machinery inspections, overhauls, and repairs. He is Six Sigma certified.

Irwin has authored and presented numerous technical papers covering topics such as vibration diagnostic techniques, vibration monitoring system requirements, machinery inspection case studies, and optical alignment. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1985 from the University of Illinois. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Florida and South Carolina. Irwin is also a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Vibration Institute.

Ray Kelm is the owner of Kelm Engineering, Danbury, Texas. His primary duties involve numerical modeling and field-testing of dynamic systems including rotating, reciprocating and static machinery. He has 24 years of experience in petrochemical and engineering consulting businesses.

Kelm received a BSME from Texas A&M University in 1983, and a MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1986. He is member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Vibration Institute, a Category VI ISO certified vibration specialist, and a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.

Ken Singleton is the Manager of KSC Consulting, LLC; Bristol Va. KSC provides rotating machinery analysis services primarily in the South East. These services include vibration, modal, and operating deflection analyses.

Singleton has more than 40 years of experience in maintenance and rotating machinery analysis. He retired from Eastman Chemical Company in 1999 as a Senior Engineering Technologist in the Rotating Machinery Technology Group after more than 32 years of service. He has presented technical papers at Vibration Institute National Meetings, Preventive/Predictive Maintenance (P/PM) Conferences, ASME Joint Power Conferences, and the Piedmont and Tennessee River Chapters of the Vibration Institute.

Nelson Watson established Watson Engineering, Inc., in 1999 to provide vibration services from an office in Baton Rouge, La. He has provided services to many of the Fortune 500 companies in the Gulf Coast Region including Exxon Mobil, Dow Chemical, Shell Exploration and Production, Formosa Plastics, Chevron Texaco, Air Liquide, Cargill, and Elliott Turbomachinery, to name a few. Prior to 1999, Watson acquired 38 years of experience in industry as a vibration engineer, machinery repair superintendent, maintenance engineering manager, and engineering design manager for various companies.

Watson’s education includes a Bachelors Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Mississippi State University, and a Masters of Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Watson teaches the Basic Machinery Vibration and the Machinery Vibration Analysis courses according to the Vibration Institute/ISO standards, and he proctors the ISO Category I, II, and III certification exams at his office in Baton Rouge. He is certified as a Category III vibration specialist by the Vibration Institute/ISO.

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