Unbalance and misalignment cause the majority of rotating-machine vibration, and the good news is that both are correctable on site once you understand them. Balancing & Alignment 101 takes you from spotting these faults to fixing them. On the balancing side you will confirm unbalance from its clean 1× peak and steady phase, then learn single-plane correction with trial weights and influence coefficients — the practical procedure a technician uses with a portable analyzer — and when a job needs two planes.
On the alignment side you will learn to separate parallel from angular misalignment, understand how the coupling type shapes the signature, and check for soft foot and base distortion before touching the feet, because aligning on a rocking machine only chases your tail. Crucially, the course teaches sequencing: you align first and balance second, because a misaligned machine cannot be balanced meaningfully. By the end you will be able to take a diagnosis and turn it into a corrective action with a measurable before-and-after.