RBTS - Professional Engineering Services


Comprehensive Specialized Engineering Services

RBTS's principals offer professional engineering services to the public and private business sectors. RBTS prides itself on its ability to perform technical analyses of the highest professional quality, using advanced techniques and equipment, within restricted time frames. Offering a variety of services in rotating machinery dynamics, bearing design and analysis, and structural/mechanical engineering, RBTS brings a versatile, yet highly specialized perspective to the solution of commonplace as well as unique engineering problems dating back to the 1950's.

Through its state-of-the-art software and service programs, RBTS provides computer-assisted technologies to companies to help them "test" the performance of rotating machinery during development and analyze machine failure in operation. Consulting services are available to supplement computer programs and for highly complex or unique machinery.

Feel free to contact us to learn more about RBTS.


Advanced Rotating Machinery Technologies & Software

An international leader in the design and development of software for rotating machinery dynamics, bearings, and seals, RBTS offers expertise in advanced rotor dynamic technologies. RBTS specialists offer the following consulting services:

Vibration Analysis

  • Lateral, Torsional, Axial
  • Damped Critical Speeds
  • Undamped Critical Speeds
  • Unbalanced Response
  • Time Transient Response
  • Stability and Mode Shapes

    Fluid-Film Bearings and Seals
  • Journal, Thrust, and Conical Bearings
  • Conical Bearings
  • Hydrodynamic, Hydrostatic, and Hybrid
  • Laminar and Turbulent Flow
  • Oil, Gas, Water and Process Lubrication
  • Mechanical Face, Floating Ring Seals
  • Gas Seals

    Field Service and Failure Analysis
  • Evaluation of Troublesome Machinery
  • Instrumentation and Data Acquisition
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Non-Destructive Testing
  • X-ray Diffraction
  • Wear and Rolling Contact Fatigue
  • [Air Bearing Spindle]
    RBTS-Designed Air Bearing Spindle
    For An Aerospace Application



    Structural/Mechanical Engineering

    A wide variety of structural/mechanical engineering services are available at RBTS. They include:

    Finite Element and Specialized Analyses

  • Linear and Non-Linear
  • Static, Dynamic and Seismic
  • Thermal (Steady-State and Transient)
  • Stability and Mode Shapes
  • Cyclic Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics

    Structural Analysis, Design and Evaluation
  • Steel
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Prestressed Concrete
  • Masonry

    Nuclear, Fossil and Petrochemical Plants
  • Piping Systems and Supports
  • Pressure Vessels and Tanks
  • Machinery Skid Design and Analysis
  • Seismic Analysis of Structures
  • Seismic Qualification of Systems

    Failure and Safety Analysis
  • Fatigue Life Evaluation
  • Failure Causes and Modes
  • Safety Margins Determination
  • Expert Witness
  • [Finite Element Housing Model]



    Failure Analyses of Mechanical/Structural Components

    RBTS offers a conprehensive range of engineering services to perform failure analyses. They include:

    Finite Element and Specialized Analyses

  • Linear and Non-Linear
  • Static, Dynamic and Seismic
  • Thermal (Steady-State and Transient)
  • Stability and Mode Shapes
  • Cyclic Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics

    Structural Analysis, Design and Evaluation
  • Steel
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Prestressed Concrete
  • Masonry

    Nuclear, Fossil and Petrochemical Plants
  • Piping Systems and Supports
  • Pressure Vessels and Tanks
  • Machinery Skid Design and Analysis
  • Seismic Analysis of Structures
  • Seismic Qualification of Systems

    Failure and Safety Analysis
  • Fatigue Life Evaluation
  • Failure Causes and Modes
  • Safety Margins Determination
  • Expert Witness

  • Last modified: 12-29-06