ISO10816-3 Industrial machines with nominal power above 15 kW and nominal speeds

between 120 r/min and 15 000 r/min when measured in situ

Fan Categories and Vibration Limits According to ISO-14694

Fan-Category Rigidly Mounted Flexibly Mounted
Condition
(KW)
R.M.S (mm/s) R.M.S (mm/s)
P 0.15 10 11.2
Residential, HVAC, and
0.15 P 3.7 5.6 9.0
Industrial
3.7 P 300
Transportation, Marine P 15 4.5 6.3
Petrochemical P 37 (For P>300kW, see ISO 10816-3) (For P>300kW, see ISO 10816-3)
Good
Transit/Tunnel P 75
Transportation, Marine P 15
Petrochemical P 37 2.8 4.5
Transit/Tunnel P 75
Clean Room None 1.8 2.8
P 0.15 10.6 14.0
Residential, HVAC, and
0.15 P 3.7 9.0 14.0
Industrial
3.7 P 300
Transportation, Marine P 15 7.1 11.8
Petrochemical P 37 (For P>300kW, see ISO 10816-3) (For P>300kW, see ISO 10816-3)
Alarm
Transit/Tunnel P 75
Transportation, Marine P 15
Petrochemical P 37 4.5 7.1
Transit/Tunnel P 75
Clean Room None 4.0 5.6
P 0.15 Trending/History Trending/History
Residential, HVAC, and
0.15 P 3.7 Trending/History Trending/History
Industrial
3.7 P 300
Transportation, Marine P 15 9.0 12.5
Petrochemical P 37 (For P>300kW, see ISO 10816-3) (For P>300kW, see ISO 10816-3)
Critical
Transit/Tunnel P 75
Transportation, Marine P 15
Petrochemical P 37 7.1 11.2
Transit/Tunnel P 75
Clean Room None 5.6 7.1
Machines covered by 10816-3 Out of scope of 10816-3
Steam turbine with power up to 50MW Land-based steam turbine generator sets with power greater than 50MW and speeds
Steam turbine sets with power greater than 50MW and speed below 1500rpm or of 1500rpm, 1800rpm, 3000rpm, or 3600rpm (see ISO 10816-2)
above 3600rpm Gas turbine machines with power>50MW (see ISO 10816-4)
Blowers, Fans and Rotary compressors Machine sets in hydraulic power generating and pumping plants (see ISO 10816-5)
Industrial gas turbines with power up to 3MW Machinery coupled with reciprocating machines (see ISO 10816-6)
Pumps of centrifugal, mixed flow or axial flow type Rotary positive displacement compressors (e.g. screw compressors)
Generators except when used in hydraulic power generating and pumping plants Reciprocating compressors, reciprocating pumps, Submerged motor-pumps
Electrical motors of any type Wind turbine