The standard gives criteria for assessing vibration levels when measurements are made in situ.
The criteria specified apply to machine sets having a power above 15 kW and operating speeds between 120 r/min and 15 000 r/min.
The machine sets covered by this standard include:
- steam turbines with power up to 50 MW;
- steam turbine sets with power greater than 50 MW and speeds below 1 500 r/min or above 3 600 r/min (not included in ISO 10816-2);
- rotary compressors;
- industrial gas turbines with power up to 3 MW;
- generators;
- electrical motors of any type;
- blowers or fans.
There are same excluded from this standard as gas turbine sets with power greater than 3 MW (see ISO 10816-4) and wind turbines.