The Vibration Institute is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the exchange of practical information on machines and structures.  The scope of the Institute's activities also includes nonintrusive condition monitoring technologies.  The Institute, which was established in 1972, has more than 3,000 members, 37 chapters, and a technology division - the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology (MFPT).

We're having a special SALE for the following books if purchased together.  Each book individually sells for: The Bearing Analysis Handbook (James I. Taylor and D. Wyndell Kirkland, 2004) $150.00; The Gear Analysis Handbook (James I. Taylor, 2000) $135.00; ...

Individual Membership in the Institute assures you of Vibrations magazine; a 10% discount for registration at the Institute's National Technical Training Symposium; voting privileges (Institute's Board of Directors); voting privileges for your local chapter officers; a wallet sized membership card ...

The mission of the Society is to provide leadership to the multi-disciplinary science and technology community working to reduce the impact and incidence of machinery failure by supporting structured interchange of technical information, education and access to the machinery user community, the Society's principal customer.