Category Alignment Blog October 23 / 2020 Don’t Forget a Lift Check! A lift check isn’t always done when performing a precision shaft alignment, nonetheless excessive lift can be the cause of alignment frustration. Here is a recent example from a very experienced aligner....
Category Alignment Blog October 14 / 2020 Aligning a “Bouncy” Motor! In recent years many new gas processing plants have been built to keep up with the demand for natural gas. Some of the process equipment for these plants are constructed on “modular skids” which are...
Category Alignment Blog October 07 / 2020 A “Typical – Atypical” Alignment A colleague and client of ours called, in a bit of a quandary. “Ever seen anything like this?” he asked. I had to answer “No, I have not”. This is a C-face motor. It is typically mounted to a C-face flange, which...
Category Alignment Blog September 23 / 2020 Fundamental Pump Laws It doesn’t matter what size, shape or design of the pump its purpose is to move fluids. Head loss that must be overcome makes the task a bit more complicated and the type of pump makes a difference. Two of the basic pump...
Category Alignment Blog September 17 / 2020 Understanding and Troubleshooting Centrifugal Pumps Choosing the right type of pump to meet your industrial plant’s needs is crucial to maintaining efficiency and prolonging the life of your machinery. Pumps are classified by the purpose they serve and the way they are...
Category Alignment Blog September 17 / 2020 Qualifying the Fixturlaser Level When Using a Fixture The Fixturlaser level is calibrated to earth level out of the box. If the level is used without a fixture it reads level directly. If a fixture is used, however, you must first qualify the level with the fixture. This is...
Category Alignment Blog September 11 / 2020 The Three Keys to a Successful Maintenance Team Maintenance teams carry a great deal of responsibility, and we’re not strangers to that. A team is only as successful as its individual members. Ensuring each team member has the resources necessary to contribute to the...
Category Alignment Blog September 02 / 2020 Condition Monitoring Tools – How to Choose for Your Facility Monitoring and maintaining the condition of your machines is essential to maximizing efficiency and prolonging machine life. You need human expertise and the right tools in order to have an effective condition monitoring...
Category Alignment Blog August 31 / 2020 The Fixturlaser Level – a digital two axis high precision machinists’ level The Fixturlaser Level is a high precision two axis digital machinist level. The primary application is base leveling. The Fixturlaser Level offers the following advantages: Two axis live measurement Calibrated to earth...
Category Alignment Blog August 19 / 2020 The Effect of Misalignment on Seals Coupling manufacturers have an “acceptable” misalignment tolerance range that is typically much greater than precision shaft alignment tolerances. Why is that? Because flexible couplings are designed to allow for...