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alignment| efficiency| CNC| measurements

By VibrAlign Author on September 20, 2019

  What is your facility’s standard method for taking measurements of your CNC machines? What tools do you utilize to complete these measurements? In order for your machine shop or plant to run efficiency, it is important to take regular measurements of your machines. These measurements include: Levelness Squareness Spindle alignment Coaxility Spindle parallelism Taking […]

CNC| MEAX| measurement| machine tools| alignment

By VibrAlign Author on August 2, 2019

Are you having trouble holding tolerances on your precision machined customer parts? There can be many causes for this, but one reason could be that your machine may not be in alignment. How often do you verify that you turning center or multi-axis milling machine is within factory standards? A number of variables can cause […]

wrecks| alignment| predictive maintenance| machine tools| alignment checks| crashes| level

By VibrAlign Author on July 24, 2019

This is not an easy question to answer. We all know that machines can move and don’t stay level forever. Do you ever have a crash on your machine that could throw off the alignment? While we hope this doesn’t happen often, the reality is, crashes and wrecks do happen.  However, there are some things […]

"shaft alignment"| Laser Shaft Alignment| alignment| Precision Shaft Alignment

By James Pekarek on May 26, 2015

During a precision laser shaft alignment, we measure the setup dimensions and input these into the Fixturlaser Laser System Display Unit. The requisite dimensions are Stationary Sensor to Movable Sensor, coupling center to M Sensor, M Sensor to movable inboard foot, and foot to foot on the moveable machine. One dimension that shaft aligners occasionally […]

"shaft alignment"| "Realign America"| "shaft alignment tools"| alignment

By Stan Riddle on February 1, 2012

VibrAlign’s blog has been up for a few months now, and we hope the information we have all shared has been informative. But, with all of the information available on the internet, why a blog dedicated to shaft alignment? At VibrAlign, we’re out to Realign America. We’ve stood by and watched as: Manufacturing jobs have gone […]