Acoem alignment systems allow the user to input thermal growth (offline to running) targets prior to performing a precision shaft alignment. Using targets allows the alignment to be completed to tolerance and the thermal growth will be compensated for. The real key to success, of course, is determining good targets. These are best obtained via…
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The two main types of compressors are dynamic and positive displacement. The positive displacement compressor is probably the one you’re most familiar with. It traps gas in a volume and then decreases that volume. The decrease in volume causes a rise in pressure. A dynamic compressor uses a rotating element (usually called an impeller) which…
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Acoem USA has introduced the Runout Probe, an accessory device for the NXA Pro. I (as a jaded, grizzled old millwright-but a good “company man”) was outwardly excited. But inside, I thought, what’s the big deal? It’s an electronic dial indicator. That’s what I thought – until I took it for a test drive! I…
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