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"soft foot"| Pre-Alignment| Fixturlaser GO Basic| Precision Shaft Alignment| Obvious soft foot

By Brad Case on January 4, 2018

We have been teaching maintenance personnel to use the Verti-Zontal Process to perform precision shaft alignments quickly for years. The key to quick alignments is to follow the Verti-Zontal plan which includes the pre-alignment steps Obviously when alignment checks are done, the pre-alignment steps aren’t performed on the “front end” of the alignment however they […]

Alignment tolerances| Fixturlaser GO Basic| Precision Shaft Alignment| ONEPROD Hawk| condition monitoring

By Wills LaCrosse on August 30, 2017

Fire Pumps are a critical safety item in facilities across the world. Their purpose is to make sure a building has enough water pressure in case of a fire emergency. Of course, the hope is that they are never needed but if they are they need to perform reliably. Fire Pumps are typically tested on […]

"shaft alignment"| "precision alignment"| Alignment tolerances| Fixturlaser GO Basic

By Brad Case on June 24, 2013

One of the issues precision shaft alignment technicians face is whether a machine is alignable. There will be times that a machine cannot be aligned in its current condition. A recent Fixturlaser GO Basic training class ran into this issue when performing alignment checks on 4 small centrifugal pumps.  All pumps had 10 HP electric […]

"shaft alignment"| "shaft alignment training"| "precision alignment"| Fixturlaser GO Basic

By Tom Shelton on May 29, 2013

During the field alignment portion of a Fixturlaser GO Basic shaft alignment training class, we were attempting to align a 100 H.P., 3600 RPM  motor to a double suction pump. Sounds easy enough! Here’s the skinny… The pump and motor were the top set in a vertical, two unit skid made of I-beams and very […]

"shaft alignment"| Laser Shaft Alignment| "precision alignment"| Alignment tolerances| Fixturlaser GO Basic

By James Pekarek on May 23, 2013

A recent Fixturlaser GO Basic Training class performed a field alignment on a 100 HP, 3 Phase, 5600 RPM electric motor coupled to a crude oil pump in a refinery.  The class decided it would be permissible to use the 3600 RPM setting in GO Basic active tolerance table, which is +/- 0.5 mils/1” angular […]

"shaft alignment"| aligning machinery| Alignment tolerances| Coupling Values| Fixturlaser GO Basic

By James Pekarek on April 17, 2013

During the OJT portion of a Fixturlaser GO Basic Training class, with the Army Corp of Engineers, the class aligned two electric motors driving large winch gearboxes on a dredging barge.  These winches are used to move the barge into position during dredging operations.  The class wanted to rotate both shafts to perform the alignments, […]