Alignment + Balancing
Understanding Soft Foot
Soft foot occurs when the motor feet are not in a common plane with the base...
- Brian Shanovich
- ACOEM
Shaft Alignment Concepts: Offset And Angularity
There are two forms of misalignment: offset and angular. It is likely that if a piece of machinery is suffering from one of the five negative effects of misalignment...
- Stan Riddle
- Acoem USA
5 Effects of Misalignment
This video will go over the five most common negative effects misalignment can have on your facility’s machinery...
- Stan Riddle
- Acoem USA
The Basic Steps for Single Plane Balancing
In this quick tip, we will review the steps for single-plane balancing and the key benefits of balancing...
- Shoukat Ali Izhar
- PRUFTECHNIK S.E.A. Pte Ltd
Concepts of Shaft Alignment: The Basics
This video will help you familiarize yourself with the fundamentals that control shaft alignment. Included in the video is an overview of the two forms of misalignment and how rotational harmony can be restored by adjusting the relative positions of the two shafts...
- Brian Shanovich
- ACOEM
Determining Thermal Growth Misalignment
How can you avoid misalignment by determining thermal growth values of rotating equipment using Live Trend?
- Aimi Tarmizi
- PRUFTECHNIK
Procedure to Diagnose Machine Imbalance
Join us in a plant that has a fan that is behaving abnormally, which is characterized by high noise and high vibration...
- Sven Fleischer
- Easy-Laser AB
CM Basics: Finding Unbalance/Misalignment in a Spectrum
This video quickly walks you through where to find unbalance and misalignment in the spectrum, how to identify it in the spectrum and what could cause these two situations...
- Brian Shanovich
- ACOEM
Imbalance, Misalignment, Looseness: Know the Difference
While wear is considered the main cause of failure in machinery, and preventing it should be a main focus for maintenance teams, there are a few other conditions that need to be closely monitored...
- Martin Armson
- Hansford Sensors