May 7, 2013
Soft foot is every alignment technician’s worst nightmare and while correcting soft foot may not be easy, it is worth every minute you spend on it, because once done, the alignment of the machines becomes a much easier task. If you want to make aligning your machinery easier, quicker and more accurate, start by correcting [...]
May 2, 2013
The ROTALIGN ULTRA laser system with Continuous Sweep allows turbine coupling checks with two measurements to be completed in as little as 6 minutes instead of 6 hours. The time savings can be further increased by using multiple laser systems for each coupling and having them start at the same time.” Slashing Time on 16-Point [...]
April 25, 2013
I used the OPTALIGN non-visible laser shaft alignment tool before the visible came out. The OPTALIGN visible before the ROTALIGN came out and the ROTALIGN since it was first introduced. Then a ROTALIGN PRO upgrade when it became available. A lot of the alignment work I do is over great distances. On some occasions I [...]
April 16, 2013
Shoreline Reliability, the northeast LUDECA Solutions Provider, was a proud supporter at the 44th Annual New York Citywide Graduating Apprentice Contest. In the contest the graduating Millwrights were asked to layout, assemble and align a bevel gear project along with blueprint reading and perform laser shaft alignment demonstrations using the ROTALIGN ULTRA iS. All tasks [...]
April 9, 2013
A lot of maintenance employees believe that small machine trains can be precision aligned more quickly and easily than larger machine trains. This is not always the case! Smaller machine trains are usually less rigid. This can cause the alignment to shift as the anchor bolts are tightened. Almost all small machine trains have some [...]
March 21, 2013
It can be argued that lubricants are the lifeblood of equipment. It is extremely difficult to assure equipment reliability when lubrication integrity is not maintained. The key is to keep the lubrication system clean, cool and dry. According to the Arrhenius Rate Rule, every 18-degree (F) increase in oil temperature in operation reduces oil life [...]
