Many accidents can be avoided by simply following a company’s safety procedures. There are many things that might not be considered when thinking about safety. For example, keeping your workplace clean, and free of debris. If objects or spills are left around the work environment, anyone may trip or slip on them. Debris can also [...]
In today’s industry, predictive maintenance plays a big role in keeping machinery operating in peak condition. Many maintenance departments strive to have a first class predictive maintenance program; they do this by collecting data on a continuous basis through routes with handheld data collectors to evaluate the health of the machines that are needed to [...]
Our ROTALIGN ULTRA Laser Alignment System is a winner in New Equipment Digest’s King Awards competition as one of industry’s best new products of the year. It has won a Silver Award in the Facilities/Maintenance/Plant Operations category. ROTALIGN ULTRA is the world’s leading platform for precision measurement applications from shaft alignment to bore centerline alignment, [...]
When performing a Dynamic Balance procedure a few things should be considered: 1. Inspect the structure/mounts and ensure there no cracks or loose bolts. 2. If driven via a belt drive make sure that the belt is in good condition and properly tensioned. • Remember that the second harmonic of a belt frequency can be [...]
PLANT ENGINEERING • March 2012 Don’t contribute to unnecessary maintenance costs A condition monitoring analyst encounters many challenges. One of the primary ones is to determine when to report a defect finding. Should it be reported now or should reporting wait until the severity of the defect increases? How near is the problem that has been [...]
PERMALIGN is the world’s leading machinery positional change measurement system. Since 1986, it has proven itself as the most accurate and dependable solution for thermal growth measurement. PERMALIGN is a laser based system capable of detecting and accurately measuring both relative or absolute movement, depending on the prisms and setups selected. To this day, it [...]
