We are pleased to announce that PRUEFTECHNIK Alignment Systems —LUDECA’s principals— is an official sponsor of the SolarCar project conducted by the Bochum University of Applied Sciences in Germany.         Our shaft alignment system, SHAFTALIGN, is the shinning star of this project. PRUEFTECHNIK is supporting the SolarCar team with this system, which they are [...]

TransAlta from Alberta, Canada won Uptime Magazine’s Best Vibration Analysis Program. Their Vibration Journey started when due to distance and the high costs of using a contractor, they moved away from outsourcing their vibration analysis services to a full time in-house vibration analyst. During the implementation and mentoring period, and in spite of the business [...]

Every asset-intensive organization understands that the greater the uptime of machines, the more efficient and cost effective operations will be. Keeping your assets in optimal working order is easier and more cost efficient when advanced technology such as laser shaft alignment is used to increase machine reliability. The Machine Maintenance Goal One of the goals [...]

Have you ever been forced to check for soft foot when your brackets were less than 10 inches apart and the MTBM’s supports were several feet distant? If you answer yes to that question or if you have ever made foot corrections under similar circumstances, then resolution matters to you. Resolution: The smallest detectable increment [...]

Problem: Our boiler feed water pump running on steam turbine kept failing numerous mechanical seals since 2006, and gave us very poor reliability. Due to the unreliable nature of the steam turbine, we had to keep running our electric boiler feed water pump as a primary pump. This cost us $$$ in terms of energy [...]

Several points should be checked prior to laser shaft alignment in order to avoid problems later and to achieve good results: Foundation: A solid, rigid foundation is essential for a successful alignment. Machine Mobility: It is advisable to set both machines with about 80 mils of shims underneath the feet in case one machine needs [...]