We want to offer some helpful maintenance tips from our trainers in a single blog post. This blog is a collection of useful troubleshooting tips, maintenance reminders, and pieces of advice from people who have been in the maintenance industry for many years and have seen a thing or two and want to pass their knowledge on to you!
We have categorized the tips below so that you can focus on the
Fixturlaser LEVEL is used for levelling machines or machine parts during installation and gives accurate measurement results. The measuring sensor measures the angular deviations from the surface in two axes using a wide measurement range (± 50 mm/m), high accuracy and with a resolution down to 0.01 mm/m.
When performing the Ariel ER-82 Top Plane Compressor Frame Measurement, surrounding reciprocating compressors in operation may cause repeatability issues due to excessive vibration.
Establishing good habits with sensor placement will get you one step closer to determining the health of any machine.
Recently, we was called to consult with a customer to recommend a procedure and alignment tools for a very long-distance vertical pump alignment. First, we will describe the machine and then how we aligned it. This large raw sewage pump machine train begins at the driver level. In this plant, floor levels are described by relationship to sea level. At the top level (+35), the primary mover, a
In shaft alignment, machines that run hot often have In shaft alignment, machines that run hot often have thermal growth targets. Thermal targeting simply means that the shafts may be misaligned while at room temperature, but as they heat up to operating temperature, they will “grow” into alignment.
But where does the thermal growth target come from?
Many times, the machine manufact
Over the years we have fielded several technical support calls from maintenance personnel having repeatability and soft foot issues (during an alignment) all of which had a common issue; other influences. Meaning not the typical looseness, coupling backlash, soft foot issues.
During the “heat of the battle” to get the precision shaft alignment job finished it is easy to overlook simple items th
The Fixturlaser Smart Machine Checker is designed to be used by machinery mechanics to give a clear and accurate automatic diagnosis of rotating equipment. Requires no vibration expertise or internet connection.
This is as much a title for a blog as it is a question. One our Technical Trainers once stated that to align rotating machinery, they must first be alignable. What is meant in part by this is that when we have a collinear tolerance of 0.5mil /1” angularity and 2.0 mils offset, the machines must be mounted to a stable foundation to be able to hold the tolerance.
Flexion of the base in some c
Proper use of any tool is essential to success in achieving your desired goal. Many tools have optional configurations to adapt that tool to your needs. Fixturlaser Precision Alignment Systems are no different. The alignment tools produced by Acoem/Fixturlaser are second to none in ease of use. The Acoem AB design engineers do all they can to provide the end user with an alignment tool that can be
Most people who work on, or around pumps are familiar with the term “cavitation”. It is often used as a catch all phrase for any flow-related vibration on pumps, and is often reported by vibration analysts when:
Pump noise level is high,
Pump vibration is erratic, with lots of “noise” in the spectrum.
But there are a handful of flow-related vibration problems on pumps, and only one of tho
Precision shaft alignment is area of importance. As studies have shown not preforming precision shaft alignment of rotating machinery will most certainly lead to early equipment failure.
