Training

Alignment

Registration

Textbook: Machinery Vibration: Alignment, McGraw-Hill, by Victor Wowk, 2000

Day 1

Diagnosing Misalignment • Rough Alignment Methods • Dial Indicators • Face-and-Rim Method • Reverse-indicator Method • Optical and Laser Systems • Graphical Calculations • T + B = S + S • Example Problems • Practice - students will do actual alignments in class on tabletop demo machines

Day 2

Moving Machines • Axial Positioning • Motor Magnetic Centers • Thrust Bearings • Height Bound • Bolt Bound • Doweling • Poor Foundations • Bent Shafts • Soft Foot • Bar Sag • Thermal Growth • Pipe Strain • Hot- Alignment Checks • Alignment Tolerances • Bearing Alignment • Gear Alignment • Pulley Alignment • Vertical Shafts • Couplings • Running Alignment