After taking readings, with a laser alignment system, when making corrections, how often do you have to correct and correct again? Frustration sets in? Precision alignment with a laser system should take no more than two corrections. However, to achieve this end, several things should be checked before starting the work. Are you one of …
THE CURE FOR ALIGNMENT FRUSTRATION BY STAN RIDDLE When laser alignment tools are not repeatable, it’s not the laser – IT’S YOU. During an alignment it’s easy to take a short cut, put in an incorrect shim, or an incorrect value in the laser. Alignment frustration isn’t new, but it is treatable. The secret – …
WHEN DO WE ALIGN? Virtually everything you see or touch made by man at some point in its life has to be processed and transported. Every manufacturing process requires that power be transmitted to a machine, pump, roller, axle or thousands of other examples as a fundamental part of the process of taking a raw …
Engineering and technical people often use technical phrases that sound complicated. Thermal growth is one of those terms. It sounds like it could be an engineering marvel – one that would help us perform complicated alignments of high temperature, high speed machines. So, here’s the “secret” of thermal growth. When metal gets hotter, it gets …
