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Drives
For Coupling Drives
Alignment
Necessity of Alignment
Misalignment is a single major cause of most
failures of rotating equipment's, it will lead to
failure of coupling,bearings, seals as well as
other components as a result of high vibration.
Hence it is important to check the alignment
periodically .
Definition
Alignment is the process of :
1. Coinciding the shaft axis of Driver
and Driven in the single straight line
for coupling drives
2. Bringing the Driver and Driven shaft
axis in parallel,Bring the face of
pulleys in a straight line for Belt drives
TYPES OF MIS
ALIGNMENT
M i s A li g n m e n t
A x ia l
H o r iz o n ta l
R a d ia l
V e r t ic a l
H o r iz o n ta l
V e r t ic a l
TYPE 1
PUMP
TOP VIEW
TYPE 2
TOP VIEW
TYPE 3
(Angular Vertical Up )
SIDE VIEW
SIDE VIEW
TOP VIEW
TOP VIEW
SIDE VIEW
SIDE VIEW
Dial Gauge
90
80
70
60
00
10
20
30
50
40
1.Soft Foot
(soft foot means un even fixing of motor base)
To find out if soft foot exists, keep the motor bolts loose,
gently lift each foot one by one and remove all the shims .
Tighten the all foots normally, place the dial gauge over foot
& loose the bolt one by one, check the lifting of the foot, give
the required shims accordingly. Or check the same by feeler
gauge repeat the same for driven equipment also
2.Pipe Strain
An improperly supported piping system can easily disturb the
alignment. To identify the influence of existing piping strain,
keep one dial gauge vertically (12 oclock position) and the
other horizontally (9 oclock position) on the pump hub. Loosen
the suction, discharge pipe flanges & any additional support for
the over hanging pump. Watch for any noticeable change on the
dial gauge. If any, reinstall the piping supports until there are no
adverse effect of piping strain
3. Thermal Growth
The manufacturers of large rotating equipment (ex. Turbine)
usually specify the extent to which thermal expansion must
be compensated for while carrying out alignment
Methods of Alignment
Alignment
1.Straight
Edge
2.Rim&
Face
3.Reverse 4.Laser
Dial
alignment
Fixed m/c
Motor to be
shimmed
Fixed m/c
Motor to be
shimmed
R
A
Fixed m/c
A-axial
R-radial
Motor to be
shimmed
Fixed m/c
Motor to be
shimmed
MOTOR
d
L-1 FLS
SLS
L-2
d-diameter in which axial gauge positioned(normally axial
gauge should fix in the end face of the flange so that flange
diameter can taken as d)
L-1-first leg length from radial gauge position
L-2-second leg length from radial gauge position
0.05
Radial
0.09
0.00
0.04 -0.06
Axial
-0.09
-0.03
R/2
FLS
L-1
L-2
SLS
Fixed m/c
D-2
Motor to be
shimmed
0.46
Pump
D-1
D-1
hub
0.96
-0.26
0.5
Motor
D-1
D-2
-0.56
-0.3
Motor to be
shimmed
D1
D2
C1
FLS
L1 C2
L2
L3
SLS
d1 = D1/2
FLS= ((d1-d2)xL2/L1) - d1
SLS= ((d1-d2)xL3/L1) - d1
If negative result comes shims to be removed
If positive result comes shims to be added
( OR )
Plot these distance on the graph sheet and put the
readings as d1 in C1 & d2 in C2 and draw the line
Step 6 :-The correction required to level the motor feet
depends on where the plotted line cut the vertical axis
on F1 and F2.
(D-1)/2
(D-2)/2
C-1
L-1
C-2
FLS
L-2
L-3
SLS
LASER ALIGNMENT
1. Target
2. Infrared Data
Receiver
3. Laser
4. System Display
5. Ruggedized
laptop computer
6. Mounting
Brackets
Laser
The L-575 uses two adjustable,
visible-diode Class
II laser beams with an operating
range of up to 30'.
Angular accuracy of the system
is guaranteed to
10 micro radians. Set-up time is
minimal. In most
cases, you can show
misalignment data and calculate
shims and moves in as little as 5
minutes.
Target
The T-1275 features a true 5-axis
target that
reads both horizontal and vertical
center and angle
measurements simultaneously.
Target data is sent
instantly via an IR link to the CPU
for real-time
processing, analysis and display of
misalignment
data. Largest cell size on the
market accommodates
thermal growth offsets up to 1".
Mounting Brackets
A-907 standard mounting bracket
sets are designed
to work with shaft diameters
ranging in size from
3/ 8 " to 12". Brackets can be
adapted to 18" shaft
dimensions with additional chain
links. Laser and
targets are pre-aligned to brackets
to facilitate
rough-in alignment. Magnetic
mounts standard.
Speed nuts allow quick, easy setup.
System Display
Belt Alignment
Fixed m/c
Motor to be
shimmed
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