O+T

<= Figure 1 O = Original unbalance O+T = combined Trial weight & Original unbalance T = (O+T) - O = Trial weight alone This figure can represent either vibration vectors or unbalance vectors. The only difference is a constant magnitude scaling & angle difference, but all relative lengths and relative angles remain the same <=Fig 2 Repeat Fig 1 with trial weight at three different locations. (Gives three triangles colored black, green, red) O is the same in each case br and bg are angles from black trial weight to red and green trial weights, respectively

O+T T OOO O+T

O+T bg br T

O+T O

br bg O

<=Figure 3 Rotate the red and green triangles from Figure 2 until the three T vectors lie on top of each other (they are all the same magnitude). Define O as opposite of O. The relative angle from black O to red O is now same as the original angle between black T to red T (br), except that the direction (CW/CCW) of the angle is reversed. Similarly, the relative angle from black O to green O is now same as the original angle between black T and green T (bg), except that the direction (CW/CCW) of the angle is reversed.

br bg O

br bg O

<=Figure 4 - Same as figure 3 except flipped horizontally. O+T This corrects the CW/CCW angle reversal in Figure 3 and establishes the same relative angle between the O vectors as existed between the original T O vectors (trial weight locations) <=Fig 5 - The Calculation. Replace O vector with opposite O vector in opposite direction. Draw a blue circle with radius O (original vibration level). The ends of the vector O represent the relative angular locations of the three trial weights. Starting on the blue circle at the angular location of each trial weight, draw a circle of length O+T (proportional to vib measured with that trial weight). Based on the figure, we know those circles will intersect at the tip of the rotated vector T. Compute the magnitude of correction weight O based on relative lengths of the O and T vectors as follows: O+T Oweight = Tweight * Olength/Tlength. O To determine angle of correction: Procedure: Interpret the O vectors to give the angular position of the trial weights and T vectors to give angular position of trial weights. Proof: The correction weight needs to go at O. When we horizontally flipped the drawing we reversed the direction of angle from T to O. So the actual direction from T to O is what shows on the drawing as the direction from O to T. => Pick one trial weight position O & rotate it by the angle and direction shown from O to T.