Alignment Flashcards
What is another term for Offset Misalignement?
Parallel Misalignment
What is not a concern when using the cross dialing method of shaft alignment.
Coupling Eccentricity
What is the name of the condition where all the supporting feet of a machine do not equally support the weight of the machine?
Soft Foot
Describe how the dial indicator hand moves when the plunger is pushed inwards?
Clockwise or a plus reading
What are the two misalignment conditions?
Angular and offset.
What is done to correct vertical offset misalignmenet?
Add or remove equal shims on the drive.
What would you use to rough align prior to using a laser for alignment?
Straight edge and feeler gauges.
What is TIR?
Total Indicator Reading
How is vertical angular misalignment corrected?
By placing an unequal amount of shims front and rear.
What is another term for angular misalignment?
Face misalignment
What is the purpose of this equation?
Calculate a shim change.
Which describes runout?
An eccentric condition.
Which is corrected first Horizontal Alignment or Vertical Alignment?
Vertical Alignment.
What is used to adjust Horizontal Alignment?
JackScrews (Alignment Screws)
What is this?
The side bolt is a Jackscrew
What is Rim Misalignment?
The same as Offset Misalignment or Parallel Misalignment
What is one way to test for Softfoot?
Loosen the anchor bolts one at a time and try to slide a feeler gauge underneithe the feet.
What are two types of soft foot?
Angular and Ordinary
What is ordinary softfoot?
The amount of even gap between one foot of a machine and the baseplate or soleplate.
What is Angular Softfoot?
A uneven gap between a machine foot and the baseplate or soleplate
What should the gap between foot and shim pack be?
Less than 0.025mm (0.001”)
What do you have to be mindful of with Steam Turbine shaft alignment?
What do you do to remedy this?
- Thermal Expansion
- Set the Turbine shaft (shaft that will expand) lower than the driven.
What is one method of testing coupling alignment?
Vibration Analysis
What are the Four methods of coupling alignment?
- Rough Alignment using straight edge and feeler gauges
- Rim and Face dialing
- Cross Dialing
- Laser
What are two sub methods of Cross Dialing?
- Graph Method
- Reverse Reading Dialing
How are shims differentiated ?
By square dimension (A, B, C, D) and thickness.
What are Classes A -D dimensions?
How many shims should you use at most per foot?
3
What order should you stack shims idealy?
Thickest on the bottom, second thickest on the top and smallest sandwhiched between then.
You should not be able to ______ shims when bolts are tightened down.
Move
“Always ______ the jackscrews before _____ the hold down blots.
Back off
Tightening