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C H A P T E R 9

Student Practice

Using Thermal Targets

CHAPTER NINE GOALS

At the conclusion of this chapter you will be able to:

Understand why some machines are intentionally misaligned

Understand the difference between growth and targets

Determine target values given growth data

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Summary of Contents for Fixturlaser Go

Page 1: ...Get Going T R A I N I N G M A N U A L 2010 Vibralign Inc...

Page 2: ...Chapter 4 Student Practice Aligning to 1800 rpm Tolerances 15 Chapter 5 Student Practice Aligning to 3600 rpm Tolerances 16 Chapter 6 What Are Tolerances 17 Chapter 7 GO Settings 19 Chapter 8 Student...

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Page 4: ...e act of measuring the relative position of two machines that are coupled and repositioning them so that the rotational axes of the two shafts form a straight line collinear when the machines are at n...

Page 5: ...l life The force effects of misalignment can be simplified by considering the misalignment as a simple lever Misalignment at the coupling creates a moment of force acting on an effort arm This will cr...

Page 6: ...C H A P T E R 1 Pre Alignment Considerations 3...

Page 7: ...to quickly get the machines in the ball park On close coupled machines those with no spacer coupling rough alignment can be performed with a scale or any straight edge to remove vertical and horizonta...

Page 8: ...oosen all bolts and retighten in the recorded sequence after all vertical adjustments are complete In practice make at least three passes around the bolts Snug on the first pass 50 on the second pass...

Page 9: ...etup GO lasers correctly Enter dimensions correctly Select tolerances for 1800 rpm Measure misalignment Correct vertical and horizontal misalignment with compound move Remeasure Make corrections if ne...

Page 10: ...5 The Horizontal Shaft Alignment coupling icon will be highlighted in black Press the OK button on the right hand key pad to enter the Horizontal Shaft Alignment program Use the up down left right ar...

Page 11: ...the coupling center to the M sensor to the nearest 1 8 Center of coupling to center of M sensor post 2 5 Enter this dimension into the display unit if different from the value displayed Second black...

Page 12: ...hand keypad to accept the value Black highlight will move to the Measure icon in the lower right corner of the display 3 SET MACHINE RPM IN TOLERANCE TABLE 3 1 Use the left arrow button on the right...

Page 13: ...own below 4 1 Rotate the sensors to 9 00 Use the animated rotation guide on the display unit screen You should see both S and M values in the boxes at the top of the display If you do not then the las...

Page 14: ...ptable Excellent Acceptable 3600 0 3 1 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 1800 0 5 1 0 7 1 2 0 4 0 1200 0 7 1 1 0 1 3 0 6 0 900 1 0 1 1 5 1 4 0 8 0 The three LED lights on the display unit indicate whether the couplings a...

Page 15: ...to Green as the angular and offset values are brought into tolerance Green LED indicates alignment in tolerance It s not necessary to adjust the foot values to zero Tighten the bolts using torque patt...

Page 16: ...Use the C button on the right hand key pad to clear errors 9 4 Press the OK button to save Orange Green LEDs will flash as alignment is saved Saved alignment will display for approximately 5 seconds 1...

Page 17: ...steps Setup GO lasers correctly Enter dimensions correctly Select tolerances for 1800 rpm Measure misalignment Correct vertical and horizontal misalignment with compound move Remeasure Make correction...

Page 18: ...rs correctly Enter dimensions correctly Select tolerances for 1800 rpm Measure misalignment Correct vertical and horizontal misalignment with compound move Remeasure Make corrections if necessary and...

Page 19: ...rectly Enter dimensions correctly Select tolerances for 3600 rpm Measure misalignment Correct vertical and horizontal misalignment with compound move Remeasure Make corrections if necessary and remeas...

Page 20: ...SIX GOALS At the conclusion of this chapter you will understand the Difference between targets and tolerances Relationship of speed to tolerances Zone of Good Alignment C H A P T E R 6 What Are Tolera...

Page 21: ...values in the table do not fit our particular job You can see from the table below that as the speed increases the tolerances become tighter This is because as the speed increases so do the forces gen...

Page 22: ...EN GOALS At the conclusion of this chapter you will be able to Change the date and time on the GO system Select the measurement units Select the battery type Open the Memory Manager Open Delete existi...

Page 23: ...e desired setting From top to bottom Date YYYY MM DD To select press OK when highlighted To change highlighted value use up down arrows then press OK To change field use left right arrows as needed To...

Page 24: ...he left right arrow to move the black highlight to the Application Setting icon 2 3 Press the OK button 2 4 Press the up arrow to move the black highlight over the desired setting From top to bottom S...

Page 25: ...ress the OK button to delete the selected file Use the left right arrow to move black highlight over the Trash Can Press OK button to delete selected file Press OK again to confirm delete OR Press lef...

Page 26: ...H A P T E R 8 Student Practice Checking for Softfoot Using the GO CHAPTER EIGHT GOALS At the conclusion of this chapter you will be able to Use the SoftCheck function to measure and correct softfoot 2...

Page 27: ...s to 12 00 C H E C K I N G F O R S O F T F O O T SoftCheck Softfoot was discussed previously in the pre alignment chapter Again softfoot occurs when all the machine feet do not rest flatly on the mach...

Page 28: ...d M sensors to the nearest 1 8 Center of post to center of post 2 2 Enter this dimension into the display unit The dimension will appear in the left most black highlighted box Use left hand keypad to...

Page 29: ...ft hand keypad to enter the value as a decimal 2 9 Press the OK button on the right hand key pad to accept the value Black highlight will move to the next box with mark 2 10 Measure the distance from...

Page 30: ...Tighten foot firmly 3 Press OK 3 5 Check the remaining feet Black highlight automatically moves to next foot Values displayed are the approximate soft foot at each foot 3 6 Correct softfoot as needed...

Page 31: ...rmal Targets CHAPTER NINE GOALS At the conclusion of this chapter you will be able to Understand why some machines are intentionally misaligned Understand the difference between growth and targets Det...

Page 32: ...e and offset The Target Values program is started from the alignment program by selecting the Target Values icon and pressing OK The Target Values program can only be started after the dimensions are...

Page 33: ...tudent Practice Using the Clock Method CHAPTER TEN GOALS At the conclusion of this chapter you will be able to Describe difference between the Tripoint and Clock methods Identify when you should use t...

Page 34: ...1 0 Clock Method The built in guidance of the Tripoint method may not allow you to measure misalignment if the sensors are less than 8 apart and the shafts cannot rotate more than 90 total The Tripoin...

Page 35: ...e the distance from the coupling center to the M sensor to the nearest 1 8 Center of coupling to center of M sensor post 2 5 Enter this dimension into the display unit if different from the value disp...

Page 36: ...up down arrow buttons to highlight the correct RPM Press the OK button to select Use next highest RPM setting if machine RPM is in between values listed 3 4 Use down arrow button to move the black hig...

Page 37: ...pled You should see both S and M values in the boxes at the top of the display If you do not then the lasers are not within the detectors 4 4 Press the OK button to register the 2nd measurement The S...

Page 38: ...s the movable is low add shims 6 4 Leave the bolts loose after adjusting shims 7 CORRECTING HORIZONTAL MISALIGNMENT 7 1 Using the right arrow button move the black highlight to the Shim icon 7 2 Press...

Page 39: ...s to move the black highlight to the Save icon if needed 9 2 Press the OK button to select 9 3 Enter the name of the saved alignment Use the left hand key pad to enter up to 17 alphanumeric characters...

Page 40: ...T R A I N I N G M A N U A L www vibralign com 800 379 2250 530 G Southlake Blvd Richmond VA 23236 Phone 804 379 2250 Fax 804 379 0189 2010 Vibralign Inc...

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