background image

 

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Open the green latches on either sensor and 
slide up or down to aim the laser into the light 
grey band on the opposite sensor. Adjusting one 
sensor will adjust both.

 

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You should see both “S” and “M” values in the 
boxes at the top of the display.

 

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If you do not, then the lasers are not within the 
sensors.

 

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Lock the green latches.

2. ENTER DIMENSIONS

2.1  Measure the distance between the “S” and “M” 

sensors to the nearest 

1

8

". 

 

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Center of post to center of post.

2.2  Enter this dimension into the display unit. 

 

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Left most black highlighted box with ? mark.

 

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Use left hand keypad to enter the value as a 
decimal. 

 

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Use the “C” button on right-hand key pad to 
clear errors.

2.3  Press the “OK” button on right-hand key pad to 

accept the dimension.

 

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Black highlight will move to the next box with ? 
mark.

2.4  Measure the distance from the coupling center to 

the “M” sensor to the nearest 

1

8

".  

 

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Center of coupling to center of “M” sensor post. 

2.5  Enter this dimension into the display unit if different 

from the value displayed. 

 

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Second black highlighted box.

2.6  Press the “OK” button on the right-hand key pad to 

accept the value.

 

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Black highlight will move to the next box with ? 
mark.

2.7  Measure the distance from the “M” sensor to the 

movable machine front foot to the nearest 

1

8

". 

 

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The line parallel to the shaft from the center of 
the “M” sensor post to the center of the front 
foot bolt.

2.8  Enter this dimension into the display unit. 

 

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Third black highlighted box with ? mark.

2.9  Press the “OK” button on the right-hand key pad to 

accept the value.

 

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Black highlight will move to the next box with ? 
mark.

2.10 Measure the distance from the movable front feet to 

rear feet to the nearest 

1

8

".

 

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Center of bolt to center of bolt. 

2.11 Enter this dimension into the display unit. 

U S I N G   T H E   C L O C K   M E T H O D

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

Страница 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...

Страница 3: ......

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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