Almost everyone involved in machinery installation knows about the Bolt Bound condition. Simply stated, a bolt bound condition occurs when…
Contributor: Stan Riddle, VibrAlign, ACOEM Group The VibrAlign trainers LOVE to go out into the plant, to conduct the field portion…
Contributor: Stan Riddle, VibrAlign-ACOEM Group Positive displacement pumps, like the one in this photo, are common in industry. This one uses…
Stan Riddle, VibrAlign When I started in maintenance, cutting shims for alignment was commonplace. Today, there are many different sizes of…
Author: Stan Riddle, VibrAlign In maintenance, we work in a dangerous world. Industry and OSHA have developed numerous regulations to mitigate the risk…
Author: Stan Riddle, VibrAlign There are two types of shaft misalignment – offset and angular, and there are two types of soft…
Anyone who has performed shaft alignment very often knows about soft foot. Simply stated, soft foot is when one or…
Author: Stan Riddle, VibrAlign Many companies, to their credit, use vibration analysis for diagnosing machinery problems. Whether it is done with portable…
Author: Stan Riddle, VibrAlign Some of the couplings used on industrial equipment are capable of transmitting large amounts of torque in a…
Author: Stan Riddle, VibrAlign VibrAlign recently had a webinar on the importance of roughing in alignment before measuring with the laser. Just…
Author: Stan Riddle, VibrAlign Angular misalignment can be confusing to many aligners. Offset, or parallel misalignment, can be pretty straightforward. You…