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Shaft Alignment
Industrial Maintenance & Technology
Course Length
8 Hours
Max Attendees
12
Course Description
In this course students will learn basic alignment, applications, techniques and equipment used. In the lecture portion of the class, students will learn about various couplings, problems they may encounter during alignment and the different equipment they will use in the hands on labs. They will use equipment such as straight edge, dial indicator and lasers in the hands on portion of the class.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student should be able to:
- Select and install the proper coupling on the equipment shafts.
- Check for issues that may impeded proper alignment of the equipment.
- Set up and use selected equipment to align various shafts.
Course Outline
- Rigid Couplings
- Flexible Couplings
- Mechanical Flexible Couplings
- Material Flexible Couplings
- Equipment Preparation
- Shims
- Dial Indicators
- Shaft and Coupling Runout
- Soft Foot
- Alignment Methods
- Alignment Sequence
- Temperature Considerations
- Rim and Face Alignment
- Reverse Dial Alignment
- Laser Alignment