β Scribed by Paul Poste
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Faulty shaft alignment is possibly responsible for around half of all premature machine damage. Getting it right not only saves the bill of expensive repairs and spare part consumption, but also time and money lost in plant shut down and lower running costs. Here, Paul Poste compares the different methods from traditional eyesight and dial techniques to the more sophisticated laser technology of today.
t is a fair bet that within the next few days someone on your plant will be performing a shaft alignment task. Whether this is by eyesight, dial indicator or laser, it is important that the alignment is as accurate as possible. It makes little sense installing new or newly repaired machinery inaccurately. The cost of replacement of seals, bearings, couplings and shafts plus the unseen additional power consumption required to drive poorly aligned machines makes a powerful case for using good machine alignment practice.
β’ Reducing power consumption of the plant --refs. ~ &4 β’ Reducing production losses due to unscheduled plant shut down.
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## Abstract This concluding chapter articulates the philosophical dilemmas we face as a culture and how these must be dealt with in light of our educational models.