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Shaft Alignment
Jason Tranter, BE (Hons), CMRP, VA-IV

Fundamentals: Jason Tranter has been involved with condition monitoring

5 Step Alignment since 1984. He is the founder and managing director of the
Procedure  Mobius Institute and the Mobius Institute Board of Certifi-
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Jason sold his business and moved to the United States as
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As a condition monitoring
Shaft Alignment professional, you need to

DETECTING understand misalignment -

understand why it is

MISALIGNMENT important to align your

machines, and understand
how to align your
machines.

Why is misalignment so important?

Different forms of misalignment

We are all under great pressure to increase

uptime, reduce costs, and improve
product quality. No matter what your role
in the organization we can all contribute to
these goals. One way you can help is to
perform precision shaft alignment on your
rotating machinery.

The fact is that misalignment is the

root cause of the majority of machine
breakdowns: bearing failures, and
damaged seals, shafts and couplings. It
is widely believed that 50% of machine
failures are due to misalignment.

Poor lubrication practices, imbalance,

resonances and other factors also
contribute to machinery failure, but it is
widely agreed that misalignment is the
major cause.

In this article we will help you to understand

misalignment - understand why it is
important to align your machines, and
understand how to align your machines.

If you can achieve these goals, and you

can put it into practice, your machines
will run more smoothly, and your plant will
Reliability = increased uptime The majority of bearing failures are operate more profitably.
caused by misalignment

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Energy consumption
Misaligned machines can also consume
more energy. Although studies have
produced varying results, it is generally
considered that a misaligned machine will
consume up to 15% more energy. Large
studies have documented savings of
between 3% and 8%.
Consider the following equations. If we can
reduce the consumption of a 30 HP (22 kW)
460 Volt motor from 36 amps to 32 amps,
and we are paying 0.06 per kW Hour then
the savings are approximately $1,500.
kW = (Volts x Amps x pf x 1.732)/1000
Annual savings = 8400 x kW x kWH cost
Example kW = (460 x 4 x 0.92 x 1.732)/1000
= 2.931
Example savings = 8400 x 2.931 x 0.06 =
$1477
Product quality
Misalignment can also result in reduced
product quality in many industries. By
reducing vibration levels, and aligning rolls
and other items, product quality can be
maximized.
Downtime and production capacity
The biggest issue of all is production
capacity. If you can increase the reliabili-
ty of rotating machinery, downtime will be
reduced. If you increase the uptime, your
plant can increase production which has a
major impact on the bottom line.
It is therefore in everyone’s best interest to
correctly align machines. The extra time
and effort required will increase profitability
- and job security.
What is misalignment?
We should take a few minutes to understand
what misalignment means so that you can
better understand why it is so destructive.
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A definition of misalignment:
“Shafts are misaligned when their
rotational centerlines are not collinear
when the machines are operating under
normal conditions.”
When two machine components, for
example a motor and a pump, are
assembled and coupled together, there is
likely to be some misalignment - in fact, it
is guaranteed. The pump will have been
attached to its piping, and the motor
connected to its conduit, and both will have
been bolted to their baseplate.
Motor and pump coupling
We hope there is no stress involved with the
connection to piping and conduit - but there
will be. We hope the feet of the machines
and the baseplate are true and make
perfect, flat contact, but they probably
won’t. And we hope that the two machines
are positioned at the correct height and in a
straight line, but that is also highly unlikely.
Sadly, all of these factors, and others,
contribute to the fact that unless we take
special precautions, machines will not be
aligned correctly, and thus we will not get
the desired life or performance out of the
machine.
A closer look at misalignment
First, let’s look more closely at the term
misalignment. Our aim is to have the
“rotational centerlines” of both shafts in line
when the machine is operating. But what is
the rotational centerline?
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If the pump was uncoupled and you turned
its shaft, it would rotate around a straight
line. This is the pump’s rotational centerline.
When it is uncoupled, it is easy to turn
the shaft (well, as easy as it will ever be).
The same is true for the motor - its shaft
also has a rotational centerline. Ideally,
the motor and pump will be mounted
so that the two rotational centerlines are
aligned perfectly - there will be no offset,
and no angle between the shafts in either
the vertical or horizontal direction. The
coupling will bolt together easily, and there
will be minimal stress on the bearings, seals
or any other components when the shaft is
turned. In this case the shafts are said to
be “collinear”.
Collinear shafts – aligned rotational centerlines
But instead what happens is that the
two components do not come together
perfectly - perhaps one is a little higher
than the other, and a little to one side. It
might look okay to the naked eye, so the
components are coupled together and the
machine is run that way. It “looks” OK, and
the machines runs, so what’s the problem?
Rotational centerlines misaligned
Vertical (left) and horizontal (right) offset and
angular misalignment
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You will see an offset and angle introduced
in the vertical direction, and then you will
see a different offset and angle introduced
in the horizontal direction. The result is two
shafts that are misaligned. In actual fact,
when the components are coupled together,
the coupling will be forced to “give” in order
to accommodate the misalignment, and the
two shafts may be forced to bend slightly.
Later we will discuss the alignment
procedures, and we will discuss tolerances
(which tell us how good the alignment must
be to achieve maximum life), but for now it
is safe to say that if you are not correctly
using dial indicators or a laser alignment
system, the machine will not be within
tolerance.
Due to the nature of misalignment, there
are at least two physical signs that shafts
are not aligned: the machine will vibrate
in characteristic ways, and the coupling
may get hot which can be detected with
non-contact temperature guns or thermal
imaging cameras.

Laser alignment (left) and dial indicator (right)

systems

Bend in shafts due to misalignment (exaggerated)
Think about what is happening inside this
machine - what is happening to the shaft,
and the bearings, and the seals, and the
coupling? With every rotation the shaft
has to flex - it is forced to stay within the
bearings. That puts strong radial and axial
forces on the coupling, bearings, seals and
shaft.
Detecting Misalignment
There are two ways to determine if a machine
is misaligned: you can look at the mainte-
nance records and alignment records to
see if the machine was misaligned, and you
can monitor various physical parameters
such as vibration and temperature.
First, if a machine has not been “precision”
aligned, that is, it was aligned “by eye” or
only using a straightedge, then it is very
likely that it will be misaligned.
Machines will likely be misaligned if precision
alignment was not performed
We have just described all of the reasons
why you should perform shaft alignment: Detecting, correcting and maintaining
damaged bearings, shafts, seals, and proper shaft alignment will keep your
couplings. If you have experienced any of machinery properly maintained and ill
these problems then it is probably due to prevent costly, unplanned downtime.
misalignment.
t
Other physical signs include loose or
broken hold-down bolts, loose shim packs
or dowel pins, excessive oil leaks at bearing IN OUR NEXT ISSUE:
seals, and loose or broken coupling bolts.
Have you ever looked at route based
vibration spectra and waveform data in
alarm, and couldn’t figure out the source
causing the high vibration?
In our next issue we will be featuring an
introduction to Modal Analysis. Modal
Analysis s a powerful diagnostic tool that
allow the vibration analyst to visualize,
analyze and identify corrective actions to
solve vibration issues on rotating machines
Misalignment can be detected via physical signs and structures.
You should always perform “root cause
analysis” when a machine fails. Root cause
analysis is used to determine why a machine
failed. It is not good enough to simply
repair it and put it back in service - what
is to stop the same fault from developing
again? Issues like lubrication, imbalance,
resonance and misalignment should be
considered when a machine fails. And thus
when a machine is put back into service,
it should be precision balanced and precision
aligned, and the lubrication program should
be maintained.

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Self-Inflicted
Reliability
Problems
This article was first featured in the April 2017 issue
of Maintenance Technology, now Efficient Plant

Think of this expert advice as a

reality check for your operations
and take action accordingly.

The root cause of poor reliability can come from many

sources. You may experience reliability issues due to
the age of your plant. Or it may be that poor design
decisions were made. Or the original construction crew
cared nothing for reliability. And there may be other
reasons, outside of your control, that resulted in the
reliability problems you experience today. In any reli-
ability improvement initiative you will need to address
these issues, but first you need to address the self-inflict-
ed reliability issues.
But we don’t have self-inflicted reliability
problems
It is a bitter pill to swallow, but yes, you do. But that’s
good news, because it is much easier to deal with the
self-inflicted root causes than the inherent reliability
problems you adopted.
The number three cause of reliability problems
Let’s start with the most obvious problems and will work backwards to their
root causes.
Most equipment, like motors, pumps, fans, compressors and turbines are
designed to run for many, many years without unplanned downtime. Yes, they
may have some components that wear out but many of the components,
such as the bearings and gears, are designed to give years of trouble-free
operation. But that assumes that all of the parts were installed correctly,
the components are precision aligned, the bearings and gears are correctly
lubricated, all fasteners are tightened to the correct torque, there is no
resonance, belts are tightened to the correct tension, and the rotors are
precision balanced.

What are self-inflicted reliability problems?

And it assumes that the equipment is operated as per design. Pumps, for
In order to determine why equipment fails prematurely example, should be operated at their “best efficiency point”.
(or why you experience slowdowns, safety incidences,
or quality problems) you could go through a detailed re-
What happens at your plant? Do these problems occur? If you are not sure,
liability centered maintenance (RCM) analysis process,
then they almost certainly do.
or you could perform root cause failure analysis (RCFA)
after each failure occurs. Or you could learn from the
experience gained at thousands of plants around the We will now take a quick look at just a few of those areas so that you can see
world and consider some of the most common root why seemingly minor issues cause such serious problems:
causes of equipment failure - we’ll focus on rotating
machinery.
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ARTICLE continued
Shaft alignment
When two shafts are “collinear” (no angle or offset between their centerlines)
it reduces the stress on the bearings, couplings, shafts, and the rest of the
machine components. Research was performed that revealed that just 5/60th
of a degree of angular misalignment can halve the life of your bearings.
If you use laser alignment with appropriate tolerances, and you remove soft
foot, then this will not be a source of poor reliability. And by the way, just
because your vibration analyst does not detect misalignment does not mean
that your machines are precision aligned…
Balancing
When you balance to ISO 1940 grade G 1.0 the cyclical forces on the bearings,
shaft, and structure are minimized and thus you gain greater reliability. If you
do not have a balancing standard, then unbalance will be a root cause of
failure. And if you wait until the unbalance generates “high” vibration, then you
will have reduced the life of the equipment and supporting structure.
VIBRATION MATTERS - OCTOBER 2018
Why is that? The life of a bearing is inversely pro-
portional to the cube of the load. That sounds very
complicated, but an easier way to say it is that if you
double the load, the life will be reduced to one-eighth
(23).
Lubrication
When you correctly lubricate bearings and gears,
whether you use grease or oil, and that lubricant is free
of contaminants you will achieve maximum life. But if
bearings are not adequately greased, their life will be
reduced. If the oil is contaminated, or the viscosity is
incorrect, or the additives are depleted, then the life of
gears and bearings will be greatly reduced.
Research was performed to determine which particles
caused the greatest damage. It wasn’t the 40 µm
particles, or the 10 µm particles - it was the tiny 3 µm
particles.
And you may think that if you can’t see the water in oil
then the oil must be fine. Sadly, that is not correct. By
the time you can see the water the life of the bearing
is halved.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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We could continue the discussion, but suffice to say that there is a great deal
we can do to avoid problems that arise due to imperfect maintenance and
operating practices.
The number two cause of reliability problems
It is one thing to understand all of the root causes we have just discussed.
It is another thing to be able to get approval to establish standards and
purchase all of the tools, such as laser alignment systems, that enable the
technicians and operators to do the job correctly. But owning the tools and
having standard operating procedures won’t solve the problem. The problem
will only be solved when the maintenance technicians and operators want to
use them properly, and they are given the time and encouragement to use them.
So we will need to address the desire, i.e. the culture.
VIBRATION MATTERS - OCTOBER 2018
FEATURED ARTICLE continued
The number one cause of reliability problems
A strong case could be made that the root cause of
all failures derives from lack of senior management
support for a culture of reliability. Without their support
it will be impossible to change the culture and thus
change behavior.
Just think of the initiative to improve safety at your
plant. If senior management did not support it, do you
think your plant would have made the gains that it has?
Senior management enabled people to be employed
in safety roles, it invested in the training and tools, it
agreed to signage that provided warning and feedback
on progress, it stood strong when there were opportu-
nities to cut corners that would risk safety, and it made
it quite clear how important safety is to the future of
the organization. (Well, I hope that is the case at your
plant.)
You need the same thing to happen with reliability im-
provement. Everyone within the organization needs to
understand that reliability is critically important to the
organization and that senior management will stand
strong when shortcuts that compromise reliability are
available.
So you therefore need to gain senior management
support so you can change the culture and thus suc-
cessfully implement a reliability improvement initiative
that eliminates the self-inflicted root causes.
Where does condition monitoring fit into this?
Many people will believe that if they have a condition
monitoring program the reliability will be optimized.
Sadly, that is not true. Most faults detected are
avoidable, and while it is important to get an early
warning, it is much more important to avoid the
problem in the first place. Condition monitoring can
help by detecting the root causes of failure: misalign-
ment, unbalance, lubrication issues, looseness and so
on. If those problems are cost-effectively nipped in the
bud, then we will avoid future failures.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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Another way that condition monitoring can play an important is role is by

performing acceptance testing. As part of the purchase agreement, the
condition monitoring specialists can perform tests to ensure the new or
overhauled equipment is “fit for purpose”. You may be surprised at how many
problems you bring into the plant.

Conclusion
The condition monitoring group has an important role to play. Providing an
early warning minimizes the impact of premature failure, and detecting and
eliminating the root causes ensures that we achieve the greatest life and value
from our precious assets.

I use a laser alignment system,

so I am performing precision
alignment, right?
No, sadly, that is not right. Unless the person has been properly trained, and unless the company has specified precision
alignment tolerances, and unless the training is followed and the tolerances are achieved, then you are not performing
precision alignment.

We see this as a very common problem. Laser alignment systems can achieve terrific results. And a precision aligned machine
is far more reliable than a machine that has been “roughly” aligned with an alignment system, and far superior to a machine
aligned with a straight edge. But if your maintenance technicians do not appreciate why that last shim should be installed, and
why the motor must be moved such a small amount to the left or right, then those corrections will not be made - and yes, it
does matter.

Research by Tedric A. Harris, in the book “Rolling Element Bearing Analysis” (John Wiley & Sons) showed that just 5 minutes
(5/60 of a degree) of angular misalignment can reduce the life of a bearing by half. Yes, precision matters
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Shaft Alignment Fundamentals
5 Step Alignment Procedure

BILITY
Shaft alignment is often overlooked in the maintenance process. It is something that is done in a
hurry, just before you have to start up the equipment again with the production manager breathing
down your neck. Yet poor alignment is responsible for over 50% of all failures in rotating machinery.

Even though shaft alignment is so important to the whole maintenance process there are seldom
written down guidelines and procedures for alignment.

In this presentation we will present the shaft alignment fundamentals and teach the 5-step alignment
procedure. If correctly followed you will increase your success rate in alignment and improve on
your equipment’s up time.

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Diagnosing Misalignment
This presentation provides a quick introduction on diagnosing misalignment.
Often depicted as an easy condition to diagnose. Unfortunate this is not nec-
essarily true. It is essential to use every tool possible to detect and diagnose
the condition, and precision align the machine. We look at the different types
of misalignment and how to properly detect it.

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 ISO 18436 CAT-II VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]  Asset Reliability Practitioner (ARP) CAT-1 : SYDNEY  [+]

10/22/2018 Lima, PE 4.5 Days 10/23/2018 Sydney, AU 2.5 Days

 ISO 18436 CAT-II VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]  ISO 18436 CAT-III VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]

10/22/2018 Chongqing, CN 5 Days 10/26/2018 Espoo, FI 1 Days

 ISO 18436 CAT-II VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]  ISO 18436 CAT-I VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]

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 ISO 18436 CAT-III VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]  ISO 18436 CAT-III VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]

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 ISO 18436 CAT-III VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]  ISO 18436 CAT-I VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]

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 ISO 18436 CAT-II VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]  ISO 18436 CAT-II VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]

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 ISO 18436 CAT-II VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]  ISO 18436 CAT-III VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]

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 ISO 18436 CAT-III VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]  ISO 18436 CAT-I VIBRATION ANALYST Course  [+]

10/22/2018 Senlis, FR 5 Days 11/5/2018 Montreal, CA 4 Days

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VIBRATION HALL OF FAME
Kaine Rathbone
CAT IV
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Exp: 10 December 2019
Location: Warabrook, NSW, AU
Rao Vamsidhar
CAT IV
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Exp: 23 November 2020
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CAT IV
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Exp: 23 November 2020
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Location: Tjaereborg, Denmark, DK
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CAT IV
Certificate: M-124774-01
Exp: 14 July 2021
Location: Alexandria, EG
Fengwu Zhang
CAT IV
Certificate: M-125302-01
Exp: 9 August 20201
Location: Beijing  CN
John Sykes
CAT IV
Certificate: M-126064-01
Exp: 5 October 2021
Location: Plymouth, UK
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