Skip to content
Pruftechnik Blog
  • Pruftechnik.com
  • Contact Us
  • Pruftechnik YouTube
Pruftechnik Blog

adaptive alignment

Backlash ShaftAlign
Shaft Alignment

Five Essential Questions to Ask Before Investing in a Laser Shaft Alignment System

August 19, 2020October 15, 2020

Laser shaft alignment systems are crucial to properly aligning your machinery to ensure peak performance and extended asset life. Their pinpoint accuracy makes them the right choice for numerous industrial settings. But all laser alignment systems are…

Read More Five Essential Questions to Ask Before Investing in a Laser Shaft Alignment SystemContinue

precision alignment
Uncategorized

The benefits of performing precision alignment at installation

August 6, 2020September 17, 2020

Measuring for precise alignment when installing a coupling driven asset is a smart and cost-effective way to help assure a longer machine life — right from the beginning of its active use. Maintenance teams that measure alignment…

Read More The benefits of performing precision alignment at installationContinue

Industry 4.0
Shaft Alignment

What it takes to be the world leader in machinery alignment

July 23, 2020June 7, 2024

It’s easy to say you’re a leader. But much harder to become one — and stay one. It takes work. To date, the legacy of PRUFTECHNIK, a division of Fluke Reliability, covers nearly 50 years of industry-leading…

Read More What it takes to be the world leader in machinery alignmentContinue

Alignment Reliability Center
Shaft Alignment

Instantly share alignment data with your team via the cloud

July 20, 2020February 8, 2022

It’s an age-old problem: the technicians in the field performing shaft alignments are often physically separated from the managers and engineers who need the measurement data being gathered. That’s why PRUFTECHNIK alignment systems — such as ROTALIGN…

Read More Instantly share alignment data with your team via the cloudContinue

Figure 1. The PRUFTECHNIK ALI2000 Dial alignment tool circa 1982 versus the PRUFTECHNIK OPTALIGN laser alignment tool introduced in 1984.
Uncategorized

Watch Adaptive Alignment features come to life through webinar video demos

July 17, 2020July 23, 2020

It’s commonly known among maintenance teams that misalignment in rotating equipment is caused by excessive loading, vibration, worn couplings, soft foot, and more. But diagnosing and correcting misalignment in machinery often is considered specialized work—reserved for the…

Read More Watch Adaptive Alignment features come to life through webinar video demosContinue

Cardan Shaft
Shaft Alignment

How to make in-situ Cardan shaft alignment less cumbersome

July 7, 2020July 23, 2020

Among the most challenging machinery alignment tasks you might face is aligning a Cardan shaft—named after 16th-century Italian polymath Gerolamo Cardano, who invented it along with other machine mechanisms. Cardan shafts are essentially couplings. Their purpose is…

Read More How to make in-situ Cardan shaft alignment less cumbersomeContinue

Shaft Alignment

How adaptive alignment tools adapt to a range of situations and challenges

June 30, 2020July 2, 2020

Machinery alignment scenarios are rarely the same. Using an easy shaft alignment tool that works for some simple jobs can introduce new errors on more complex projects. This unnecessarily complicates the alignment process, frustrating technicians, and driving…

Read More How adaptive alignment tools adapt to a range of situations and challengesContinue

Uncategorized

Active Situational Intelligence provides real-time measurement guidance

June 18, 2020

Misaligned machinery is costly for a number of reasons, from increased energy consumption to more frequent repairs and failures to shorter asset life cycles. Precisely aligned machines use up to 10 percent less energy than misaligned ones….

Read More Active Situational Intelligence provides real-time measurement guidanceContinue

Page navigation

Previous PagePrevious 1 2

© 2025 Pruftechnik Blog

Legal Notice | Disclaimer | Data privacy | Terms and conditions of sale

  • Pruftechnik.com
  • Contact Us
  • Pruftechnik YouTube