Soft foot is a commonly used industry term describing machine frame distortion. It often leads to critical asset faults and is the root cause of most misalignment issues. Soft foot can shorten the lives of electric motors,…
The rollers represent the core of all dynamic parts found in production lines of various industries. The belt connects the electric motor’s shaft to rollers while rollers’ rotation around the horizontal axis induces the web’s linear motion….
Without sacrificing product quality, large industry-leading companies require their production output to meet market demands. As a key movement initiator, rollers represent the core of the metal, pulp, paper, printing, tire/rubber, and carpet industry’s continuous production mechanism….
Millwright Matt Joinson takes on industrial machinery alignment jobs that would challenge anyone. From dusty, dirty mining sites in freezing weather to sawmills and pulp mills in hot, humid temperatures, Joinson doesn’t back down. He’s ready with…
ParAlign is a featured component of Prüftechnik’s Peak Roll and Geometrical Alignment (Peak RGA) service, and a big reason is its exclusive military-grade gyroscope technology. This same technology has been used in aerospace navigation systems, including NASA’s…
Maintenance and reliability pros know that machine downtime is costly, even if it is for scheduled maintenance. Since time is precious during this period when your assets are locked down, it’s smart to maximize this opportunity proactively…
If your facility is scheduling planned downtime during the holiday season, it might be a good time to book a Pruftechnik Peak Roll and Geometrical Alignment (RGA) service. This total alignment solution combines ParAlign gyroscopic technology with…
By Chelsea Fiegel Fluke Reliability’s alignment team traveled to a client’s corrugated board production plant to perform an alignment service on a corrugator machine. Implementing a new methodology that required using the Pruftechnik ParAlign Roll Alignment system…
Laser shaft alignment is the fastest, most precise way to align rotating equipment. Prüftechnik, the inventor of laser shaft alignment, leads the way for cutting-edge technology, including our exclusive, game-changing Single-laser technology. Here’s a quick overview of…
Not everyone relishes doing difficult jobs at work. But Matt Joinson, owner-operator of Jaffray Millwright and Welding located in Jaffray, British Columbia, enjoys projects that may seem daunting. “I like them all to be a little bit…