“Close enough” alignment can be a costly assumption. In paper manufacturing machines, minor misalignments often go undetected in critical areas, such as the press, dryer, and wire sections. Even slight deviations can disrupt tension, cause tracking issues,…
What started as a routine check for new equipment alignment turned into an unexpected challenge when the ParAlign team uncovered hidden issues with the flooring and frame. Background On the factory floor of a global manufacturer of…
In automotive aluminum sheet production, every millimeter counts. Even the most minor equipment misalignment can lead to major problems. This issue became a critical point of concern for our customer, a leading global supplier of rolled aluminum…
Maintenance professionals around the globe have embraced Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) in their operations. But they sometimes miss alignment!
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….
Misalignment of rolls on a tire line eventually leads to costly problems such as poor tracking, stretching, wrinkling, uneven coating, and ultimately, product defects. Maintaining the parallelism of rolls is vital to overall production performance of the…
A client in Quebec, the second-largest province in Canada, turned to Fluke Reliability’s ParAlign service to fix the roll machines in its plant after noticing product wrinkling and tracking issues during paper production. A team of Prüftechnik…
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…