Engineering Dynamics Blog

Easy Laser S&M Units for Machine Base Checks

Christo van der Walt - Monday, April 16, 2012
In all our training sessions we always discuss the importance of ensuring the soundness of the machine base before tackling the shaft alignment. A very common problem we encounter is the so-called "twist" of the fabricated type of bases as found on many smaller pumpsets. In most cases the pumpsets leave the factory perfectly aligned, but due to ..

Laser Flatness Measurement with a twist

Christo van der Walt - Wednesday, March 28, 2012
One of the important objectives of our blog is to educate and inform. To this end, I would like to share a recent flatness measurement project we completed using standard Easy Laser Geometric equipment. Background The client has two instrumentation test floors of approximately 35 square meters each, but here's the twist. The floors consist  ..

Easy Laser with a new Turbine Alignment System

Christo van der Walt - Monday, January 30, 2012
If you are using dummy shafts, piano wire and feeler gauges to obtain the true centreline of a turbine, there is a smart solution using laser technology that just got better. The Easy-Laser E960 makes the measurement and adjustment of diapraghms and bearings easier thanks to the wireless detector unit and measurement programs that guides ..

Laser Bore Alignment made Easy!

Christo van der Walt - Monday, January 30, 2012
A range of new geometrical application instruments from Damalini was released recently using the same colour screen display unit and wireless technology already well established in the E710 shaft alignment system, but now for geometrical measurent systems. This blog will review the main new points of the Easy Laser E950-A and B for Bore or Bearing  ..