Shaft Alignment

Maintaining optimal machine performance is crucial for the smooth operation of any rotating machinery. Misalignment in rotating machinery can lead to increased energy consumption, premature wear, breakdowns and unexpected downtime. To address these challenges, the EASY-LASER XT770 Shaft Alignment Tool has become a game-changer for industrial maintenance teams, ensuring precise alignment and helping prevent costly disruptions in production. Learn more about its various shaft alignment applications here.

Laser alignment tools like Easy-Laser play a vital role in maintaining accuracy and reliability in rotating equipment. When properly cared for, they deliver consistent results across a wide range of applications—from shaft alignment to belt alignment. To keep these tools operating at peak performance, routine maintenance, inspection, and operator awareness are essential.

At BENCHMARK PDM we believe in nothing but excellence and strive for the very best in product and service delivery for our customers when they purchase a shaft alignment tool. We offer a wide range of products to address shaft alignment that are user-friendly, intelligently designed to endure the harshest environments, chosen for better operating capabilities, and offered complete with comprehensive documentation.

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“Reliable machinery installation” – it sounds like an obvious thing, don’t you agree? But where does reliability actually start?

We all know that “the thing” starts with the design. The design stage decides what is going to be installed. Which equipment, and where. But there is no decision of Who is going to perform the installation, and How it is going to be installed. Most of the time those two departments are not cooperating, especially if they don’t belong to the same organization. The installation teams must be involved in the design because they will provide their feedback for reliable machinery installation. They know exactly how things work out there and how they need to be done.

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By doing a correct machine alignment you can avoid costly breakdowns and unexpected downtime. Every business with production-oriented operations knows that already. Yet many companies are using old technology for machine alignment. Here is a list of top reasons for using laser alignment tool – for those of you who still hesitate!

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Complex Jackshaft alignment made simple with experience and an Easy-Laser XT660 Shaft Alignment Tool

When you are working with nature, you treat it with respect. And that’s what this dam facility on the Kootenay River in British Columbia does (image, above left). When you harness the power of a river you need your control systems to work. The spillway gates control the level of the dam and in this example, it is lifted and lowered by two Worm Drives that are approximately 33 feet apart, so it’s a large gate. Pictured (above right) is one of the worm drives.

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We used to assume that once rotating machinery equipment is installed and aligned, it will remain in the same position forever. But this is not always the case.

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