Jacking bolts provide a smoother, easier way of moving machinery than using pry bars and hammers. Their use will almost always speed up the alignment process, prevent excessive minor moves back and forth, and generally make the task of shaft alignment much more pleasant. More and more companies are realizing the benefits of using jacking bolts to accurately position machines.
What about you?
Jacking bolts can be purchased, or made in-house. Here are a few examples of some pusher types:
A C-clamp Weld a nut or tapped block to the side of the C-clamp. The clamp can then be mounted to the frame of the machine. The can be made in many different configurations, and can be removed after the shaft alignment is completed.
A dowel type The base can be drilled to accept a piece of rod, which has been drilled and tapped to accept a bolt. This can also be removed after the shaft alignment is completed, or left in place.
A channel Drill and tap a piece of channel of the machine frame, and use a bolt or threaded rod to move the motor.
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4 Comments
Hi,
Noting the distance away from the motor footings,this gives a reference down the road during inspection to see weather the motor has move or not.
We are using A dowel type.A C clamp is very good in case the motor has no jacking bolts.But i think because of base plate stracture shape this can not be used everywhere.
Br
Hamidreza
Hi,
I will not give a comment for this, because i have question regarding the jacking bolt. i have big motor but there is no jacking bolt for align the motor to compressor.
how i can provide the jacking bolt that the motor base is not metal but epoxy concrete
so i cant provide the jacking bolt by weld or bolting to base.
any people have an idea for design
regards
Jamil, is it possible to machine a jacking bolt which could be set into the epoxy grout? I will send you a sketch of something I have done in the past regarding this.
Jamil,
Not sure how big a motor you are talking about. You can go to BaseTek website and select. BiD adjusters.
You can get and idea how they are made. They utilize the stud itself.
Just not sure how big of a machine you are talking about.