Pre-Alignment and why it’s important
Hey folks, check out this great powerpoint from our trainer Stand Riddle on Pre-Alignment and why its so important. Feel free to post questions or comments in the comments section and Stan and our other trainers will answer your questions. Enjoy the powerpoint.
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[…] each foot. It could be assumed that there was a very bad soft foot problem. But after completing our prealignment procedure and checking for soft foot in two different steps, there was no significant soft […]
[…] performed a quick pre-alignment, mounted the equipment and took a reading. The motor needed to come down over 200 mils and move […]
Hi,
Gear coupling is coupling though it is natural.
All teeth of an outside gear and inside gear engage because it is a coupling.
And, there is no rotation between the outside gear and the inside gear. My question is what is the purpose of grease in gear coupling? Why we need grease as we know there is no rotation?
Br
Hamidreza
The coupling teeth are engaged and there is no tooth to tooth driving as in a gear drive. The coupling gear to gear mialignment (even at 0.002″) and thermal changes create small movements in each revolution and without a good coupling grease the metal parts will wear out quickly from the rubbing. A lot more can be said, but be sure to use only coupling grease not utility grease and all will be ok.
Hi,
Thank you for your feedback.What are some differences between bearing grease and gear coupling grease?
What would happen if we use utility grease for gear coupling?
Br
Hamidreza
[…] motor had one of the stamped out bases that are always fun to work with. We followed our process and during the obvious soft foot step, two feet needed additional shims–the front left and […]