Belt Alignment
Belt Alignment
(OP)
Hello
Can anyone provide any definitve specifications on sheave / belt alignment.... Is there an ISO specification SAE? API?
Ralph
Can anyone provide any definitve specifications on sheave / belt alignment.... Is there an ISO specification SAE? API?
Ralph





RE: Belt Alignment
RE: Belt Alignment
We are a jobbing shop that does those installations... And would like to be able to rely on more definitive and tracable criteria.
Ralph
RE: Belt Alignment
These are all factors that need to be considered as part of the installation practices.
RE: Belt Alignment
Quote.. <These are all factors that need to be considered as part of the installation practices>
I agree, and that is why I would assume there would be some standards...
I have seen standards from couplings "Lovejoy" that imply a straight edge is adequate.. Specs from most gear manufactures "Falk" give the maximum miss alignment that the "coupling" can withstand... not the optimum for vibration free operations.
It surprises me that with more and more documentation to form industial standards this issue seems to still rely on vague "rules-of-thumb" and a string
RE: Belt Alignment
As far as any published "standards" I am not aware of any, or what the appropriate source would be. I think that some of that would depend on industry, application, criticality, etc.
If you do find some, I would love to see them and build them into our training programs.