Misaligned shafts and pulleys can cause machinery malfunctions, and if unaddressed, long-term problems, including equipment breakdowns.
Neglected alignment issues can also cause premature seal and bearing failure, excess noise and vibration, increased maintenance (time and cost), and long-term damage.
This increases unscheduled downtime and impacts productivity.
Condition monitoring and laser alignment go hand-in-hand
To know exactly how your machinery or equipment is performing, you should implement and adhere to a condition monitoring program, including preventative maintenance.
Regular, well performed laser alignment services enable machinery operators to achieve optimal efficiency and safety standards.
Correctly aligned equipment offers several benefits, including:
- Increased machine availability
- Increased service life of bearings and seals
- Less leakage & better working environment
- Less risk of overheating & secondary damage
- Less lubricant consumption
- Reduced vibration
- Reduced noise
- Less risk of serious breakdowns
- Greater overall savings with fewer spare parts, lower energy consumption and less unscheduled downtime.
Part of ESI Tech Group’s asset integrity and maintenance services, ESI Alphatec offers laser alignment services to help you control the integrity and reliability of your assets, increase performance and optimise operation costs.
ESI Alphatec recently performed laser alignment and chocking services for a marine client in Sydney.
Read the case study here.
Our team helps:
- Reduce excessive vibration in any rotating machinery
- Increase machinery operating capacity through alignment
- Repair broken anchor bolts
- Re-grout and repair concrete and foundation cracks
Other ESI Alphatec services
ESI Alphatec specialises in machinery alignment, machinery regrouting and machinery mounting, including mechanical and poured-in-place chocking systems to marine propulsion equipment, primarily in the marine, oil and gas, petrochemical, mining, cement and power industries.
Our expertise includes the design and implementation of in situ regrouting and structural refurbishment solutions to large reciprocating and rotating machinery foundations, including rectifying and upgrading broken foundation anchor bolts. We also carry out repairs to sinking, cracked and damaged foundations.
To support these activities, we offer a comprehensive service in the optical and laser alignment field, controlled bolt tensioning, vibration analysis and thermography.
For more information about our laser alignment services or any of our products and services, email info@esi-techgroup.com.