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		<title>Non-Repeatability, a Little Movement can Cause a Lot of Headaches!</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/05/23/repeatability-movement-lot-headaches/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/05/23/repeatability-movement-lot-headaches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 06:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Pekarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alignment Troubleshooting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixturlaser GO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machinery Installation and Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pumps & Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Repeatability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tolerances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["precision alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alignment tolerances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixturlaser GO Basic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laser Shaft Alignment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Fixturlaser GO Basic Training class performed a field alignment on a 100 HP, 3 Phase, 5600 RPM electric motor coupled to a crude oil pump in a refinery.  The class decided it would be permissible to use the [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/05/23/repeatability-movement-lot-headaches/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Size Shims Should I Use?</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/05/16/size-shims-use/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan Riddle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Machinery Installation and Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["precision alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aligning machinery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VibrAlign]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of my co-workers recently fielded a call from a customer, asking, &#8220;What is the proper way to size shims under motor feet?&#8221;  In other words, if the foot is 6 by 4 inches square, how big should the shim [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/05/16/size-shims-use/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bolt Bound? No Alternate Move Calculator?  No Problem!</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/05/10/bolt-bound-alternate-move-calculator-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/05/10/bolt-bound-alternate-move-calculator-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alignment Troubleshooting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Base-Bound/Bolt-Bound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equipment Type]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixturlaser GO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machinery Installation and Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pumps & Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["base bound"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["bolt bound"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Fixturlaser GO Pro"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["precision alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verti-Zontal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Previous blogs have discussed several different solutions for solving Base Bound &#38; Bolt Bound conditions when preforming precision laser shaft alignment (Base/Bound Math and Solving Base/Bound Alignment Alignment Problems). Sometimes though, the solution for a Bolt Bound issue is fairly [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/05/10/bolt-bound-alternate-move-calculator-problem/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to Read an Alignment Report</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/05/01/read-alignment-report/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/05/01/read-alignment-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 03:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Keohane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Machinery Installation and Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tolerances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["precision alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aligning machinery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alignment tolerances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixturlaser NXA Pro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most maintenance personnel understand that documenting a precision shaft alignment is a good idea, but don’t always understand how to interpret the data. Here is a quick primer on how to read a typical alignment report. This shaft alignment report [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/05/01/read-alignment-report/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>VibrAlign Launches 35-City “Realigning America Tour” Featuring Free Shaft Alignment Seminars</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/19/vibralign-launches-35-city-realigning-america-tour-featuring-free-shaft-alignment-seminars/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/19/vibralign-launches-35-city-realigning-america-tour-featuring-free-shaft-alignment-seminars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Alignment Blog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Realigning America Tour 2013 will host events in 35 cities in 24 states around the United States.  The free seminars will help shaft alignment practitioners hone their alignment skills and learn about new alignment innovations. The “Realigning America Tour [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/19/vibralign-launches-35-city-realigning-america-tour-featuring-free-shaft-alignment-seminars/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Importance of Proper Alignment Technique and Being Aware of Movement</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/17/importance-proper-alignment-technique-aware-movement/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/17/importance-proper-alignment-technique-aware-movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Pekarek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alignment Troubleshooting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixturlaser GO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machinery Installation and Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Repeatability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aligning machinery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alignment tolerances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coupling Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixturlaser GO Basic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thealignmentblog.com/?p=4264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During the OJT portion of a Fixturlaser GO Basic Training class, with the Army Corp of Engineers, the class aligned two electric motors driving large winch gearboxes on a dredging barge.  These winches are used to move the barge into [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/17/importance-proper-alignment-technique-aware-movement/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>VibrAlign is featured in a new book, Grow Regardless</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/11/grow-regardless/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/11/grow-regardless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Alignment Blog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With more than 12 years of experience leading a successful consulting firm focused on business transformation and development, Mechlinski shares insights and proven methods used to help more than 400 companies. Advance copies of GROW REGARDLESS have drawn enthusiastic praise from business [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/11/grow-regardless/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Video: Basic Concepts of Rotating Machinery Shaft Alignment</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/11/video-basic-concepts-rotating-machinery-shaft-alignment/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/11/video-basic-concepts-rotating-machinery-shaft-alignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Alignment Blog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[VibrAlign, Inc. has released a new video entitled “Concepts of Shaft Alignment Part One:  The Basics.&#8221;  The video describes and depicts what happens when perfectly aligned, or “collinear” shafts move out of alignment, and the challenges of correcting the misalignment. [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/11/video-basic-concepts-rotating-machinery-shaft-alignment/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Shaft Alignment Nightmare</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/10/shaft-alignment-nightmare/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/10/shaft-alignment-nightmare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 03:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan Riddle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alignment Troubleshooting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Base-Bound/Bolt-Bound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixturlaser GO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machinery Installation and Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pumps & Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tolerances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["bolt bound"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["precision alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Realign America"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Go Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintenance mechanics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thealignmentblog.com/?p=4207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes precision laser shaft alignment is a quick, neat, orderly maintenance task.  And sometimes, it is not!  Occasionally, everything that can be wrong IS wrong. While teaching a Fixturlaser Go Pro training class in Illinois, the class went into the [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/04/10/shaft-alignment-nightmare/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shims 201 &#8211; The Importance of Measuring Shim Thickness</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/03/28/shims-103-importance-measuring-shim-thickness/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/03/28/shims-103-importance-measuring-shim-thickness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan Riddle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dial Indicators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machinery Installation and Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soft Foot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["dial indicators"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["precision alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["soft foot"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aligning machinery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laser Shaft Alignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shims]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thealignmentblog.com/?p=4132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stainless steel shims are now the standard for use in shimming machinery when preforming a precision laser or dial indicator shaft alignment.  They are clean, corrosion resistant, flat, and most importantly, pre-cut.  Their use speeds up the alignment process significantly.  [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/blog/2013/03/28/shims-103-importance-measuring-shim-thickness/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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