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		<title>From the Mailbag: Mounting to Coupling Hubs</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/05/mounting-to-coupling-hubs-for-shaft-alignment/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/05/mounting-to-coupling-hubs-for-shaft-alignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 14:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan Riddle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alignment Troubleshooting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Couplings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machinery Installation and Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment tool"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coupling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laser Shaft Alignment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[QUESTION: When mounting the lasers, if it isn&#8217;t possible to mount to the shafts, can they be mounted to a flanged sleeve gear type coupling? (The outer &#8220;floating hub&#8221;, not the inner one pressed on the shaft.) I have seen [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/05/mounting-to-coupling-hubs-for-shaft-alignment/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Foot Tolerances vs. Coupling Center Tolerances</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/05/foot-tolerances-vs-coupling-center-tolerances-for-shaft-alignment/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/05/foot-tolerances-vs-coupling-center-tolerances-for-shaft-alignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lawrence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tolerances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["coupling tolerance"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["foot tolerance"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pardon the hiatus last week, folks. We did a little maintenance on the blog&#8211;be sure to check out the new tabs up top designed to help you navigate better. Let&#8217;s jump back into it&#8211;foot tolerances vs coupling center tolerances. It’s [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/05/foot-tolerances-vs-coupling-center-tolerances-for-shaft-alignment/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Return on Alignment&#8211;Energy Savings</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/04/return-on-shaft-alignment-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/04/return-on-shaft-alignment-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Keohane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Machinery Installation and Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["energy savings"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["precision alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thealignmentblog.com/?p=2626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although the benefits of precision shaft alignment are well known to companies that do have a good shaft alignment program, it remains a fact that many machines are still not precision aligned. This can be attributed to difficulty in figuring [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/04/return-on-shaft-alignment-energy/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Persistence Pays!</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/04/persistence-pays-in-shaft-alignment/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/04/persistence-pays-in-shaft-alignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Troutt, BRI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alignment Troubleshooting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixturlaser GO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pumps & Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laser Alignment tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pre-Alignment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thealignmentblog.com/?p=2499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago I was called to one of our sister shops to perform a laser shaft alignment on a 3600 RPM skid-mounted end-suction ANSI pump. Easy, right? Honestly, I made a few mistakes right off the bat: Thinking [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/04/persistence-pays-in-shaft-alignment/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>That&#8217;s A Bad Sign</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/04/a-bad-sign-about-shaft-alignment/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/04/a-bad-sign-about-shaft-alignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan Riddle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Base-Bound/Bolt-Bound]]></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"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment training"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thealignmentblog.com/?p=2439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A manufacturing operation in western North Carolina recently purchased a Fixturlaser GO and shaft alignment training. This company is going through a multimillion dollar expansion. We decided, as part of the training, to check some alignments of recently &#8216;installed and [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/04/a-bad-sign-about-shaft-alignment/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Leg to Stand On?</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/leg-to-stand-on-shaft-alignment/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/leg-to-stand-on-shaft-alignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan Riddle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixturlaser XA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machinery Installation and Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pumps & Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Repeatability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Fixturlaser XA Pro"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment tools"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thealignmentblog.com/?p=2398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A VibrAlign trainer recently conducted a shaft alignment training class on the Fixturlaser XA Pro. This 1 ½ day class includes one day of classroom training, followed by a half day of field training, usually on the customer’s own in-plant machinery, using [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/leg-to-stand-on-shaft-alignment/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Quality Measurement Practices</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/quality-measurement-practices-for-shaft-alignment/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/quality-measurement-practices-for-shaft-alignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Gordon</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["Fixturlaser GO Pro"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Go Pro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laser Alignment tools]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thealignmentblog.com/?p=2327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How does someone get really good at something? Practice! Whether in sports or your profession, people who are really good at something practice good habits over and over. Shaft alignment is no different. Learning quality measurement practices and repeating them [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/quality-measurement-practices-for-shaft-alignment/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Measuring Thermal Growth Targets using the XA Pro w/OL2R</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/measuring-thermal-growth-targets-for-shaft-alignment/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/measuring-thermal-growth-targets-for-shaft-alignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compressors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dynamic Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixturlaser XA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machinery Installation and Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pumps & Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Fixturlaser XA Pro"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["thermal growth"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OL2R]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thealignmentblog.com/?p=2263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Previous blogs have defined thermal growth of rotating equipment and discussed several different methods to calculate the cold (ambient) alignment targets to compensate for thermal growth. The OL2R program (Off Line to Running) of the Fixturlaser XA Pro allows the aligner [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/measuring-thermal-growth-targets-for-shaft-alignment/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Glossary of Shaft Alignment Terms</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/glossary-shaft-alignment-terms/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/glossary-shaft-alignment-terms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lawrence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Machinery Installation and Best Practices]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thealignmentblog.com/?p=2276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out our glossary of shaft alignment terms. Please leave a comment if you&#8217;d like to see a new entry or want to talk about an existing one.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Axial Alignment?</title>
		<link>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/axial-shaft-alignment/</link>
		<comments>http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/axial-shaft-alignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stan Riddle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compressors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Couplings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machinery Installation and Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pumps & Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["axial alignment"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["coupling gap"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["shaft alignment"]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thealignmentblog.com/?p=1502</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are sometimes asked, “Does your laser alignment equipment measure axial alignment?” While it sometimes raises some eyebrows, the answer most frequently given is, “There’s no such thing.” What is sometimes referred to by maintenance personnel as “axial alignment” is really [...] <a href="http://thealignmentblog.com/2012/03/axial-shaft-alignment/" class="read-more">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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