Complex industrial machines, in order to function at full capacity through all production modes, must be properly maintained to ensure maximum efficiency. This is a challenge considering the daily mechanical stresses such equipment must endure. Parts which undergo rotation at very high RPM gradually become misaligned due to vibrational forces that work upon the whole frame of the apparatus, and as misalignment progresses, these vibrational forces also increase in severity and thus further degrade alignment.
Precision Analysis
Long before such stresses can cause serious breakdown, a full analysis is conducted as part of any proper maintenance routine. Today, such testing involves the use of high-precision equipment such as laser interferometers.
Lasers can provide far more accurate readings than purely mechanical measuring tools such as levels, wires and plumb-bobs. Once a baseline reading is established, comparative measurement through each testing mode is read in real-time on computer, with results that are accurate down to the nanometer level.
The Advantages For Industrial Operations
With precision vibration analysis in Fort Worth, factory operations suffer far less machine downtime as a result of breakdown and maintenance. Keeping expenses and losses due to production slowdown and repair of equipment has immediate benefit from a bottom line standpoint. Over the long-term, machine service life is extended and far fewer product rejects due to improper tooling occur.
What this means of course is that a factory operation can operate at full productivity for a far longer period of time while maintaining high quality standards in the resulting product coming off the line. When all machines have properly aligned columns, level slides and surface tables, the occurance of defects in tooling is virtually eliminated through the balance of the production and maintenance schedule.
The performance of vibration analysis in Fort Worth using the latest technology results in a maintenance interval for a given machine measured in hours rather than days, as used to be the case. And with the accuracies now available using laser measuring equipment, it is now far easier to detect not only misalignment but also other defects such as foundation cracks and thermal warping long before they become significant enough to require major repair or a wholesale replacement of the entire unit.
Making Arrangements For Analysis
Contact Laser Precision today to arrange for technicians to perform a complete laser analysis. Each employee is fully certified and experienced and can therefore provide the best possible service for any factory operation.