A FEW THINGS THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE INSPECTED DURING BELT PM’S ARE: Inspect grooves for V-belts for wear using a sheave gauge following supplier recommendations.Rusted or pitted sheaves should be replaced. Otherwise, belt damage/wear and premature failure can easily result.Shiny grooves should not be overlooked and can indicate heavy wear.Corrosion on the sheave and especially in the grooves will build up and rapidly wear the belt and result in premature failure. Sheaves should be replaced if corrosion is found.Bent sides can introduce wear and damage.Replace all belts and never a single belt. Mixing old and new belts results in the load not being shared evenly and could easily lead to damage, premature belt failure and sheave wear.The same manufacturer should always be used. In other words, do not mix and…
A pump housing must be installed so that the surface is flat and level to the required installation tolerances. Doing so requires great precision and ideally the task would be easy to accomplish. In the application below, the user needed to perform such a measurement. This task was usually reserved for a separate crew that would bring over optics or theodolites to perform the measurements. In this case, the crew was not available and they needed an accurate measurement that day. Application and Photo courtesy of Aneesh Francis with Measurements and Automation Systems The Easy-Laser E920 system was on hand for a shaft alignment application. This system also happened to have the compact and versatile D-22 rotating laser for flatness and level measurements. In a quick setup, both pump housings were measured…