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Shaft Alignment and Balancing

Two of the highest-return skills in rotating equipment maintenance. Covers misalignment types and their cost, pre-alignment checks including soft foot and pipe strain, dial indicator and laser methods, thermal growth compensation, and the principles of field balancing.

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Modules: 7
Lessons: 30
Duration: 5h 57m
Level: Intermediate
Quizzes: 7 graded
Enrolled: 15

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Course content

7 modules · 30 lessons · 5h 57m

Where alignment and balancing fit in a reliability programme, how couplings behave, the measuring tools, and the vibration basics needed to judge the result.

Alignment and Balancing in a Reliability Programme
Preview
11 min
Couplings and What They Tolerate12 min
Measuring Tools and Their Errors12 min
Vibration Basics for Alignment and Balancing12 min
Module 1 quiz: foundations8 questions · pass 70%

Topics covered

Shaft Alignment

Balancing

Soft Foot

Thermal Growth

Rotating Equipment

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Mechanical Maintenance Technician · 7 courses

1Centrifugal Pumps: Operation and MaintenanceFree
2Industrial Valves: Selection and MaintenanceFree
3Bearings and LubricationFree
4Mechanical Seals and Sealing SystemsFree
5Shaft Alignment and BalancingThis course
6Vibration Analysis and Condition MonitoringFree
7Reliability Engineering FundamentalsFree

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