ABSTRACT
Assuming that we are attempting to align healthy machines (good bearings, seals, shafts,
couplings, baseplates, foundations, etc.), our objectives are as follows:
If we are installing new machinery for the very first time, there are several issues we need to
deal with. Whether the machinery will be placed on a rigid foundation, an inertia block, or a
structural steel frame, and the following items should be taken into consideration:
1. If we are installing machinery on a rigid foundation or an inertia block has the concrete
and grout been given enough time to cure? Typically concrete-and cement-based grouts
will have achieved 50% of their cure after 4-7 d and 80%–90% of their cure after 15-30 d.
