ABSTRACT
Up to this point, fairly broad generalizations have been made about rotating machinery. The
shaft alignment measurement methods and tools discussed in Chapter 10 through Chapter 15
did not mention any specific type of machinery that the methods should be used on.
Intentionally so, since most of these methods can be used on any type of machinery regardless
of their specific function. The rotating equipment could have been electric motors, steam
turbines, pumps, fans, compressors, or whatever. It really does not matter. The examples of
graphing and modeling techniques covered in Chapter 8 through Chapter 20 had specific
machine names on the diagrams, but for all practical purposes, the names of the machinery
were not relevant, only the graphing concepts. The OL2R methods discussed in Chapter 16
should work on virtually any type of machinery but certain OL2R methods are better suited
for certain situations than some of the others mentioned.
