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Article published in
Erneuerbare Energien 10/2007
Ole Holstein
PRÜFTECHNIK Alignment Systems
Final remarks
It is still a common belief that alignment is not an issue
because catalogs specify such large misalignments for Dr. Edwin Becker
PRÜFTECHNIK Condition Monitoring GmbH
couplings. Please note that the coupling working ranges Oskar-Messter-Straße 19-21
specified in the catalogs are not alignment tolerances 85737 Ismaning
www.pruftechnik.com
[2]. The rule of thumb is that the alignment tolerance Tel. 089/99616-340
should be assumed to be at least 1/3 of the coupling eMail: edwin.becker@pruftechnik.com
working range. Thus, only 2/3 of the coupling working ... is Director of the PRÜFTECHNIK
Service & Diagnose Center and is an expert
range is available for operational displacements over the for the wind sector and beyond.
entire operating duration. For competitive reasons, cou-
pling manufactures usually only specify the working
range of their couplings without noting that the reaction
forces increase with increasing parallel and angular
offsets within the working range of their couplings. The Ole Holstein
PRÜFTECHNIK Alignment Systems GmbH
restoring forces are zero only if there is no misalignment. Technisches Büro Nord
Kremper Weg 97
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Literature Tel. 04821-89100
[1] VDI Guideline 2726: Ausrichten von Getrieben, 1982 eMail: ole.holstein@pruftechnik.com
[2] Edwin Pernleitner: Ausrichten von Maschinensatz- Wellen, ... is at home in northern Germany
and has been working in the field for
VDI-Verlag 1995.s PRÜFTECHNIK for 16 years.