Grâce à la technologie moderne, nous avons des lasers pour aligner les poulies afin de garantir le bon fonctionnement des machines. Mais autrefois, les poulies devaient être alignées différemment. Et, même maintenant, certaines entreprises n'utilisent pas d'outils d'alignement laser modernes pour leurs machines.
Ways to Align a Pulley
How do you align a pulley without a laser? You can do so with the naked eye or a straight edge.
When it comes to the naked eye, you can look at the wheel and belt of a pulley and approximate it. If and when the belt seems to be slipping, it’s pulled back around the wheel and lined up with grooves– or pulled tight along the center of the wheel. Doing this, Bien que, leaves the most room for error.
What about using a straight edge? While it’s more exact than the naked eye method, it’s not as good as laser alignment. If and when the pulley itself is misaligned (not the belt), then the straight edge method involves holding the straight edge up to the pulley wheels and turning them around, slowly. If and when the grooves for the belt (or rope) don’t match up on each of the wheels, they’ll get evened out thanks to the straight edge as a reference point. Encore une fois, there’s room for error with this option.
Idéalement, if you’re trying to align your pulley(s), laser tools are the way to go. Lasers can determine the misalignment, providing useful measurements that allow the repairer to use lateral and axial jackscrews to properly realign the pulley.
One thing’s for sure: you don’t want a misaligned pulley. If you’ve got one, expect the belt to slide off the wheel and then a heavy object falls down– hitting someone or something.
Ready to learn more about laser tools for precision pulley alignment? Appel Seiffert industriel à 1-800-856-0129 pour plus d'informations.
