7 Easy Steps for Accurate Dial Indicator Shaft Alignment Method: Industrial Tutorial

Industrial maintenance technician wearing safety helmet, gloves, and safety glasses performing dial indicator shaft alignment on a motor and pump setup inside a manufacturing plant.

Introduction: A pump runs fine for six months. Then one morning it trips on high vibration. You pull it apart and find the coupling chewed up, the bearing races pitted, and the mechanical seal leaking. The root cause? Nobody checked the shaft alignment before the last reinstall. This happens in plants every day — refineries, … Read more