Lase Alignment Services :

Maintaining accurate shaft alignment is crucial to keeping your operations efficient and cost-effective. Investing in a shaft alignment system increases your facility productivity, minimizes downtime, saves on costs, and even helps the environment. Check out the top three benefits of machinery shaft alignment, and learn how laser alignment is superior to traditional shaft alignment methods.

Reduced Downtime :

One of the major advantages to maintaining proper shaft alignment is reduced operations downtime. Lost production time is one of the most common effects of misaligned equipment; nearly half of breakdowns in rotating machines are directly related to inaccurate alignment. Maintaining proper alignment minimizes unnecessary downtime due to machinery failure, and extends the equipment life cycle, keeping you at full production longer.

Increased Cost-Effectiveness :

When a machine is running efficiently, it has a reduced need for unplanned maintenance and repairs. Additionally, because laser alignment reduces the possibility of machine breakdowns, machinery components are less likely to become damaged or fail, reducing the need to manufacture or order surplus materials. Reduced maintenance, repairs, and materials ordering means that your facility is able to run at a higher level of cost-effectiveness.

Reduced Energy Consumption :

Inefficient machines require more energy consumption to run, and misaligned equipment can result in the spillage of environmentally harmful fluids. In contrast, a properly aligned machine can result in significant power savings, leading to reduced cost for you and reduced harm to the environment.

Why Precision Laser Alignment?

Laser alignment is the most effective means of keeping your machinery properly aligned. Laser alignment is more accurate than traditional methods, and provides measurements in less time. Cascade MVS provides total laser alignment, vibration monitoring, and expert diagnosis services, and offers a complete product line for machinery alignment.

Reduced Maintenance Costs :

Properly aligned machinery needs less unscheduled maintenance. It has also been proven that unscheduled maintenance is more expensive than planned maintenance (sometimes as much as 10X). Properly aligning your machinery will reduce your overall cost of maintenance.

Reduced Inventory Costs :

When machines are properly aligned they require fewer parts replacements (bearings, couplings, seals, etc.). This can translate into reduced inventory of spare/replacement parts.

Increased Machinery Life :

Misalignment will cause machines to vibrate excessively. The forces generated are not absorbed by the flexible coupling or the machine casing. The forces are transmitted to the bearings, and result in reduced bearing life. The forces can also damage seals.