TrakVue™ Machinery Off-Line-to-Running Video Precision Alignment Measurement
Characterizing Off-Line-to-Running Machinery Movement Using High-Resolution Video
About TrakVue™
Virtually all rotating equipment will undergo a change in position during start-up and while running that affects the alignment of the shafts due to thermal growth and/or piping pressure loads due to changes in the operating condition of equipment from unloaded to loaded operating points, and/or casing and support counter-reactions to the torque produced by rotors as they function. Quickly and confidently diagnose and resolve the improper alignment these operating conditions cause with the “hands off” and highly accurate (< 0.5 mil, or 13 micron) TrakVue™ software.
"The TrakVue™ video-based system will be
a game-changer for quickly understanding
the complicated alignment movement which
can cause serious problems in machinery."
John Piotrowski
Turvac, Inc.
Typical Uses
For rotating machinery driver/ driven systems of any speed, horsepower, and size.
Equipment where piping flexure, expansion or contraction induces varying nozzle loads over time.
Speed changers (e.g. gear boxes and fluid drives).
Driven machinery that undergoes a change in casing temperature, such as:
- Electric motors and generators
- Steam turbines & gas turbines
- Internal combustion engines
Driven machinery that is pumping or compressing fluid with a significant change in temperature or nozzle loads:
- Centrifugal or positive displacement compressors
- Centrifugal or positive displacement pumps
- HVAC equipment
