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Posted 28 June 2008 09:57 AM Hide Post
Here is a link copyrighted 2007 with an article by the honorable John Piotrowski.

http://www.maintenanceresources.com/referencelibrary/alignment/importance.htm

Here are some quotes snipped from that article.

"Misalignment is not easy to detect on machinery that is running. The radial forces transmitted from shaft

The above paragraph is grossly wrong IMO. Misalignment is generally detected through vibration analysis (too many try to discredit vibration as a tool). And as it becomes worse, it is more easily detected and when misalignment is termed as "gross misalignment" you'll find it manifested into 1X as radial misalignment increases.