Rotating machinery eg pumps motors compressors is normally manufactured toprecise measurements but there comes a point when the costs of manufacture meanthat fu... » 

Rotating machinery eg pumps motors compressors is normally manufactured toprecise measurements but there comes a point when the costs of manufacture meanthat further precision is not costeffective and thus any slight imbalanceinherent in the machine will need to be attended to after manufacture. Whensuch machinery is in operation often at very high speeds of thousands of revsper minute any imbalance will set up vibration and often noise. In additionsuch imbalance will cause extra wear and loss of efficiency in the machine. Theanswer is to balance the affected parts of the machine so that it operatessmoothly and efficiently.This book is a practical account of such balancing techniques e.g how tobalance a rotor how to set up and verify performance of a balancing machineand procedures for onsite balancing. In addition other common causes ofvibration will be covered e.g. misalignment bad bearings and looseness.This book is the distillation of a successful course run by the author anddeveloped over 20 years. University engineering departments do not teachbalancing techniques beyond the very basic and there is a need for educatorsand engineers to have a practical book available on the topic.A practical book which will help the reader understand the importance ofbalance in todays high technology worldOutlines the history of dynamic balancing and other vibration reductiontechniquesProfusely illustrated throughout «