Fluke db PRUFTECHNIK SHAFTALIGN touch User manual

SHAFTALIGN®touch
On-board help

SHAFTALIGNtouch
On-board help
Version: 2.3
Edition: 07.2020
Part No.: DOC 26.200.EN

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Contents
Contents 3
Introduction 7
Using the on-board help 7
Documentation 8
Components 9
Rugged device 9
Device interface 11
Charging the battery 12
sensALIGN3 sensor and reflector 13
sensALIGN 3 sensor 13
Sensor LEDs 14
Charging the sensor 14
Reflector 15
Sensor and reflector labelling 16
Home screen 18
Configuration 20
Built-in camera 24
Gallery 24
RFID 26
Assigning a saved asset to an RFIDtag 26
Opening an asset measurement assigned to an RFIDtag 27
Using Cloud drive 29
Transferring an asset to the Cloud drive 29
Downloading an asset from Cloud drive 29
Mounting components 30
Mounting brackets 30
Mounting sensor and reflector 31
Mount sensor 31
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Mount reflector 31
Dimensions 34
Machine properties 35
Toggle 35
Machine colour 35
Thermal growth 36
Thermal growth calculator 37
Multiple feet 38
Coupling properties 40
Targets 40
Tolerances 42
Available tolerance tables 42
ANSI standard specification tolerances 43
User defined tolerances 44
Asymmetric and symmetric tolerances 45
Tolerance table based on coupling format 46
Suggested consolidated shaft alignment tolerances 46
Laser beam adjustment (sensALIGN 3) 49
Adjusting sensor and reflector until the laser beam status LED blinks green 49
Laser beam adjustment 51
Laser adjustment wizard 51
XYView 53
Initializing sensor 55
Measurement 56
Averaging 56
Measurement modes 58
Active Clock measurement 59
Taking measurement points automatically 61
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Static measurement 63
Extend measurement range manually 65
Measurement table 67
Measurement quality 69
Editing measurement data 71
Broken ellipse 71
What is the effect of deactivating individual points? 72
Results 73
Results options 74
Sign convention 75
Multiple feet results 76
Foot corrections 76
Live Move screen 78
Saving asset measurements 82
Saving an asset 82
Asset list options 83
Default template 87
Generating reports 89
Generating measurement reports 89
Report logo 90
Saving report to USB drive 92
What is soft foot 94
Parallel soft foot 94
Angular soft foot 94
Checking and correcting soft foot conditions 95
Soft foot 96
Sensor measurement 96
Manual entry 98
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Vertical flanged machines 99
Marking measurement positions 99
Set-up 101
Vertical flanged machines – Static clock 103
Measure using Static measurement mode 103
Vertical results 105
Shimming modes 105
Sign convention 105
Live Move – Vertical machines 107
Correcting angularity 107
Correcting offset 107
sensALIGN 3 sensor firmware update 111
Updating sensor firmware to a newer version 111
Notification on sensor calibration 113
Best practice 116
Mounting sensor and reflector 116
Entering dimensions 116
Initializing sensor 116
Causes that may influence measurement 117
Results and Live Move 117
Appendix 118
Updating SHAFTALIGN touch to a newer firmware version 118
Documentation 120
Technical data – Rugged touch device 121
Technical data – sensALIGN 3 sensor 122
Technical data – Reflector (prism) 123
Index 124
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Introduction
This on-board help provides information to support users of SHAFTALIGNtouch.
Using the on-board help
The on-board help is accessed via the home screen. Tap the "Home" icon then the ques-
tion mark icon to access the on-board help.
Context sensitive help may be accessed from specific screens by tapping the question mark
icon provided on the specific screen.
l(1) Tap to return to the start screen.
l(2) Tap to go back.
l(3) Tap to go to the opening page of this on-board help.
l(4) Tap to go forward.
l(5) Tap to search for text in the on-board help. A search field together with an
onscreen keyboard appears.
l(6) Throughout this on-board help, image thumbnails have been used. Tap the image
thumbnail to enlarge the image for better viewing.
To zoom out and proceed, tap the enlarged image.
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l(7) The navigation pane hide arrow is used to hide the navigation menu items. Tap the
arrow to hide or show the navigation menu items.
l(8) This screen-specific help icon is used to access the context sensitive help.
Note
It is recommended to scroll to the bottom of the page to be able to access other related
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Documentation
Note
This on-board help and other relevant and related customer documents are saved as
PDF files in the folder "Manuals" within the rugged device. To access this folder, the
rugged device is connected to a Windows PC. Allow the Windows PC to access the
rugged device and then double-click "Tablet" to access the required folder.
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Components
The main measuring components for shaft alignment are the rugged device, the sensor and
the reflector.
Rugged device
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