Wednesday, February 29, 2012

What causes Machinery Unbalance?

Unbalance occurs when the rotor’s mass is no longer at the center of rotation.  Unbalance can be caused by many factors:
  • Assembly error
  • Machine tolerances
  • Eccentric components
  • Wear
  • Corrosion
  • Thermal distortion
  • Mechanical distortion
  • Material buildup
  • Bent components
  • Broken components
Many things can prevent the successful correction of unbalance. Equipment resonance, bearing issues, product buildup and many more equipment problems can prevent a successful balancing  job from being completed.  All Equipment defects should be corrected before attempting to balance equipment.


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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 1, 2012 at 10:34 PM

    Hi friends,

    Unbalance is a very common source of high vibration that is identified by excessive levels of vibration amplitudes at a frequency that is synchronous with machine speed. Thanks a lot......

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  2. UnknownOctober 17, 2020 at 11:34 PM

    Hi friends,

    How does one erase the parameters so as to input new ones?

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