According to David Zdrojewski, VibrAlign CEO, “Here at VibrAlign we want to Realign America. We really want to Realign America. To us that means doing all we can to help people perform better shaft alignments no matter what tool they use to do it. That’s why we are embarking on the Tour, to provide valuable training and address alignment issues to help aligners make a greater contribution to getting American industry back on top.”

Topics that will be covered in the free seminar include:
• Optimum methods of pre-alignment
• How to deal with softfoot, bolt bound and base bound conditions, and other challenges
• How to achieve shaft alignment as efficiently and accurately as possible
• Innovations in the world of alignment that will make the job of alignment easier

Those attending will also have a chance to submit their most pressing shaft alignment questions, which will be addressed in the seminars. Attendees can submit their alignment question when they pre-register for the event.

“I set out to write this book because following the recession, I’ve seen countless business leaders struggle to pick themselves up and move forward. There’s a better solution than remaining in a hiring freeze, cutting benefits, and slashing R&D spending,” said Mechlinski. “This book focuses on the lessons from small and mid-sized businesses that have grown regardless of what’s happening in the world around them, and explains how you can help your organization realize the same success.”

One of the businesses Mechlinksi has helped grow is VibrAlign, a laser shaft alignment sales, service and training company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

VibrAlign, Inc. CEO David Zdrojewski is glad he stopped listening to the news and focus instead on growing his business.  “It’s easy to be sucked in to all the gloom and doom.  With help from Joe’s organization we examined our core values and created an atmosphere of growth & investment in our economy and our human resources.  We believe it’s the right thing, the patriotic thing, to do.”

As a part of examining the company’s core values, a video was produced entitled “The VibrAlign Story.”   In the video John Walden, President of VibrAlign, says “If you look at the VibrAlign story and what it talks about as our values, and…who we are, that’s much more important for a customer to understand than whether or not you have the latest color screen or push buttons…”

The video was based on ideas for visualizing alignment created by David Zdrojewski, CEO of VibrAlign.  According to Zdrojewski, “One of my passions is training alignment.  I’m on the road 40 weeks a year conducting training classes all over the United States.  Training alignment has given me some insight into how mechanics think.  We have applied that knowledge to creating useful and understandable communications.”

The video is available on VibrAlign’s Youtube channel.  Additional segments are planned and will be available soon.

VibrAlign has been providing shaft alignment expertise for 30 years to help America’s industry keep its rotating equipment operating.  This depth of experience and the company’s commitment to give back are the bases for VibrAlign’s Realign America campaign.  This expertise has also led to the development of a process for shaft alignment, which VibrAlign calls “Verti-Zontal”.  This new way to perform alignments can result in precision alignments being completed in record time.

The Therm Align app will calculate the thermal offsets needed to compensate for this thermal movement. Movement of both the stationary and movable components is taken into account to determine the proper compensating “target values” needed on the movable piece of equipment.

According to David Zdrojewski, VibrAlign CEO, “We’re out to realign America by helping keep machinery running. This new App allows technicians to easily calculate the adjustments they need to make to compensate for the effects of heat on motors and pumps.”

The Therm Align App is available for free download at the iTunes App Store. An Android version is slated for release in the near future.

To learn more about thermal growth click here to visit the Alignment Resource Center website.

VibrAlign started in 1983 as a vibration and alignment service organization and later became a distributor of equipment which, appropriately, equipped our team to better serve. VibrAlign is America’s exclusive distributor of Fixturlaser® – the manufacturer of the only touch screen tool available with 3D animation and sensor safeguard against sunlight. For thirty years now, VibrAlign has been growing across the country. Today we proudly operate out of local offices in every major region.

The article appeared in the September issue of VibrAlign’s T-Mail. T-Mail keeps subscribers up to date on alignment product updates, new software like the recently introduced Therm Align app for iOS and Android, training classes, and relevant content available through other publications such as VibrAlign’s blog and website.

According to Stan Riddle, VibrAlign Trainer, “If you’re trying to achieve the precise alignment of rotating shafts at your facility, you had better be on the lookout for these five mis-aligners… Soft Foot Sam, High-Torque Tommy, Difficult Dan, Turning Timmy, and Felix Da Feet. With just a bit of training and a little remedial work you can kick these bad actors out of the plant and see a positive impact on your alignment routine.”

VibrAlign’s staff of expert trainers are available to help companies become more efficient and effective at keeping rotating equipment precisely aligned for optimal performance and life. The trainers are constantly on the lookout for anything that can mess up an alignment, including these five perpetrators of bad alignment.

In addition to T-Mail, VibrAlign uses the internet to provide a wide range of information about the alignment of rotating shafts. This includes the new Alignment Resource Center at http://www.shaftalignment.net and the popular alignment blog, http://www.TheAlignmentBlog.com.

VibrAlign started in 1983 as a vibration and alignment service organization and later became a distributor of equipment which, appropriately, equipped our team to better serve. VibrAlign is America’s exclusive distributor of Fixturlaser® – the manufacturer of the only touch screen tool available with 3D animation and sensor safeguard against sunlight. For thirty years now, VibrAlign has been growing across the country. Today we proudly operate out of local offices in every major region.