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Validity Rule
Next, to introduce The Validity Rule, let’s set the indicator to zero at 12:00. Now we’re
going to take a reading every 90 degrees for the full 360 degrees. We call this taking
sweep dial indicator readings.
First let’s get a reading at 3:00. We get 5 mils. Another 90 degrees to 6:00 and that
value is 30 mils. Next we read at 9:00 and that reads at 25 mils. And then back to 12:00
and the indicator comes back to zero.
The Validity Rule states that when we rotate the shafts, the value we acquire at the top
plus the value at the bottom must equal the sum of the value at 3:00 and the value at
9:00. So we have zero at 12:00 and 30 at 6:00. We have 5 at 3:00 and 25 at 9:00.
Top plus bottom must equal side plus side.
ON SCREEN: 0 + 30 = 5 + 25
The power of the validity rule is that we don’t have to rotate a full 360 degrees in order
to get accurate alignment information. That can come in very handy if we have
obstructions. For example, with a lot of small machines it’s impossible to get a reading
at 6:00.
We only have to rotate 180 degrees and take just 3 readings, since if we know 3 of the
values, we can always calculate the 4th value.
Whether you’re using dial indicators or a laser alignment system this rule still applies.
The Validity Rule is also the basis for a powerful measurement concept that VibrAlign
has pioneered, which we call True Position Sensing.