SKF improves belt alignment tool

After customer feedback, SKF has made design improvements to the popular precision laser tool, BeltAlign, which ensures the perfect alignment of belts and pulleys. The new version, BeltAlign TMEB 2, provides a more user-friendly interface than the previous version and improved manufacturing methods have enabled a 35% reduction in price.

The BeltAlign devices fit within the pulley grooves, as greater accuracy can be obtained by placing them exactly where the belt runs. Moreover, this method ensures accurate alignment, even when the pulleys are of different diameter or width. Traditionally, belt arrangements are aligned using trial and error adjustments, or one of the mechanical tools that enable the face or edge of the pulley to be aligned. However, neither of these methods is satisfactory for modern, high-speed precision machinery, where misaligned pulleys and belts account for premature damage to both the belts and the bearings.

V-guides and powerful magnets allow BeltAlign to be fitted in the grooves of the pulley. With only two components, a laser-emitting unit and a receiver unit, the BeltAlign is quickly and easily attached. The three-dimensional target area on the receiver unit allows the easy detection of misalignment as well as its nature; for instance whether it is horizontal, vertical, parallel or a combination of all three. Armed with this precise information, the operator can quickly make adjustments until the laser line corresponds to the reference line on the receiver unit.

The BeltAlign tool is powered by two AA size batteries and is packed in its own rugged carrying case for convenient portability.

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For further information contact: Phil Burge
SKF (U.K.) Limited
Sundon Park Road, Luton, Bedfordshire LU3 3BL
Telephone: 01582 490049 Facsimile: 01582 848091
E-mail: phil.burge@skf.com