Skip Nav Destination
Fundamentals of Rotating Machinery Diagnostics
ISBN:
9780971408104
No. of Pages:
756
Publisher:
ASME Press
Publication date:
2002
eBook Chapter
16 Basic Balancing of Rotor Systems
Page Count:
46
-
Published:2002
Citation
Bently, DE, Hatch, CT, & Grissom, B. "Basic Balancing of Rotor Systems." Fundamentals of Rotating Machinery Diagnostics. Ed. Bently, DE, Hatch, CT, & Grissom, B. ASME Press, 2002.
Download citation file:
Unbalance exists in all rotating machinery; when the vibration due to unbalance exceeds allowable limits, balancing is required.
Unbalance and Rotor Response
Vibration Transducers and Balancing
Balancing Methodology
Locating the Heavy Spot Using a Polar Plot
Using Polar Plots of Velocity and Acceleration Data
Selecting the Calibration Weight
Relating Balance Ring Location to Polar Plot Location
Single Plane Balancing With Calibration Weights
Weight Splitting
The Influence Vector
The Influence Vector and Dynamic Stiffness
Multiple Modes and Multiplane Balancing
Multiplane Balancing With Influence Vectors
How Balancing Can Go Wrong
Summary
References
This content is only available via PDF.
You do not currently have access to this chapter.
Email alerts
Related Chapters
Introduction I: Role of Engineering Science
Fundamentals of heat Engines: Reciprocating and Gas Turbine Internal Combustion Engines
Research Tools
Bearing Dynamic Coefficients in Rotordynamics: Computation Methods and Practical Applications
Phase
Fundamentals of Rotating Machinery Diagnostics
Half and Full Spectrum Plots
Fundamentals of Rotating Machinery Diagnostics
Related Articles
Application and Comparison of High Breakdown-Point and Bounded-Influence Estimators to Rotor Balancing
J. Vib. Acoust (December,2010)
Spray Automated Balancing of Rotors: Concept and Initial Feasibility Study
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power (October,1989)
Experimental Evaluation of Multiplane-Multispeed Rotor Balancing Through Multiple Critical Speeds
J. Eng. Ind (August,1976)
