January 31st, 2016

For those of you involved in identifying the root-cause of rotating equipment failure – pumps, compressors, generators, motors, turbines , gearboxes, fans, etc. – we…

November 16th, 2015

Neither balancing cost considerations, nor various rotor limitations such as journal concentricity, bearing clearances or fit, thermal stability, etc., permit balancing every rotor to as…

November 12th, 2015

An unbalanced rotor will cause vibration and stress in the rotor itself and in its supporting structure. Balancing of the rotor is therefore necessary to…

October 6th, 2015

For evaluation of machine vibration, Rotofix Solutions is constantly complying to the following ISO Standards: ISO 7919-1:1996 – Mechanical Vibration of non-reciprocating machines – Measurements…

October 5th, 2015

ISO standards compliance for shop rotor balancing or field balancing, standards used by Rotofix Solutions team as minimum requirement for certifying rotor balancing quality: ISO…

September 19th, 2015

I have re-read an interesting article on shaft runout (‘Understanding and Mitigating Shaft runout ” – Orbit Magazine, 2005) for critical rotating equipment monitored trough…

September 14th, 2015

Today, Rotofix team started a project which seeks to gather around it all passionate professionals who are regularly maintaining rotating equipment, through a blog (hosted…