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Larry Jaques[_2_] Larry Jaques[_2_] is offline
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Default Balancing a fan

On Fri, 14 May 2010 07:13:46 -0700, Winston
wrote the following:

On 5/14/2010 7:07 AM, Karl Townsend wrote:
I got so much help on my sprayer, I'm trying again...

Full time investigation and part replacement has me working on this theory
of the problem cause: The squirrel cage fan is out of balance.


I bet you can whip one of these up in no time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBzviKTPMrg


That's a static balancer, Pooh. He probably needs dynamic balancing.

Karl, ask around for vibration monitoring companies. When I worked
for Palomar Technology (one of them, who was bought out by SKF), they
had techs who would check everything up to and including the 30'
turbines at SDG&E' steam/electric plant. Or ask the bearing folks
directly.

Either that or to pull the bird, apple, or mouse out of the fan
blades.


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