Hofmann’s Portable Runout Inspection System RO 7000 provides a solution to measure radial and axial runout of rotors and other cylindrical parts in multiple axial planes. During a measurement a rotor will be supported for example in a lathe, in V-blocks or on rollers. Rotors may be rotated by a motorized drive or manually. The system consists of a measuring controller to be hooked-up to a PC, a sensor set and the measuring software Orbistar.
A special feature of RO 7000 is its capability to measure electrical runout simultaneously with a tactile (mechanical runout) and an eddy current senor (total runout). The electrical runout is the difference between the total and the mechanical runout, i.e. the systematic measurement error of the eddy current sensor. This measuring value is useful when inspecting traces used for shaft vibration measurements.
Special features
• Measuring of radial and axial runout
• Measuring of mechanical and electrical runout
• portable system for universal application
• flexible und simple handling
• compatible with Hofmann’s stationary Runout-Testing-Machines UHR
• Measuring software Orbistar 2
o simple and intuitive Windows software
o ad-hoc or offline measuring setup programming,
data analysis and report generation
o simple exchange of measuring data between Orbistar users
o csv-file data export
o compensation of systematic measuring errors of
typical bearing setups
o compensation of lateral and axial rotor axis movement
o display of measuring values as x-y or polar diagram
or as 3D diagram with multiple polar diagrams each
referenced to an axial rotor coordinate
o analysis of measuring data including order analysis, eccentricity etc.
o report templates editable to suit customer-specific requirements
Application
• Measurement of radial and axial runout of rotors in
o manufacturing
o maintenance, repair and overhaul
• Measurement of
o mechanical runout
o total runout
o electrical runout
o with precise angular reference
• Checking of the runout of measuring traces used for monitoring shaft vibrations acc. to ISO 20816-1, API 610, API 612, API 617 or API 687
