Roller Alignment - Mechanics

Presented by David R. Roisum, Ph.D., Finishing Technologies, Inc.

This paper describes a number of instruments and techniques that can be used in the roller alignment process ranging from simple observation, to hand tools and finally to gyroscopes, lasers and optical tooling. This paper shows how these instruments can be used to measure roller level, square, parallelism as well as set common centerline locations. Finally, this paper describes design and maintenance techniques to speed up the costly alignment process.