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Alignment Tolerances

This document provides general alignment tolerances for machinery based on industry standards. It includes tables listing acceptable tolerance values for offset, angularity, and spacer shaft length at different RPMs in both metric and imperial units. The tolerances shown are maximum allowable deviations and are intended as guidelines, as some machines may require tighter specifications from the manufacturer.

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Alignment Tolerances

This document provides general alignment tolerances for machinery based on industry standards. It includes tables listing acceptable tolerance values for offset, angularity, and spacer shaft length at different RPMs in both metric and imperial units. The tolerances shown are maximum allowable deviations and are intended as guidelines, as some machines may require tighter specifications from the manufacturer.

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Machinery Alignment Tolerance Tables

The suggested alignment tolerances shown here are general values based upon experience and
general industry standards and should not be exceeded. (Note: If a manufacturer of a machine or
coupling require tighter alignment tolerances, those should be used)

Consider all values listed to be the maximum allowable deviation from the alignment target, be it
zero, or some desired value to compensate for thermal growth. In most cases, a quick glance at
the table will tell whether coupling misalignment is allowable or not. Metric tolerances are given
for machines with a 50Hz supply running at multiples/fractions of 3000 RPM. Imperial tolerances
are given for machines with a 60 Hz supply running at multiples/fractions of 3600 RPM. Angularity
is usually measured in terms of gap width at the edge of the coupling. For a given amount of
angularity, the larger the diameter, the wider the gap at the coupling edge. The table lists values
for coupling diameters of 100 mm or 10". If actual coupling diameter is required, multiply the
value from the table by the appropriate factor.

(RPM) metric (mm) inch (mils)

Align machine to within “Acceptable” Soft foot any 0.06mm 2.0 mils
tolerances based upon coupling type
and RPM Short "flexible" Excellent Excellent
couplings
Acceptable Acceptable
600 9.0 5.0
750 0.19 0.09
Offset 1500 0.09 0.06
1800 3.0 2.0
3000 0.06 0.03
3600 1.5 1.0
6000 0.03 0.02
7200 1.0 0.5
Angularity
(gap difference at 600 15.0 10.0
coupling edge per 100 750 0.13 0.09
millimeters diameter 1500 0.07 0.05
1800 5.0 3.0
3000 0.04 0.03
3600 3.0 2.0
6000 0.03 0.02
Complements of Pruftechnik, dB 7200 2.0 1.0
“There Is A Better Way”
Spacer shafts and
membrane (disk)
couplings
Offset
(per 100 millimeters 600 3.0 1.8
For spacer shafts, the spacer length or per inch 750 0.25 0.15
corresponding table gives the of spacer length) 1500 0.12 0.07
maximum allowable offset for 1800 1.0 0.6
each 100 mm or inch of spacer 3000 0.07 0.04
3600 0.5 0.3
shaft length. 6000 0.03 0.02
7200 0.3 0.2

"Acceptable" limits are calculated from sliding velocity of lubricated steel on steel, using a
conservative value of 12 mm/sec. (0.5 in./sec.) for allowable sliding velocity. These values also
coincide with those derived from elastomer shear rates, so they also apply to short couplings with
flexible elements. The "excellent" values draw on vibration observations made upon a wide
variety of industrial machines to determine the critical misalignment for vibration; however,
compliance with these tolerance values does not guarantee vibration-free operation of a particular
machine. Rigid couplings have no tolerance for misalignment, they should be aligned as
accurately as possible.

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