
This hands-on course provides practical training in precision shaft alignment of rotating machinery using laser alignment systems and dial indicators. Participants will learn how to achieve precision alignment tolerances, identify and correct soft foot conditions, and compensate for thermal growth to improve machine reliability and performance. Content Provider: NATCOM
Alignment Introduction. Determining the alignment state. Shaft Alignment mathematics. Understanding Dial Indicators. Soft Foot checks and corrections. Dynamic and thermal movement.
The Rim – Face dial indicator method. The “Reverse Dial” method. Laser Alignment. Machine Moving. Practical training and hands-on demonstration.
Nader Shafik Farah is Vice President of Engineering and Trainings at NATCOM, which he has helped build for over twenty years. A Cairo University engineering graduate, he leads the company's work in turbomachinery control, vibration monitoring and reliability — and personally instructs its ISO 18436 vibration analysis (Cat I–III) and condition-monitoring programmes, connecting the standards directly to real field practice.
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