Run one non-measuring mock setup at the stopped machine. Identify both mounting positions, trace the reference path, and test whether rotation and operator access can coexist. Classify the result as ready with named items, ready after a specific obstruction is removed, or not ready. Resolve exceptions on site before making a hire enquiry.
\nAlignment equipment access is ready for a hire discussion when the intended measurement positions can be reached and the mounting surfaces are known. The narrower task is to find physical setup failures before equipment is sent: blocked sight lines, insufficient clearance, unsuitable mounting material, an immovable shaft or a missing reference surface.
\nThese alignment equipment mounting checks are deliberately separate from full shutdown planning. They do not allocate users, records, permits or sequencing. They answer one product-independent question: can a measuring arrangement be physically established at the prepared machine?
\nBegin at the first proposed sensor position and trace the space that the measuring components, brackets and line of sight would occupy. Use the machine’s expected workfront, not a photograph taken with guards or adjacent equipment in a different state.
\nLook for four forms of physical interruption:
\nRecord the obstruction and its location. “Limited access” is too broad for the site checklist. “Pipework leaves only a narrow flange face on the inboard side” identifies the constraint that the site must resolve in its mounting plan.
\nThe alignment bracket and shim range includes compact chain-type, compact magnetic, sliding magnetic, extra-thin, magnetic bolt-hole and Cardan brackets. Those names represent different mounting dependencies, not interchangeable items.
\nFor every intended position, record the surface material, available width, shaft or coupling diameter where relevant, and whether the component can rotate. Include a current photograph with a scale reference where site rules allow. A nominal machine model cannot reveal a local obstruction or a replaced coupling.
\nThe compact magnetic bracket shows why surface facts matter. It is intended for ferromagnetic surfaces and can sit on coupling flanges or shaft faces, including narrow coupling flanges. If the available surface is non-ferromagnetic, inaccessible or too irregular for the proposed contact, a magnetic bracket name cannot solve the setup.
\nThis is a go/no-go observation, not a supplier selection. The site must check any named alternative against the actual geometry.
\nA measuring position can be reachable while the required movement or reference remains unavailable. Record whether the relevant shaft can rotate under the site’s planned condition and whether the reference face, bore or line can be seen from the proposed setup.
\nFor a shaft relationship, check both sides of the coupling. One accessible face does not prove that the paired measuring arrangement can be mounted or viewed. For a bore or geometric task, identify the start and end reference positions and any casing step, internal obstruction or change of diameter between them.
\nAn accessory name is not a workaround. “Cardan bracket” establishes an equipment family, while “extra-thin bracket” signals a clearance-focused option. Neither proves compatibility with the machine in front of the planner. The physical record should be detailed enough for the proposed item to be checked without guessing.
\nClassify each setup problem by what must change before measurement could be discussed:
\nThis short classification prevents an accessory enquiry from concealing a basic access failure. It also keeps the result product-independent. The site can change the workfront, supply missing dimensions or establish another position before naming an accessory.
\nThe access review is complete when each intended measurement position has:
\nThe decision is “ready to name the items” only when those facts describe a physically credible setup path. It is “no-go for the current workfront” when a required position, reference or clearance remains unavailable. Neither result transfers the fit decision to the hire enquiry.
\nAfter a go decision, the specialist alignment equipment hire range identifies the literal equipment category. The access record should identify the paired positions as well as the individual mounting surfaces, since a workable bracket at one point does not establish a complete measuring relationship.
\nA useful field trial is literal: place the proposed bracket position against the real casing, confirm surface contact and clearance, and check whether the measurement line remains unobstructed through the required movement.
\nA mounting trial at the machine should precede the hire commitment. Once the bracket or alignment accessory is named, arrange its hire through Aquip. Materially different machine arrangements require separate trials; an accessory list assembled away from the workfront cannot establish a physical result. Confirm the window and included pieces.
\nRecord the actual mounting face, clearance result and any obstruction beside the machine reference. Include the bracket orientation, usable contact area and the line-of-sight constraint that mattered during the trial. Where a guard or coupling position changes the available geometry, state the exact machine condition under which the trial was completed.
\nRepeat the trial for materially different machine arrangements rather than copying the first result across the shutdown list. Close the check with the physical mounting result at the machine, not with an accessory list assembled away from the workfront.
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