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Copyright 2016 by Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1 Rotor Balancing Tutorial Ray Kelm, Owner/Chief Engineer Kelm Engineering, LLC Friendswood, TX, USA Dustin Pavelek, Consulting Engineer Kelm Engineering, LLC Friendswood, TX, USA Walter Kelm, Graduate Engineer Kelm Engineering, LLC Friendswood, TX, USA Ray Kelm, is owner and Chief Engineer of Kelm Engineering, LLC located in Friendswood, Texas. The company specializes in numerical modeling and field testing of dynamic systems including rotating and reciprocating machinery as well as piping systems and other equipment. He has 30+ years of experience in the oil & gas, power, manufacturing and petrochemical industries. He holds a in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University and a in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas, a member of the Vibration Institute Board of Directors, and ASME.
possibly from rubs, or other causes. Balance correction is most effective when it is applied at or on the component that actually has the unbalance. In most cases the rotor is manufactured from a number of components (impellers, balance disks, thrust collars, etc.) that will each have some level of unbalance during assembly of the rotor.
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