Principles of Dial Alignment

Catalog description

This course is restricted to students presently studying under the direction and oversight of an approved apprenticeship program, working in partnership with Columbus State Community College. Content covers the principles of the reverse double dial alignment method used to measure and calculate misalignment. The course covers the necessary data needed to determine offset and angularity misalignment values by plotting values on graphs. In addition formulas used to calculate misalignment corrections are presented and factors, which may have an adverse affect on alignment, are discussed. The use of the reverse double dial alignment procedure to determine and correct for misalignment is also covered. It also includes procedures for determining bracket sag, taking dial indicator readings, adjusting vertical and horizontal alignment, and verifying the results.