Laboratory 11
Single Plane Rotor Balance

MECH324
Dynamics of Machines


Name: __________________________Lab Sect. _______

Date: _______________


  1. Rotor speed where resonance occurs: _______RPM
     

  2. Original high spot (O vector) = ____________mils Ð _________°
     

  3. heavy spot angle = _________°
     

  4. Draw, to scale, the O vector on the above plot (using compass and ruler). Also draw and label a line to represent the heavy spot direction.
     

  5. Make sure to label direction of rotation
     

  6. Calibration weight, Wcal =  ____________grams Ð _________°
     

  7. Label the location of the calibration weight on the above plot as a box with Wcal in it
     

  8. O+C =  ____________mils Ð _________°
     

  9. Draw the O+C vector on the above plot using a dashed line
     

  10. Draw the C vector between O and O+C using a dashed line and then redraw it at the origin using a solid line
     

  11. C =  ____________mils Ð _________°
     

  12. Draw the -O vector
     

  13. -O = ____________mils Ð _________°
     

  14. Correction weight, Wcor =  ____________grams Ð _________°
     

  15. Label the location of the correction weight on the above plot as a box with Wcor in it.
     

  16. Magnitude of displacement with correction weight = __________ mils
     

  17. Percent decrease from original magnitude (from O vector) = ________%