| Laboratory
11 Single Plane Rotor Balance | MECH324 |
| Name: __________________________ | Lab Sect. _______ |
Date: _______________ |

Rotor
speed where resonance occurs: _______RPM
Original
high spot (O vector) = ____________mils Ð _________°
heavy
spot angle = _________°
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.
Make
sure to label direction of rotation
Calibration
weight, Wcal = ____________grams Ð _________°
Label
the location of the calibration weight on the above plot as a box with Wcal
in it
O+C = ____________mils
Ð _________°
Draw
the O+C vector on the above plot using a dashed line
Draw
the C vector between O and O+C using a dashed line and then
redraw it at the origin using a solid line
C
= ____________mils Ð _________°
Draw
the -O vector
-O = ____________mils
Ð _________°
Correction
weight, Wcor = ____________grams Ð _________°
Label
the location of the correction weight on the above plot as a box with Wcor
in it.
Magnitude of displacement
with correction weight = __________ mils
Percent
decrease from original magnitude (from O vector) = ________%