METHOD OF DETERMINING OPTIMAL TORQUE OF A FOUNDATION FASTENER

摘要

A method of determining and verifying an acceptable torque value for a foundation fastener used to secure a pair of adjacently located rotating machines having their shafts coupled together. An alignment engineer enters characteristics respective to a proposed foundation fastener into a software directed processing device. The processor analyzes the fastener characteristics when applied to the specific application of the adjacently located rotating machines to determine a target torque value. The processing device utilizes the calculated torque to determine an anticipated elongation of the fastener. The anticipated elongation is compared to an acceptable elongation range to determine if the proposed target torque value is acceptable. Once the software determines the proposed fastener and target torque value are acceptable for the application, the software informs the alignment engineer accordingly.