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C-Cubed unveils Pocketvibra add-on

A C-Cubed product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Jan 29, 2009

C-Cubed will launch Pocketbalancer, its low-cost Pocketvibra add-on for single and two-plane balancing at Maintec 2009.

Pocketbalancer works in a similar way to the machine that a garage uses to balance car tyres.

One run to find the heavy spot, followed by a second run with a trial weight, it then works out exactly how much weight, and at what angle, is required to balance it.

Just like a car tyre that is out of balance, any motor, pump or fan running out of balance will be subject to excessive vibration, which will cause premature failure if not corrected.

Additional features of Pocketbalancer such as simplified built-in weight calculation and coast-down enable balancing to be done in as few runs as possible.

Unlike other units where trial weight placement is still hit and miss, Pocketbalancer can reduce the out of balance when placing the trial weight by working out where the heavy spot is.

If the initial placement is wrong, this often results in excessive vibration and the motor has to be shut down and tried again.

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