SKF Soft foot vs Flowserve Academy

The Soft foot app is designed to be used with the SKF Shaft Alignment Tool TKSA 51 and TKSA 71. Together, the hardware and the app form an alignment system that allows soft foot identification and corrections to be made in an intuitive and easy way. The system uses line laser to PSD technology that enables highly accurate and reliable soft foot measurements. The hardware and the Soft foot app communicate wirelessly via Bluetooth®. Without the hardware the app can nonetheless be used, as it features a fully functional demonstration mode allowing the complete soft foot process to be experienced before purchasing the TKSA 51 or TKSA 71 instrument.

 KEY FEATURES: 
• Very easy-to-use – The Soft foot app focuses on making the soft foot detection as easy as possible and enables accurate soft foot corrections. 

• Demonstration mode – The Soft foot app offers a fully functional demonstration mode allowing the complete soft foot adjustment process to be experienced before the purchase of a TKSA 51 or TKSA 71. 

• Automatic measurement report – Automatically generated measurement reports give a complete overview of the soft foot process and results. The reports can be customised with additional notes, a machine picture, a signature and can easily be shared via email or cloud services.

 • Explanatory videos – Easy to follow videos demonstrating how to set up and perform accurate measurements. 

• 3D Animations – 3D animations guide the user through the measurement process, allowing accurate soft foot measurement to be performed in a very easy way.

 • Machine library and QR code scanner – Helps keeping track of the machines that have been measured. Machine information like distances, the machine picture, and other details are saved for each machine and can be reused the next time the same machine is measured. QR codes can be scanned to identify a machine and quickly retrieve its details. The library can also be used for easy access to all the reports generated for each machine in one place. HARDWARE – SKF Shaft Alignment Tool TKSA 51 and TKSA 71:
 The SKF TKSA 51 and TKSA 71 systems use a pair of measurement units that are combined with laser transmitter and detectors to measure and correct shaft alignment with high accuracy and reliability. The data is transferred in real time through Bluetooth® 4.0 LE to the app.

 IMPORTANT NOTE:
 This app is designed to be used with the SKF Shaft Alignment Tool TKSA 51 and TKSA 71 hardware. The SKF TKSA 51 or TKSA 71 can be purchased separately from your local SKF Authorized Distributor. 

For more information and technical specifications about the SKF Shaft Alignment Tools, please visit our website.

Flowserve Academy The Flowserve Academy is intended to give customers access to a wide range of industry expertise including best practices, product knowledge, and digital solutions. Currently, the platform offers four valuable tools, the Educational Services Digital Course Catalog, Mechanical Seal Piping Plans App, Seal Failure Analysis App, and Cyberlab Pump Simulator. Educational Services Digital Course Catalog Provides companies around the world with a wide range of innovative programs focused on helping plant operators, reliability engineers, and maintenance personnel to deepen their understanding of pumping systems. Cyberlab Pump Simulator CYBERLAB brings the reality of pumps, seals, and systems to the classroom. Students learn safe equipment startup procedures, how failures can occur, affinity laws, how pump operations affect seal temperature, effects of seal piping plans, and more. With CYBERLAB, participants can get virtual “hands-on” experience to more equipment than we could ever pack into a classroom. Mechanical Seal Piping Plans App Flowserve recognizes one of the most effective ways to achieve long, uninterrupted mechanical seal life is to create a healthy environment around the seal faces. Piping plans help keep mechanical seals running cool and clean, promote safe handling of dangerous fluids, and extend the operational availability of rotating equipment. This app provides a concise summary of the most essential piping plans used successfully in today’s process plants. Each plan shows all the standard and optional auxiliary components referenced in ISO 21049 / API Standard 682 and recommended by Flowserve Seal Failure Analysis App The Flowserve Seal Failure Analysis app is a web-based tool designed to visually identify and prevent mechanical seal failures. Accessible via desktop, tablet, and mobile devices, this easy-to-use reference tool is an invaluable resource to maintenance technicians, maintenance supervisors, and reliability engineers tasked with troubleshooting seal failures, maintaining equipment, and maximizing uptime.