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Shaft alignment
Its a fact.
Shaft misalignment is responsible for up to 50% of all costs related to rotating machinery breakdowns.
Shafts can have angular and parallel misalignment and usually both occur at once in both the horizontal and vertical planes.

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Accurately aligning shafts can prevent a large number of machinery breakdowns that affect your company's bottom line.
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Performing your original search, conventional alignment devices, in PubMed will retrieve 487 records.
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Aug 4;92(9):1834-41.

A comparison of conventional guidewire alignment jigs with imageless

computer navigation in hip resurfacing arthroplasty.
Olsen M, Chiu M, Gamble P, Boyle RA, Tumia N, Schemitsch EH.
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Martin Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, St. Michael's Hospital, University of
Toronto, 5-066 Shuter Wing, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada. olsenmi@smh.toronto.on.ca

Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Correct positioning of the initial femoral guidewire is vital in order to prepare the femoral head properly for hip
resurfacing. The purpose of the present investigation was to determine the accuracy and precision of the placement
of the initial femoral guidewire with use of conventional alignment jigs and to compare the results with those of
imageless computer navigation.
METHODS:
Five commercially available jigs (two lateral pin jigs, two neck centering jigs, and one head planing jig) were obtained.
Four surgeons used each jig and navigation three times to insert a guidewire in 10 degrees of relative valgus and
neutral version into individual synthetic femora. A single surgeon then used each jig three times to align the initial
guidewire in 10 degrees of relative valgus and neutral version in each of ten human cadaver femora. Radiographs of
the synthetic and human femora were made to assess and compare guidewire inclination and version between
conventional instrumentation and navigation.
RESULTS:
Navigation provided ranges of error in the coronal guidewire alignment of up to eight times less than the conventional
jigs, but both methods provided similar ranges of error for version. In both arms of the study, there were significant
differences in coronal alignment accuracy between the two neck centering jigs. Next to navigation, one lateral pin jig
provided the most accurate coronal placement of the initial guidewire whereas one neck centering jig provided the
most precise coronal placement of the guidewire. Navigation was similar to conventional jigs in terms of the accuracy
and precision of guidewire version.
CONCLUSIONS:
In hip resurfacing arthroplasty, the choice of a femoral alignment device may influence the accuracy and precision of
guidewire insertion, ultimately impacting femoral component placement. Imageless computer navigation can facilitate
accurate and precise coronal alignment of the initial femoral guidewire, superior to that of conventional
instrumentation.
CLINICAL RELEVANCE:

The results of this study may aid surgeons in the selection of alignment instruments for placement of the initial
femoral guidewire during hip resurfacing.
PMID:

20686057

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Publication | 2010-12
FAG Top-Laser INLINE2
Simple shaft alignment in no time

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Technical Product Information | 2012-06

FAG Alignment Tools
Top-Laser: SMARTY2 TRUMMY2 INLINE2 SHIM

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Shaft alignment device

FAG Top-Laser INLINE2, is a PC-based alignment system for coupled shafts in motors, pumps, ventilators and gearboxes
with rolling bearings.

The advantages of the system are as follows:

simple mounting

error-free handling even by untrained personnel using step-by-step display on laptop or netbook

more precise alignment than with conventional methods

rapid, simple measurement by means of continuous rotary motion

reduced vibration and friction losses

longer machine running times

usable with conventional laptops with a USB interface

optional wireless connection for ease of use without a troublesome tangle of cables.

Actions before alignment

If a so-called soft foot is present, this should be removed before alignment is carried out. In this way, any increased
vibration tendency and bearing damage due to housing distortion is prevented. A soft foot is a machine foot that lifts off
the floor when slackened.
The FAG Top-Laser INLINE2 helps to quickly identify and eliminate the soft foot. Each individual screw foot connection is
loosened and the device is monitored to see if it displays any changes between the foot screwed firmly into place and the
loosened foot.
The computer determines any foot movement. The soft foot can then be eliminated using shims.