Softfoot

Perform a softfoot check to ensure that the machine is resting evenly on all its feet. A softfoot can be angular and/or parallel. Softfoot can be caused by:

  • Twisted machinery foundations.
  • Twisted or damaged machinery feet.
  • Improper amount of shims under machine feet.
  • Dirt or other unwanted materials under machine feet.

Measure

Softfoot can be checked on all machines on which you have entered distances.

  1. Enter distances between the measuring units and the feet. This is done on the Prepare view.
  2. On the Measure view, tap on the tab.
  3. Place the detectors at 12 o'clock and rough align if needed.
  4. Tap in the workflow.
  5. Tap any of the feet value boxes.
  6. Loosen bolt and wait for movement. Check the graph to see when the value has stabilized.
  7. Tighten the bolt and wait for the value to stabilize again.
  8. Tap to register value.
  9. Tap another foot to measure. Tap to show the Softfoot result.
  10. Tap to return to the Measure view.
  1. Loosen bolt and wait for movement.
  2. Movement has stabilized. Tighten the bolt.
  3. Tap if you want to clear all softfoot values.
  4. Filter.

Filter

If you have a low filter, the detector filter is increased to filter 4 when you measure Softfoot. If you increase the filter setting while measuring Softfoot, the new filter will be default next time you start Softfoot.