Patent ID: 7174649

Claim:
A precision shaft alignment system for establishing concentric axial alignment of a first rotatably mounted shaft extending from a fixed unit with a second opposed, rotatably mounted shaft extending towards said first shaft from a variable position unit being positioned for use therewith, said precision alignment system comprising: a) a control and computing module; b) an input measuring means to provide precise x,y coordinates of the concentric line of axis of said variable shaft and said fixed shaft, said input measuring means in communication with said control and computing module; c) a plurality of variable position unit mounting means precision measuring modules in communication with said control and computing module to receive and transmit x/y repositioning data therefrom required to align said shafts; and d) a plurality of powered actuators integral with said variable position mounting means, said actuators in communication with and responsive to said mounting means precision measuring modules to reposition said variable position unit vertically and horizontally accordingly to align the shaft thereof to the x-y coordinates of said fixed unit shaft.