Si BRAIN ack-to-Ba X to Y and Y to X Bently Nevada’s new convention also the terminology associated Viewpoint — | with ie Poresample, as digits locks and uP svatelies rephice analog ones, the terms W + y Clockwise” and “counterclockwise” may lose their meaning, That would make those terms unsuitable to describe shaft rotation and the direction of wibra tion precession. + + ‘he diction of shaft ration andthe dlisection of wibraion precession, using the old convention cf cle ae * ~ a counterclockwise, depend! on the vf point of che observer. That is, 4 rotating clockwise when observed from. + + + + + fone enn of the machine sorates counte clockwise when observed from the ather end, These ambiguities cane eliminaved t+ oF + oF + wth a change in teminoiogy Shaft rotation and the direction of vibration can be deseribed as rotating or vibrating from the ¥ transducer to the X transducer, or Y co X. This convention depends on using the well-established! wansducer mounting convention (be Caresian coorclinate system) as the reference, When mounting transducers. the physical viewpoiat of the machine shoulel always be selected as looking from the driver to the driven end, Once the uansclucers are moupted correctly the roration of he shaft, as well as the direction of vibration peacesston, can be described ay X WY Or ¥ 0X, regarlless of the viewpoint direction, ‘This is Bently Nevada Corporation's new stancardl for plot formats. In this 'ssuc ofthe Orbit, nowce that transducer plot markers arc labeled Xan. Shaft rotation dicection 2X (ewT OF "X10 Y" (COW) aw noted as "V to June 1995 _ Orbit 27