The most important requirement is to have someone who knows what he is doing, and cares enough to do it right. Continuity is another important factor. Even with good people, frequent movement from location to location can cause neglect of things such as tooling completeness and pre alignment requirements.
The saying that “you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear” also applies to machinery alignment. Before undertaking and alignment job, it is prudent to check for other deficiencies which would largely nullify the benefits or prevent the attainment and retention of good alignment. Here is a list of such items and questions to ask oneself.
