| Balancing Quality Grade G number | Vibration velocity in mm/s | Rotor types General examples |
|---|---|---|
G 4000 |
4000 | Crankshaft drives for large, slow marine diesel engines (piston speed below 9 m/s) and inherently unbalanced |
G 1600 |
1600 | Crankshaft drives for large, slow marine diesel engines (piston speed below 9 m/s) and inherently balanced |
G 630 |
630 | Crankshaft drives and inherently unbalanced also elastically mounted |
| G 250 | 250 | Crankshaft drives and inherently unbalanced also rigidly mounted |
G 100 |
100 | Crankshaft drives of large Diesel engines Complete reciprocating engines for cars and trucks also locomotives |
G 40 |
40 | Crankshaft drives for engines of trucks and locomotives Cars: wheels and wheel rims also wheel sets, drive shafts Crankshaft drives and inherently balanced also elastically mounted |
G 16 |
16 | Parts of crushing machinery Agricultural machinery Crankshaft drives and inherently balanced also rigidly mounted Crushing machines Drive shafts (cardan shafts and propeller shafts) |
| G 6.3 | 6.3 | Fly-wheels Fans Aircraft gas turbine rotors Electrical armatures Process plant machinery Pump impellers Aircraft gas turbines Centrifuges (separators and decanters) Electric motors and generators (of at least 80 mm shaft height), of maximum rated speeds up to 950 r/min Electric motors of shaft heights smaller than 80 mm Fans Gears Machinery, general Machine tools Paper machines Process plant machines Pumps Turbo chargers Water turbines |
| G 2.5 | 2.5 | Machine-tool drives Computer drives Turbo compressors Small electric armatures Electric motors and generators (of at least 80 mm shaft height), of maximum rated speeds above 950 r/min Gas turbines and steam turbines Machine-tool drives Textile machines Turbine-driven pumps |
| G 1 | 1 | Grinding machine drives Audio and Video drives Textile bobbins Automotive turbochargers |
| G 0.4 | 0.4 | Gyroscopes Disk-drives Spindles and drives of high-precision applications |