Transducer mounting bracket and verification device: apparatus and method

A transducer mounting bracket for adjustable mounting a transducer adjacent a target disposed on a rotating shaft of a machine, said bracket comprising in combination:

• a base plate including means for rigidly mounting said base within an interior of a housing of the machine and adjacent the target;
• said base plate including a pair of substantially parallel spaced apart trackways longitudinally extending in a plane substantially parallel to the rotating shaft of the machine;
• an adjustable sliding plate including a pair of substantially parallel spaced apart channels slideably coupled to said trackways and longitudinally extending in a plane substantially parallel to the rotating shaft of the machine;
• said sliding plate including a longitudinally extending transducer receiving area for rigidly supporting at least one transducer;
• wherein the transducer rigidly supported by said adjustable sliding plate is axially moveable with respect to the target being monitored by the transducer for axially positioning the transducer prior to locking said sliding plate to said base plate via a fastening means.