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US 10,072,703 B2Granted
Bearing arrangement comprising a corrosion protection device
AssigneeIMO Holding GmbH
InventorHubertus Frank
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InventorHubertus Frank
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The invention relates to a corrosion protection device for a bearing arrangement used or usable in machine and/or plant parts and a method for using such (a) corrosion protection device(s), wherein the bearing arrangement consists of at least one metallic material, e.g. 25CrMo4, 42CrMo4, 43CrMo4, 34CrNiMo6, C45, C45N, X20Cr13, GG-20, GGG-40, GS15, St 37 or the like and is used for the mutual relative movement of at least two bearing rings, wherein the bearing arrangement comprises a plurality of rolling elements and a plurality of through-bores and/or a plurality of blind bores, as well as a first screw-mounting surface for affixing a first mating structure and a second screw-mounting surface for affixing an opposite mating structure, characterized in that the corrosion protection device is integrated into at least one of the through-bores and/or blind bores or is or can be introduced in or at such bores.
A method for improving corrosion protection in a bearing arrangement, namely a rolling bearing, a large rolling bearing, a torque bearing or a slewing ring, the bearing arrangement comprising a first and a second bearing ring each consisting of at least one metallic material, wherein the first bearing ring comprises a first screw-mounting surface for affixing to a first mating structure, while the second bearing ring comprises a second screw-mounting surface for affixing to a second mating structure, wherein each of the first and second screw-mounting surfaces comprises boreholes for receiving a respective screw for a coronally screwing of the bearing arrangement to the first and second mating structure, characterized in that before the bearing arrangement is installed between a first and a second mating structure, at least one screwing borehole of at least one of the bearing rings is provided with at least one sleeve made from non-metallic material and moistened or impregnated or even filled with a corrosion protection agent, said sleeve being impregnated with terminal grease or moistened with terminal grease, or serving as a carrier material for corrosion inhibitors.
A method for improving corrosion protection in a bearing arrangement, namely a rolling bearing, a large rolling bearing, a torque bearing or a slewing ring, the bearing arrangement comprising a first and a second bearing ring each consisting of at least one metallic material, wherein the first bearing ring comprises a first screw-mounting surface for affixing to a first mating structure, while the second bearing ring comprises a second screw-mounting surface for affixing to a second mating structure, wherein each of the first and second screw-mounting surfaces comprises boreholes for receiving a respective screw for a coronally screwing of the bearing arrangement to the first and second mating structure, characterized in that before the bearing arrangement is installed between a first and a second mating structure, at least one of the bearing rings is impregnated with terminal grease or moistened with terminal grease at or in its at least one borehole.
A method for improving corrosion protection in a bearing arrangement, namely a rolling bearing, a large rolling bearing, a torque bearing or a slewing ring, the bearing arrangement comprising a first and a second bearing ring each consisting of at least one metallic material, wherein the first bearing ring comprises a first screw-mounting surface for affixing to a first mating structure, while the second bearing ring comprises a second screw-mounting surface for affixing to a second mating structure, wherein each of the first and second screw-mounting surfaces comprises boreholes for receiving a respective screw for a coronally screwing of the bearing arrangement to the first and second mating structure, characterized in that corrosion-inhibiting or corrosion-preventing powder is placed in at least one screwing borehole of the bearing rings.
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