Housing for a compressor or expander installation, vacuum pump, generator or the like
AssigneeAtlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap
InventorRonny Antoine J. Cools
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Abstract
A housing for a compressor or expander installation, vacuum pump, generator or similar, whereby this housing is made of metal plates, wherein at least one of the aforementioned metal plates is provided with one or more reinforcing profiles, respectively longitudinal profiles that extend in a certain longitudinal direction and transverse profiles that extend along a transverse direction that forms an angle to the aforementioned longitudinal direction, whereby the various metal plates and longitudinal profiles and/or transverse profiles are joined together solely by means of mechanical fasteners.
Claims17
An installation for a compressor or expander, vacuum pump, or generator, said installation comprising a housing comprising a plurality of metal plates which form at least side walls, a front wall, a back wall, a roof, and a base of the housing,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of metal plates is provided with one or more reinforcing profiles, said one or more reinforcing profiles comprising longitudinal profiles that extend in a certain longitudinal direction and/or transverse profiles that extend along a transverse direction that forms an angle to the longitudinal direction, wherein the plurality of metal plates and the longitudinal profiles and/or the transverse profiles are joined together solely by means of mechanical fasteners,
- wherein the base of the housing comprises at least two transverse profiles and a baseplate affixed by means of mechanical fasteners over an entirety of an upper surface of the at least two transverse profiles, wherein the baseplate is folded to include only one longitudinal profile extending away from the upper surfaces of the at least two transverse profiles, wherein the only one longitudinal profile comprises an open side that is open towards the at least two transverse profiles of the base and extends across an entire length of the baseplate,
- wherein the plurality of metal plates of the side walls are fastened by mechanical fasteners to at least one of the baseplate and the at least two transverse profiles of the base of the housing,
- wherein the at least two transverse profiles are in a U-shape, and
- wherein the compressor or expander, the vacuum pump, or the generator is attached to the only one longitudinal profile of the baseplate.
A housing comprising a plurality of metal plates which form at least side walls, a front wall, a back wall, a roof, and a base of the housing,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of metal plates is provided with one or more reinforcing profiles, said one or more reinforcing profiles comprising longitudinal profiles that extend in a certain longitudinal direction and/or transverse profiles that extend along a transverse direction that forms an angle to the longitudinal direction, wherein the plurality of metal plates and the longitudinal profiles and/or the transverse profiles are joined together without making use of welding,
- wherein the base of the housing comprises at least two transverse profiles and a baseplate affixed by means of mechanical fasteners over an entirety of an upper surface of the at least two transverse profiles, wherein the baseplate is folded to include only one longitudinal profile extending away from the upper surfaces of the at least two transverse profiles, wherein the only one longitudinal profile comprises an open side that is open towards the at least two transverse profiles of the base and extends across an entire length of the baseplate,
- wherein the at least two transverse profiles are in a U-shape, and
- wherein the plurality of metal plates of the side walls are fastened by mechanical fasteners to at least one of the baseplate and the at least two transverse profiles of the base of the housing.
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