Method, apparatus and system for reducing vibration in a rotary system of a watercraft
AssigneeProf. Dr. Lars Bertil Carnehammar
InventorNorbert Seitz
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Abstract
A method of reducing vibration in a rotary system (120, 130, 140) of a watercraft, for example a cargo ship (100), comprising balancing said rotary system (120, 30, 140), characterized by providing a rotational element (300, 302-306) comprising a chamber (310-312) having a fulcrum on a rotational axis (340) of said rotational element (300, 302-306), comprising a circumferential balancing area (320) and being partially filled with an amount of a thixotropic balancing substance (330). A corresponding apparatus and system.
Claims11
A method of reducing vibration in a rotary system of a watercraft, comprising:
- balancing said rotary system by
- providing a rotational element comprising a chamber having a fulcrum on a rotational axis of said rotational element, comprising a circumferential balancing area and being partially filled with an amount of a thixotropic balancing substance.
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An apparatus for reducing vibration in a rotary system of a watercraft comprising:
- a rotational element comprising a chamber having a fulcrum on a rotational axis of said rotational element, comprising a circumferential balancing area and being partially filled with an amount of a thixotropic balancing substance.
A rotary system of a watercraft for reducing vibration in said rotary system, comprising:
- a rotational element comprising a chamber having a fulcrum on a rotational axis of said rotational element, comprising a circumferential balancing area and being partially filled with an amount of a thixotropic balancing substance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.