Bearing unit for rotary anodes of x-ray tubes
AssigneePaul Mueller GmbH & Co. KG Unternehmensbeteiligungen
InventorsWolfgang KAIKA, Stefan TRITTHART, Thomas MAUSSNER
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Abstract
A bearing unit for rotary anodes of x-ray tubes includes a shaft and a flange element to which a rotary anode can be attached, wherein: the bearing unit can be inserted into a cutout within the x-ray tube and locked in place; the shaft is mounted via a first bearing element and a further bearing element; the first bearing element and the further bearing element each consists of an angular ball bearing mounted on the shaft and having an inner ring and an outer ring; and at least one spacer element is mounted between the inner rings and/or the outer rings of the first and the second bearing element.
Claims12
A bearing unit (1) for rotary anodes of X-ray tubes, having a shaft (2) and a flange element (3) on which a rotary anode is attachable, wherein
- the bearing unit (1) is insertable into a receptacle within the X-ray tube and is lockable in place therein,
- the shaft (2) is received by way of a first bearing element (4) and a further bearing element (5),
- the first bearing element (4) and the further bearing element (5) are in each case composed of an angular ball bearing (6, 9) which is disposed on the shaft (2) and has an internal ring (7, 10) and an external ring (8, 11),
- at least one spacer element (12, 13) is attached between the internal rings (7, 10) and/or the external rings (8, 11) of the first and of the second bearing element (4, 5).
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