Bearing assembly and adjustment screw for adjusting the bearing clearance

A bearing assembly for mounting a rotor (1) in a fixed housing (2), comprising

• a plurality of slide bearing segments (3) fastenable to the fixed housing (2), wherein each slide bearing segment (3) comprises a slide bearing body (6), which supports itself on a sliding surface (7) of a component section of the rotor (1);
• an adjusting screw (8);
• a bearing clearance arranged in a region of each of the plurality of slide bearing segments (3) between the respective slide bearing body (6) and the sliding surface (7) of the respective component section, on which the slide bearing body (6) supports itself, the bearing clearance being adjustable by the adjusting screw (8),
• wherein the adjusting screw (8) comprises an external thread (10), via which the adjusting screw (8) can be screwed into a recess (9) on the housing side, the recess (9) comprising an internal thread (11), and wherein the respective adjusting screw (8) comprises a groove (12) on an outer circumference limited axially on both sides by sections (13, 14) of the adjusting screw (8);
• and
• a clamping screw (16) configured to extend through the sections (13, 14) of the adjusting screw (8), which axially limits the groove (12) of the adjusting screw (8), and thus also through the groove (12), via which clamping screw (16) the sections (13, 14) of the adjusting screw (8), which axially limit the groove (12) of the same, can be clamped, thereby locking the adjusting screw (8) in the recess (9).

An adjusting screw (8) for adjusting a bearing clearance in a region of each of a plurality of slide bearing segments of a bearing assembly for mounting a rotor (1) in a fixed housing (2), the adjusting screw (8) comprising:

• an external thread (10);
• a groove (12) arranged on the outer circumference, which is axially limited on both sides by sections (13, 14) of the adjusting screw (8);
• and
• a clamping screw (16) configured to extend through the sections (13, 14) of the adjusting screw (8), which axially limits the groove (12) of the adjusting screw (8), and thus also through the groove (12), via which clamping screw (16) the sections (13, 14) of the adjusting screw (8), which axially limit the groove (12) of the same, can be clamped, thereby locking the adjusting screw (8) in a recess (9) on the housing side.