High rotational speed rotor and turbocompressor comprising the same
AssigneeClimat Gestion SA
InventorsJürg SCHIFFMANN, Luis Eric OLMEDO
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Abstract
Disclosed is a turbocompressor including at least one rotor the axis of which includes at least one preloading element permanently maintaining the diameter of the axis larger than its natural diameter. Also disclosed is a high speed rotor and a method of manufacturing the same.
Claims15
A high speed rotor having a hollow axis and an impeller, wherein the hollow axis has a natural diameter and a preloaded diameter higher than its natural diameter, wherein the high speed rotor comprises at least one preloading element maintaining its preloaded diameter in absence of external constraints.
Process for combining a rotor and at least one preloading element, said rotor having a hollow axis having an external natural diameter and said preloading element having a diameter larger than said natural diameter, the process comprising the step of inserting said at least one preloading element in the internal space under preloading conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.