Procedure for balancing of rotors without journals
AssigneeCarl Schenck AG
InventorsHarald Schonfeld, Angelo Bauer
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Abstract
A procedure is described for the balancing of rotors without journals, as well as an auxiliary bearing arrangement used to accomplish the balancing of such rotors. Fluids function to separate the rotor being balanced from the journal exterior of the bearing arrangement and also to separate the rotor from the support surface of the bearing arrangement. A high level of precision is achieved while avoiding fixed or expanding mandrels. Improvement of the automated operation of balancing machines of this type is possible without wear on the machine. Also, additional disturbance frequencies are avoided.
Claims2
A procedure for balancing rotating bodies (rotors without journals) comprising the steps of mounting the body to be balanced directly onto a non-rotating arbor, directing fluid under pressure between the outside surface of the arbor and inside surface of the body to thereby separate the body from the arbor, rotating the body relative to the arbor, and determining the position and magnitude of the body unbalance by measuring vibration of the non-rotating arbor resulting from unbalance of the rotating body.
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