Seating and locking system for turbomachinery
AssigneeEbara International Corporation
InventorKeijun Kamio
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Abstract
A seating and locking system for turbomachinery attached to the customer column housing the turbomachine. The seating and locking system includes two or more actuated pistons that push against a piston seat or locking groove of the turbomachine. The actuated pistons secure the turbomachine within the costumer column to prevent the turbomachine from moving and getting damaged. The seating and locking system further includes a seat attached below the customer column with two or more spring loaded rods. The seat forces the customer column and the turbomachine to remain fixed to the bottom of the vessel housing the customer column and the turbomachine. Embodiments can be used with pumps, expanders, turbines, compressors, and fans.
Claims20
A seating and locking system for a machine contained within a vessel, comprising:
- a lower seat placed on a bottom of the vessel;
- two or more pistons arranged around a suction valve of a customer column housing the machine, the machine seated within the customer column and standing on the lower seat;
- a supply line feeding a pressurized fluid to the two or more pistons, the pressurized fluid increasing a pressure within the two or more pistons and causing the two or more pistons to exert approximately equal forces on a locking groove of the machine to prevent the machine from moving from side to side within the customer column;
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- two or more spring loaded rods arranged around a circumference of the suction valve and connecting the suction valve with the lower seat.
A seating and locking system for a machine contained within a vessel, comprising:
- a lower seat placed on a bottom of the vessel;
- two or more pistons arranged around a customer column housing the machine, the machine seated within the customer column and standing on the lower seat;
- a supply line feeding a pressurized fluid to the two or more pistons, the pressurized fluid increasing a pressure within the two or more pistons and causing the two or more pistons to exert approximately equal forces on the machine to prevent the machine from moving from side to side within the customer column;
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- two or more spring loaded rods arranged around a circumference of the customer column and connecting the customer column with the lower seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.