Patents by Inventor Shugo TAKAKI
Shugo TAKAKI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11415136Abstract: Provided is a screw compressor including a screw rotor configured to compress a gas due to rotation of the screw rotor about an axis of the screw rotor and a casing housing the screw rotor rotatably and provided with a suction port for a gas, the casing being provided with a suction side space through which a gas flowing into the casing from the suction port and not yet sucked by the screw rotor flows. The casing is provided with a heating fluid passage for introducing a heating fluid into the suction side space so as to heat oil staying in the suction side space.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: KOBE STEEL, LTD.Inventors: Shugo Takaki, Yasushi Amano, Hirofumi Saito, Masato Hayashi
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Patent number: 11143632Abstract: In a rotating machine abnormality detection device, a rotating machine abnormality detection method, and a rotating machine according to the present invention, vibration caused by at least one of first and second rotating bodies is measured, a predetermined feature amount related to a frequency component is obtained based on a frequency spectrum of the measurement data, and determination is made on presence/absence of abnormality based on the obtained predetermined feature amount. On this occasion, when determination is made that abnormality is present, determination whether the determination of abnormality is caused by noise or not is made based on the frequency spectrum, and when determination is made that the determination of abnormality is not caused by the noise, the determined abnormality is ultimately considered as abnormality.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Kaname Araki, Eiji Takahashi, Shugo Takaki, Masato Hayashi
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Patent number: 11060902Abstract: An abnormality treatment apparatus includes: a sensor which outputs a signal upon detecting an event caused by contact of a rotor of a rotating machine during rotation of the rotor; and a control unit which executes at least one of rotation number control of reducing the number of rotations of the rotor step by step, liquid injection control of injecting liquid into a housing chamber of the rotor step by step, and pressure control of lowering a discharge pressure of the rotating machine step by step based on reception of the signal output from the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Shugo Takaki, Yoshinori Kurioka, Yasuharu Matsumoto, Eiji Takahashi, Kaname Araki
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Patent number: 10883504Abstract: A compression device includes: a compressor including a casing, a rotor that is housed in a rotor chamber inside the casing and compresses gas by rotating, a bearing that is provided inside the casing and supports a rotor shaft so that the rotor is rotatable, and a first shaft-sealing part and a second shaft-sealing part that are provided to line up between the rotor chamber and the bearing in the casing to seal a periphery of the rotor shaft; a first supply line adapted to supply injection oil to the rotor chamber; a second supply line that is provided independent of the first supply line to supply lubrication oil to the bearing; a third supply line adapted to supply sealing gas to the first shaft-sealing part; and a fourth supply line adapted to supply the second shaft-sealing part with sealing oil to be used for sealing.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Tajima, Yuichi Masuda, Shugo Takaki, Keita Ochiai, Hisanori Goto, Hirofumi Saito
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Patent number: 10620090Abstract: A first determination unit performs a process (first process) of sequentially dividing an intensity value constituting first data by a reference intensity value to calculate an intensity ratio and determining whether the intensity ratio exceeds a first threshold (steps S3 and S4). When a predetermined period has elapsed, a second determination unit calculates an average change rate of the first data in the predetermined period to determine whether the average change rate is within a predetermined range (steps S9 and S10). When it is determined that the average change rate is within the range, the reference intensity value is updated and lowered (step S11). When the reference intensity value is updated, the first determination unit performs the first process by using the updated reference intensity value in the next predetermined period.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Kaname Araki, Eiji Takahashi, Shugo Takaki, Masato Hayashi
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Publication number: 20190390671Abstract: Provided is a screw compressor including a screw rotor configured to compress a gas due to rotation of the screw rotor about an axis of the screw rotor and a casing housing the screw rotor rotatably and provided with a suction port for a gas, the casing being provided with a suction side space through which a gas flowing into the casing from the suction port and not yet sucked by the screw rotor flows. The casing is provided with a heating fluid passage for introducing a heating fluid into the suction side space so as to heat oil staying in the suction side space.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Shugo TAKAKI, Yasushi AMANO, Hirofumi SAITO, Masato HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20190391005Abstract: An abnormality treatment apparatus includes: a sensor which outputs a signal upon detecting an event caused by contact of a rotor of a rotating machine during rotation of the rotor; and a control unit which executes at least one of rotation number control of reducing the number of rotations of the rotor step by step, liquid injection control of injecting liquid into a housing chamber of the rotor step by step, and pressure control of lowering a discharge pressure of the rotating machine step by step based on reception of the signal output from the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Shugo TAKAKI, Yoshinori KURIOKA, Yasuharu MATSUMOTO, Eiji TAKAHASHI, Kaname ARAKI
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Patent number: 10422774Abstract: A system for detecting an abnormality of rotating machines includes two or more devices for detecting an abnormality and a computer. The respective devices include a sensor for detecting vibration of the respective rotating machines and generating signals indicative of the vibration, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the signals to the computer. The computer includes a sampler for sampling the signals with a sampling frequency and outputting, at a time at intervals of a predetermined period, a plurality of the data detected and sampled within the predetermined period, a storage for storing the data, a frequency analyzer for analyzing the frequencies of the data, a determination unit for determining whether the machines have an abnormality based on the results of the frequency analysis, and a display unit for displaying, in chronological order and in real time, the results of the frequency analysis and displaying the results of the determination.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Kaname Araki, Eiji Takahashi, Shugo Takaki, Masato Hayashi
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Patent number: 10385853Abstract: A rotary machine abnormality detection device capable of determining abnormality with higher accuracy, a method thereof, and a rotary machine provided therewith. A rotary machine abnormality detection device detects abnormality in a rotary machine M having at least first and second rotating bodies using a specific feature amount based on a frequency spectrum of measurement data of vibration. The device obtains, from the frequency spectrum, a fundamental wave component F1 of a fundamental wave lobe mesh frequency f1 and n-th harmonic wave components Fn of n-th harmonic wave lobe mesh frequencies fn up to XAB, and obtains the specific feature amount based on these components. The f1 is obtained by dividing a rotational frequency by a teeth number of the first rotating body and the XAB represents the least common multiple of the teeth numbers of the two rotating bodies.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Kaname Araki, Eiji Takahashi, Shugo Takaki, Masato Hayashi
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Patent number: 10352760Abstract: Provided is a device for detecting a malfunction of a rotating machine, the device being able to early detect the malfunction and to have a reduced size. The device includes a detecting unit for detecting vibration of the machine, sampling a signal indicative of the vibration with a predetermined sampling frequency, and outputting, at a time at intervals of a predetermined period, a plurality of the sampled data detected within the predetermined period, a storage for storing the plurality of the sampled data, a frequency analyzer for analyzing the frequency of the plurality of the sampled data, a determination unit for performing a primary determination based on the result of the analysis, a display unit for displaying the result of the analysis in chronological order and in real time, and a communication unit for transmitting the plurality of the sampled data to an information-processing device for performing a secondary determination.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Takahashi, Kaname Araki, Shugo Takaki, Masato Hayashi
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Publication number: 20190170704Abstract: In a rotating machine abnormality detection device, a rotating machine abnormality detection method, and a rotating machine according to the present invention, vibration caused by at least one of first and second rotating bodies is measured, a predetermined feature amount related to a frequency component is obtained based on a frequency spectrum of the measurement data, and determination is made on presence/absence of abnormality based on the obtained predetermined feature amount. On this occasion, when determination is made that abnormality is present, determination whether the determination of abnormality is caused by noise or not is made based on the frequency spectrum, and when determination is made that the determination of abnormality is not caused by the noise, the determined abnormality is ultimately considered as abnormality.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Kaname ARAKI, Eiji TAKAHASHI, Shugo TAKAKI, Masato HAYASHI
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Patent number: 10247599Abstract: A rotating machine abnormality detection device and a rotating machine abnormality detection method according to the present invention are designed to detect an abnormality in a rotating machine including a rotary member rotatable about a predetermined axis, and detect an initial abnormality in the rotating machine based on first measurement data obtained by measuring a vibration in an ultrasonic wave band caused by the rotary member. A rotating machine according to the present invention includes the rotating machine abnormality detection device.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Takahashi, Kaname Araki, Shugo Takaki, Yasuharu Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20190072093Abstract: A compression device includes: a compressor including a casing, a rotor that is housed in a rotor chamber inside the casing and compresses gas by rotating, a bearing that is provided inside the casing and supports a rotor shaft so that the rotor is rotatable, and a first shaft-sealing part and a second shaft-sealing part that are provided to line up between the rotor chamber and the bearing in the casing to seal a periphery of the rotor shaft; a first supply line adapted to supply injection oil to the rotor chamber; a second supply line that is provided independent of the first supply line to supply lubrication oil to the bearing; a third supply line adapted to supply sealing gas to the first shaft-sealing part; and a fourth supply line adapted to supply the second shaft-sealing part with sealing oil to be used for sealing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Masahiro Tajima, Yuichi Masuda, Shugo Takaki, Keita Ochiai, Hisanori Goto, Hirofumi Saito
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Publication number: 20180306671Abstract: A first determination unit performs a process (first process) of sequentially dividing an intensity value constituting first data by a reference intensity value to calculate an intensity ratio and determining whether the intensity ratio exceeds a first threshold (steps S3 and S4). When a predetermined period has elapsed, a second determination unit calculates an average change rate of the first data in the predetermined period to determine whether the average change rate is within a predetermined range (steps S9 and S10). When it is determined that the average change rate is within the range, the reference intensity value is updated and lowered (step S11). When the reference intensity value is updated, the first determination unit performs the first process by using the updated reference intensity value in the next predetermined period.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Kaname ARAKI, Eiji TAKAHASHI, Shugo TAKAKI, Masato HAYASHI
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Patent number: 10054481Abstract: A rotating machine abnormality diagnosing apparatus for diagnosing an abnormality in a rotating machine includes: an analyzing part which performs a time-frequency analysis to a signal S representing intensity and time relationship of an elastic wave generating in the rotating machine; an extracting part which extracts second data representing intensity and time relationship of a predetermined frequency component from first data obtained by the time-frequency analysis; and a determining part which determines that a first rotor and a second rotor are in contact with each other when the second data contains intensity variation having a cycle represented by T1×b=T2×a, in which a rotational cycle of the first rotor is denoted by T1, a rotational cycle of the second rotor is denoted by T2, and a ratio of a number of protrusions to a number of recesses is denoted by a:b.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Kaname Araki, Eiji Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Ashida, Shugo Takaki, Yasuharu Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9816553Abstract: In order to adapt a balance piston unit of a compressor to a high speed, and to extend a service life of the compressor, a screw compressor according to the present invention includes a screw rotor including a rotor shaft, a radial bearing, a thrust plate, a balance mechanism, which is a slide bearing, a lubrication oil supply flow passage for supplying a lubrication oil, and a working fluid supply flow passage for supplying a working fluid for pressing the balance mechanism toward the thrust plate so that a reverse thrust load acts on the thrust plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Shugo Takaki, Yoshinori Kurioka, Masahiro Tajima, Hisanori Gotou, Norio Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20170227505Abstract: A system for detecting an abnormality of rotating machines includes two or more devices for detecting an abnormality and a computer. The respective devices include a sensor for detecting vibration of the respective rotating machines and generating signals indicative of the vibration, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the signals to the computer. The computer includes a sampler for sampling the signals with a sampling frequency and outputting, at a time at intervals of a predetermined period, a plurality of the data detected and sampled within the predetermined period, a storage for storing the data, a frequency analyzer for analyzing the frequencies of the data, a determination unit for determining whether the machines have an abnormality based on the results of the frequency analysis, and a display unit for displaying, in chronological order and in real time, the results of the frequency analysis and displaying the results of the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Kaname ARAKI, Eiji TAKAHASHI, Shugo TAKAKI, Masato HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170219420Abstract: A rotating machine abnormality detection device and a rotating machine abnormality detection method according to the present invention are designed to detect an abnormality in a rotating machine including a rotary member rotatable about a predetermined axis, and detect an initial abnormality in the rotating machine based on first measurement data obtained by measuring a vibration in an ultrasonic wave band caused by the rotary member. A rotating machine according to the present invention includes the rotating machine abnormality detection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2015Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Eiji TAKAHASHI, Kaname ARAKI, Shugo TAKAKI, Yasuharu MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20170219421Abstract: Provided is a device for detecting a malfunction of a rotating machine, the device being able to early detect the malfunction and to have a reduced size. The device includes a detecting unit for detecting vibration of the machine, sampling a signal indicative of the vibration with a predetermined sampling frequency, and outputting, at a time at intervals of a predetermined period, a plurality of the sampled data detected within the predetermined period, a storage for storing the plurality of the sampled data, a frequency analyzer for analyzing the frequency of the plurality of the sampled data, a determination unit for performing a primary determination based on the result of the analysis, a display unit for displaying the result of the analysis in chronological order and in real time, and a communication unit for transmitting the plurality of the sampled data to an information-processing device for performing a secondary determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Eiji TAKAHASHI, Kaname ARAKI, Shugo TAKAKI, Masato HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170205276Abstract: A rotating machine abnormality diagnosing apparatus for diagnosing an abnormality in a rotating machine includes: an analyzing part which performs a time-frequency analysis to a signal S representing intensity and time relationship of an elastic wave generating in the rotating machine; an extracting part which extracts second data representing intensity and time relationship of a predetermined frequency component from first data obtained by the time-frequency analysis; and a determining part which determines that a first rotor and a second rotor are in contact with each other when the second data contains intensity variation having a cycle represented by T1×b=T2×a, in which a rotational cycle of the first rotor is denoted by T1, a rotational cycle of the second rotor is denoted by T2, and a ratio of a number of protrusions to a number of recesses is denoted by a:b.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2015Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Kaname ARAKI, Eiji TAKAHASHI, Tsuyoshi ASHIDA, Shugo TAKAKI, Yasuharu MATSUMOTO