Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) for an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle. The exhaust-gas side sacrificial sealing ring that serves as a heat shield is replaced by a step (20, 21) formed in the housing (4) and in the hub (9), said step serving to assume the function of a heat shield instead of the sacrificial sealing ring. By means of this design feature, the production costs are reduced by the outlay for the sacrificial sealing ring.

Abstract: A pump insert (50) for supporting a rotor (14) of a pump comprises an annular resilient support (52) for engaging the body (26) of the pump, the support (52) extending about a rolling bearing (10) having an inner race (12) for engaging the rotor (14), an axially preloaded outer race (16) fixed to the support (52), and a plurality of rolling elements (18) located between the races. During assembly, the rolling bearing (10) can be accurately positioned within the support (52) so that there is a very low tolerance stack-up when the insert (50) is fitted to the rotor (14). Consequently, the position of the rotor (14) will hardly change, if at all, when the rolling bearing (10) is replaced during servicing of the pump.

Abstract: The invention relates to a unit assembly system for the manufacture of exhaust-gas turbochargers (1) for internal combustion engines, of motor vehicles in particular, wherein the respective exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) has at least one hydrodynamic axial plain bearing (6) for supporting axial forces of a turbine wheel and/or of a compressor wheel (5) on a housing (7), said axial plain bearing having with regard to an axis of rotation (3) of a shaft (2) supporting the turbine wheel and/or the compressor wheel (5) a plurality of wedge-shaped bearing segments (9) distributed in the circumferential direction, which bearing segments work together with at least one level, annular thrust surface (10, 11) that extends transversely to the axis of rotation (3).

Abstract: Device for converting kinetic energy contained in a fluid, into mechanical energy, coupled to an either gaseous or liquid fluid mass outlet secondary conduit, constituted by a fixed main conduit receptor of said fluid mass and a movable conduit coaxially attached to an axial flow rotor and associated to an outer supporting frame, including this assembly a flange abutting with said fixed conduit; both conduits are assembled by a fitting device comprising a lid, sealing washers, bearings and retaining ring acting on spacing sleeves and a locking nut; the movable conduit attached to the rotor rotates along its axis and coaxial to said fixed conduit without a major axial displacement; within said rotor it is lodged a hub and a deflector capable of directing the fluid's flow toward passages within the hollow blades and their corresponding exits at the end of each blade, constituting each one of said exit outlets an ejector means for the fluid, thereby achieving the rotational movement of the rotor on its axis; att

Abstract: A turbomachine such as a turbocharger comprises a housing 3 defining a bearing cavity and a turbine wheel 4 mounted to a shaft 8 for rotation about an axis. A housing wall 3a is disposed between the bearing cavity and the turbine wheel 4, the shaft 8 extending into the bearing cavity through a shaft passage 20 provided in the housing wall 3a. The housing wall 3a comprises a first portion defining an air gap with the turbine wheel 4 and a second annular portion 3b defining the opening to the shaft passage 20 and which is axially spaced from said turbine wheel 4 by a minimum distance D. The housing wall 3a further comprises at least one third portion 32, such as an annular rib, radially spaced from the first portion 3a. The third portion is configured to bear load from a turbine wheel rotating off axis in a failure condition.

Abstract: A multistage radial turbocompressor has at least first, second, and third intake parts each forming a respective intake spaced along an axis and first, second, and third output parts each forming a respective output axially juxtaposed with the respective intakes. Respective first, second, and third fans having axially directed vanes are rotatable in the housing formed by the parts between the intakes and outputs. A shaft centered on the axis carries the first, second, and third fans. One of the fans is back-to-back with another of the fans with the vanes of the one fan facing axially oppositely away from the vanes of the other of the fans. Radial bearings support the shaft in the housing, and an axial bearing between the one fan and the other fan supports the shaft in the housing.

Abstract: A turbomachine has a housing, a rotor shaft extending along and rotatable about an axis in the housing, and a pair of axially spaced axial-thrust bearings in the housing carrying the shaft and normally only permitting a predetermined small axial displacement of the shaft in the housing. An impeller is rotationally fixed on the shaft. An axially fixed transmission gear is rotationally coupled to the shaft and has an axially directed gear face. A collar fixed axially on the shaft has an axially directed collar face confronting the gear face and normally spaced from the gear face by a clearance equal to more than the predetermined axial displacement. Thus on failure of one of the bearings and axial overtravel of the shaft the gear face and collar face engage each other and limit axial movement of the shaft.

Abstract: Bearing support structure for turbines comprising an inner ring (1) and an outer ring (2) radially connected by means of structural hollows (5) and aerodynamic vanes (6) in a circumference-like arrangement between both rings (1, 2). The aerodynamic vanes (6) are thinner and lighter than the structural vanes (5), and the number of structural vanes (5) depends exclusively on the loads of the bearing (3) housed in the structure to be transmitted to the anchoring points (7) of the engine assembly located in the outer ring (2), and on the amount of service fluids which must go through between the inner ring (1) and the outer ring (2), while the number of aerodynamic vanes (6) and their section depends exclusively on the aerodynamic requirements demanded from the support structure for the straightening of the turbine main flow. Thus, the structural vanes (5) fulfill only structural functions and the aerodynamic vanes (6) fulfill only aerodynamic functions.

Abstract: An Ultimate Wind Turbine Energy Generator that will start moving and generating energy at very low wind speeds (i.e. very slight motion or torque), that has magnetic bearings with near zero friction which support the Generator and Wind turbine apparatus without consuming external energy to control them.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high-speed turbomachine comprising a magnetic bearing (22, 23) and a retainer bearing for mounting the rotor. The retainer bearing is embodied as a sliding bearing (26, 27) and encompasses a bearing shell (28) at the stator end, a bearing shaft (20) at the rotor end, and an intermediate bush (30) between the bearing shell (28) and the bearing shaft (20). Said intermediate bush (30) is spaced apart from both the bearing shaft (20) and the bearing shell (28) by means of a circular gap (33, 34). The intermediate bush (30) is rotatable relative to the bearing shell (28) and the bearing shaft (20). As a result of this design, the sliding bearing (26) is provided with two pairs of sliding surfaces, onto which all occurring dynamic forces are distributed such that wear is significantly reduced, thus allowing sliding bearings to be used as retainer bearings in a magnetically mounted high-speed turbomachine.

Abstract: A standard for supporting a bearing for a rotating shaft of a machine including a plurality of casings having different gas pressures greater than atmospheric pressure includes a sealed chamber for fluidly coupling to an end packing of a first casing and a second casing of the machine, the sealed chamber having a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure. The pressure in the sealed chamber reduces the leakage from the casing making more pressurized gas available for producing work in the machine.

Abstract: A support shaft provides lubrication to a journal bearing during windmilling operation of a gear set. A primary oil pump provides oil from an oil supply during driven operation of the fan, and a secondary oil pump provides oil from an internal sump during windmilling operation of the fan. During driven operation of the fan, oil is pumped with the primary oil pump through a primary oil flow path to an outer surface of the support shaft. During windmilling fan operation, oil is pumped from an internal sump with a secondary oil pump through the secondary oil flow path. The secondary oil flow path has a smaller flow capacity, and the secondary oil pump is a smaller capacity pump.

Abstract: A plain bearing unit is provided in which a sliding member made of thermoplastics having high recyclability and not containing solid lubricant provides low frictional coefficient and improves wear resistance even under circumstances where oil or grease cannot be used. A rotating, and/or swinging and/or reciprocating plain bearing unit includes a bearing made of resin containing glass and/or a carbon material; a shaft; and a gas supply portion adapted to supply dry gas subjected to dust removal to a bearing sliding portion where the bearing portion and the shaft slide with each other.

Abstract: On a two-shaft engine for an aircraft gas-turbine with a central low-pressure shaft, with a high-pressure shaft co-axially surrounding the low-pressure shaft and with bearing units supporting the shafts on the engine casing, the bearing loads of the high-pressure shaft are directed upstream towards the fan and the bearing loads of the low-pressure shaft are directed downstream. In order to reduce axial bearing load of the high-pressure bearing unit, the oppositely directed bearing loads of the low-pressure shaft (3) and of the high-pressure shaft (6) partly compensate one another, in that the front thrust bearing unit (10) of the high-pressure shaft (6) is supported on the engine casing (1) and the front thrust bearing unit (12) of the low-pressure shaft (3) is supported on the high-pressure shaft (6).

Abstract: A mini axial fan includes a fan housing and a fan unit, which is mounted in the fan housing. The fan unit has a hub with integrated blades around the periphery and integrated axles at front and back sides, and two metal pins respectively press-fitted into a respective blind hole in the free end of each of the axles for rotatably supporting the fan unit on a respective bearing in the fan housing. The fan unit is injection molded from plastics and then the metal pins are installed in the fan unit so that the precision of the metal pins is maintained and the manufacturing cost of the fan unit is reduced.

Abstract: An exemplary locating mechanism for locating a turbine bearing in a bore of a housing includes a conical pin having a pin axis where the conical pin includes a conical wall portion and a pin portion to locate a turbine bearing; a ball; and a socket disposed in a housing and extending between an opening of the housing and a bore of the housing, the socket having a socket axis where the socket includes a cylindrical surface and a conical surface. According to such a mechanism, disposition of the conical pin in the socket seats the conical pin along the socket axis and against the conical surface and disposition of the ball in the socket seats the ball along the socket axis and against the cylindrical surface. Accordingly, alignment of the ball with respect to the conical pin allows for transmission of force from the ball to the conical pin along the pin axis. Various other exemplary technologies are also disclosed.

Abstract: A vacuum pump comprises a housing, a drive shaft supported by a beating arrangement for rotation relative to the housing about an axis, and a pumping mechanism comprising a stator component mounted on the housing and a disk-shaped rotor component mounted on the drive shaft axially proximate the stator component. The bearing arrangement comprises a bearing supported in both radial and axial directions by a resilient support, comprising inner and outer annular portions connected by a plurality of flexible members, so that there is a fixed relation between the inner race of the bearing and the outer portion of the resilient support to determine the axial clearance between the rotor and stator components of the pumping mechanism.

Abstract: A secondary air charger has a bearing housing and a turbine shaft extending in an axial direction of the bearing housing. A first and a second rolling bearings are arranged in the bearing housing on bearings seats and support the turbine shaft rotatably in the bearing housing. The rolling bearings are positioned at an axial spacing relative to one another and each have an inner ring seated on the bearing seats. A spacer device for determining the axial spacing of the rolling bearings is arranged on the turbine shaft. The turbine shaft has a base member and at least one sleeve. The base member has a cylindrical section that is continuous in the axial direction, wherein the cylindrical section is provided in the area of the bearing seats. The at least one sleeve is pushed onto the cylindrical section for forming the spacer device between the bearing seats.

Abstract: An electric fan includes a fan base (10), a bearing (40) and a rotor assembly (20). The fan base forms a central tube (11) receiving the bearing therein. The rotor assembly includes a fan hub (22), and a pivot axle (23) joined to the fan hub. The pivot axle pivotably extends into the bearing. A sealing lid (60) is screwedly mounted on a bottom opening of the central tube to prevent lubricant oil contained in the central tube from leaking. The sealing lid abuts against a bottom of the bearing to prevent the bearing from deflection.

Abstract: An electrical submersible pump runner having a core layer and a wear layer affixed to the core layer. One embodiment of the invention provides an electrical submersible pump that includes a motor section and a centrifugal pump section. A seal section and rotary gas separator may also be included. The pump is powered by an electric cable that connects the pump, located in a bore hole, to a power source on the surface. A thrust runner coated with a wear layer (e.g., polymer) is provided in the motor and/or seal section to reduce bearing temperature, provide longer bearing life, reduce costs, and facilitate overhaul. The runner may also function as a rotating up-thrust bearing when the runner is coated with a wear layer on one side that is formed with a bearing geometry. In this case, the up-thrust bearing may be eliminated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a centrifugal pump, in particular, a single stage or multi-stage side channel pump in a modular design, wherein the stage or every stage of the pump comprises a preferably divided modular housing with assigned centrifugal impellers, which are designed so as to be self-supporting; and, thus, a pump shaft, which is known in the prior art, is no longer necessary.

Abstract: An electric fan includes a fan base (10), a bearing (40) and a rotor assembly (20). The fan base forms a central tube (11) receiving the bearing therein. The rotor assembly includes a fan hub (22), and a pivot axle (23) joined to the fan hub. The pivot axle pivotably extends into the bearing. The bearing has an outer wall (41) with a plurality of bulwarks (45) circumferentially formed thereon. At least one partition hole (424, 43a) corresponding to the bulwarks is defined in the bearing. The at least one partition hole effectively prevents a radially inward pressure exerted by the central tube on the bearing from being exerted to the pivot axle via the bearing. Therefore, a friction between the bearing and the pivot axle is reduced.

Abstract: A vacuum pump includes shaft, two spaced from each other, dynamic gas bearings for supporting the shaft for rotation, and a pumping system arranged on the shaft between the two gas bearings and having two pumping sections which are so formed that compressed gas from each section is delivered in a direction of a gas bearing adjacent to this pumping section.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine (10) comprising a rotating member (16), a support structure (22) and a centering device (30), the centering device (30) centres the rotation of the rotating member (16) which is supported within the support structure (22), characterised in that the device includes a first member (34) and a second member (36) that contact one another, one of the first and second members (34, 36) extending from the rotating member and the other of the first and second members (34, 36) extending from the support structure (22), the first member (34) comprises a biasing surface (46) and the second member (36) comprises a seating surface (40), the device requiring a predetermined force to be applied to move between a centered condition and a first out of centre condition and in the centered condition the first member (34) is seated against the seating surface (40) of the second member (36), and in the first out of centre condition the first member contacts the biasing surface (46) which is arranged to provide

Abstract: An axial fan forms an air inlet on one side and an air outlet on an opposite side along an axis of the axial fan. The axial fan includes a base, a bearing, a stator and a rotor. A central tube extends upwardly from the base. The stator is around the central tube. The bearing is received in the central tube of the base. The rotor is rotatably supported by the bearing. The rotor includes a hub, a plurality of rotary blades extending outwardly from the hub, and an annular wall surrounding the rotary blades. The annular wall connects to outer ends of the rotary blades to rotate with the rotary blades to guide airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet during rotation of the rotary blades.

Abstract: A bearing system includes an inner ring that surrounds an axis of rotation, an outer ring spaced radially outwards from the inner ring, and a cage that is positioned between the inner and outer rings to support a plurality of bearing elements. The inner ring includes an axial slot that extends in a direction along the axis of rotation. The inner ring also includes at least one radial side slot formed in at least one of a fore and aft end surface of the inner ring. The radial side slot directs lubricating fluid from the axial slot toward the cage to lubricate the plurality of bearing elements.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing dynamic loading of a gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a rotor shaft assembly including a rotor shaft, a bearing assembly, a mounting race, and a support frame, the mounting race including a spherical surface. The method includes supporting the rotor shaft on the gas turbine engine support frame with the bearing assembly, the rotor shaft including a yield portion configured to permit bending of the rotor shaft during an imbalance operation.

Abstract: A turbine shaft may be used to remove a heat load from pliant bearings without requiring the use of a process fluid for cooling the turbine shaft. The turbine shaft comprises a heat conductive sleeve disposed between an outer surface of a tie rod shaft and an inner surface of a bearing journal; the heat conductive sleeve having a sleeve inner surface separated from a sleeve outer surface by a sleeve thickness; the heat conductive sleeve having a first end separated from a second end longitudinally about a center axis; the sleeve outer surface being in physical contact with the inner surface of the bearing journal; and the heat conductive sleeve having a thermal conductivity that is greater than a thermal conductivity of the bearing journal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ceramic-based bushing for mounting in a turbomachine casing to provide a smooth bearing for a pivot of a variable-pitch vane. The bushing is constituted by a metal jacket and a ceramic ring secured to the inside wall of said jacket by brazing. The invention also provides a turbomachine compressor having variable-pitch stator vanes with pivots mounted in the casing by means of such bushings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid pump, in particular a liquid pump for a cooling and/or heating circuit of a motor vehicle, having a pump housing and having a rotationally fixed shaft, which is arranged in the pump housing, for an inner rotor which has an impeller wheel. According to the invention, it is proposed that the shaft is mounted at one side and, at its end remote from the bearing point, supports a bearing cap which engages at least partially around the shaft. The invention also relates to a method for producing a fluid pump of said type, in which method the shaft is fixed with its first end in a housing, in particular in a plastic housing, of the pump, the inner rotor of the pump is pushed onto the shaft and is secured axially by means of a bearing cap which is placed onto the shaft and is supported by the shaft.

Abstract: To provide a bearing support structure and a gas turbine that prevent damage of device induced by a rotor shaft when the rotor shaft is unbalanced, the bearing support structure and the gas turbine includes: a casing (7) formed in a cylindrical shape; a bearing unit (8) formed in a cylindrical shape and housed in the casing (7); a rotation shaft (5) rotatably supported by the bearing unit (8); and a reaction-force decreasing unit (13) that connects the casing and the bearing unit, and is configured to decrease a radial reaction force on the bearing unit side.

Abstract: An oil-free turbo vacuum pump is capable of evacuating gas in a chamber from atmospheric pressure to high vacuum. The turbo vacuum pump includes a pumping section having rotor blades and stator blades which are disposed alternately in a casing, and a main shaft for supporting the rotor blades. A gas bearing is used as a bearing for supporting the main shaft in a thrust direction, spiral grooves are formed in both surfaces of a stationary part of the gas bearing, and the stationary part having the spiral grooves is placed between an upper rotating part and a lower rotating part which are fixed to the main shaft. A thrust magnetic bearing for canceling out a thrust force generated by the differential pressure between a discharge side and an intake side by an evacuation action of the pumping suction is provided.

Abstract: A method of assembly of a turbomachine that includes a first module and a second module with a second shaft assembled by a bearing, the bearing including an outer ring shrink-fitted inside a journal integral with the first module and an inner ring integral with the second shaft. The second module is assembled on the first module by engagement of the second shaft, with the inner ring, inside the journal. The method includes a step of inserting the second module in the first module up to a determined distance such that the first and second modules are only partially assembled. The second shaft is centered with respect to the journal, the centering being controlled on the basis of measuring distance deviations with respect to a reference on the journal. The journal is expanded by heating its outer surface. After the step of expanding, the second module is displaced inside the first module so as to complete the assembly. This displacement step is started based on a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: A turbocharger shaft is supported for rotation about its axis in a bearing housing by a pair of floating ring bearings disposed between the shaft and the bearing housing. The floating ring bearings are penetrated in a substantially radial direction by a plurality of apertures to allow the passage of lubricating oil between inner and outer surfaces of the ring. The apertures are arranged at irregular angular intervals around the ring so as to prevent the generation of sub-synchronous vibrations that occur during rotation of the turbocharger shaft. This reduces turbocharger noise and increases life.

Abstract: A cooling fan (1) includes a fan housing (10), a stator (20), a rotor (30) and a bearing assembly (40). A tube (111) extends upwardly from a central portion of the fan housing. The stator is mounted around the tube. The bearing assembly includes a ball bearing (333) and a sleeve bearing (335) received in two ends of the tube, respectively. The rotor has a shaft (336) extending into and roratably supported by the bearing assembly. An elastic element (332) is arranged on the ball bearing to provide a pressing force on the ball bearing toward the sleeve bearing. An oil retaining element (339) is arranged around a bottom end of the shaft and spaced from the shaft. The oil retaining element is attached to the sleeve bearing to provide oil for the sleeve bearing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluid compressor having an aerostatic bearing, to a control system of a fluid compressor having an aerostatic bearing as well as to a method of controlling a compressor, wherein the aerostatic bearing is fed by a compressed fluid accumulator (5) which is charged during the operation of the compressor (100) and discharged at the respective start to prevent damage to the bearings.

Abstract: A centrifugal pump has a stationary diffuser with a bore. A thrust bearing has a tubular portion that inserts into the bore. The thrust bearing has an external shoulder that contacts a support surface in the bore of the diffuser for transmitting downward thrust from an upstream impeller to the diffuser. The thrust bearing has an internal shoulder for transmitting upward thrust from a downstream impeller to the diffuser.

Abstract: The present invention provides fan with an inrunner motor. The fan includes a fan frame, a rotor and a stator. The fan frame includes a base. The rotor includes a hub, a bushing and a magnetic member, wherein the magnetic member sleeves on the bushing. The stator is disposed on the base and coupled with the rotor, and the stator includes a shaft through the bushing, wherein an end of the shaft is fixed on the base.

Abstract: An exemplary system for a turbomachine includes a bore extending from an inner end to an outer end with an inner seat proximate to the inner end and an outer seat proximate to the outer end, a rotatable shaft with an inner slot and an outer slot, an outer seal ring capable of being received by the outer slot and capable of being seated in the outer seat and an inner seal ring capable of being received by the inner slot, capable of bridging the outer seat and capable of being seated in the inner seat where an axial width of the inner seal ring exceeds an axial width of the outer seal ring. Various other exemplary devices, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.

Abstract: A support ring (1) for rolling bearings (11), especially for rolling bearings applied to rotors with very high rotation speed, such as rotors of rotary vacuum pumps, the ring comprising a pair of concentric cylindrical shells (3, 5) connected together by a plurality of oblique radial plates (9), at least one of said shells (3, 5) being circumferentially broken so as to define a plurality of shoes (7), each shoe being connected to at least one of the radial plates (9) in such a manner as to define shoe portions or arcs (A1, A2) of different length, wherein the plates (9) are resilient and allow for the radial displacement of the shoes (7) so as to restrain vibrations of the rotating portion.

Abstract: A turbomachine including a shaft guided in an upstream bearing and a downstream bearing, the upstream bearing being carried by a first annular support that is fastened by bolts to a casing via a second annular support that carries the downstream bearing, wherein the ends of the fastener bolts are covered by an annular cover sealingly fastened to the second support or to the casing.

Abstract: A cooling fan for cooling a heat source includes a frame (10), a stator (20) mounted in the frame, a rotor (30) rotatably attached in the frame, a cover (40) fixed on the frame, and a pair of bearings (50, 60) received in the cover and the frame respectively. The rotor includes an impeller and a shaft (36) inserted through the impeller, wherein the shaft has an upper portion being received in one of the pair of bearings in the cover, and a lower portion being received in another one of the pair of bearing in the frame; thus, a vibration of the shaft can be prevented by supports of the pair of bearings, and the rotor is able to maintain a stable rotation, as the cooling fan is in a high speed operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for decoupling a bearing bracket in a turbomachine, said bearing bracket having an upstream part and a downstream part respectively comprising a plurality of upstream holes and downstream holes through which stress-limiting screws pass, which device comprises, between each upstream hole and the stress-limiting screw that passes through it, a clearance that prevents any contact between the upstream hole and the stress-limiting screw, and is a device wherein the upstream part and the downstream part of the bearing bracket are in mutual contact via surfaces that form a dual centering means.

Abstract: An output shaft air/oil separator system comprises an outer housing, an oil passage, a spline shaft having a cavity formed therein that communicates with the oil passage, an output shaft disposed at least partially within the spline shaft cavity that has a first section spaced apart from an inner surface of the spline shaft to form a gap therebetween in communication with the spline shaft cavity and a second section contacting at least a portion of the spline shaft inner surface, a housing cavity defined by at least a portion of an outer surface of the spline shaft and the outer housing, an annular groove formed in the spline shaft communicating with the spline shaft cavity, and at least one port extending between the spline shaft inner and outer surfaces in communication with the annular groove and the housing cavity.

Abstract: A bearing mounting system for use in a gas turbine engine having a low pressure turbine supported on a low pressure shaft through a support rotor comprises a low pressure turbine case, a forward bearing and an aft bearing, and a forward support structure and an aft support structure. The low pressure turbine case surrounds the low pressure turbine. The forward bearing and the aft bearing are positioned on the low pressure shaft to straddle the support rotor. The forward support structure and the aft support structure connect the forward bearing and the aft bearing, respectively, to the low pressure turbine case. The low pressure shaft extends axially between the forward bearing and the aft bearing. In one embodiment, the turbine comprises a plurality of adjacent rotor disks, and the support rotor comprises a conical support connecting one of the rotor disks with the shaft.

Abstract: An exemplary clamp for clamping a bearing cartridge and shaft subassembly of a turbocharger includes an upper portion, a lower portion where the upper portion and the lower portion form a bore having a bore diameter sized to clamp a bearing cartridge and a fluid passage defined in part by the upper portion, the lower portion or the upper portion and the lower portion where the fluid passage includes an opening to the bore. Various other exemplary devices, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides a high-speed rotor assembly for an overhung centrifugal compressor comprising a housing, a rotor component, an oil film damper and an impeller, which is adapted for connecting to a power output mechanism, wherein the rotor component is arranged inside the housing, and the oil film damper is disposed between the impeller and the rotor component, and the impeller is coupled to the rotor component. The rotor component further comprises a sleeve, a first bearing, a second bearing, a transmission shaft, a plurality of resilient elements and a spacer, wherein an end of the sleeve is connected to one of the circular rib by a screw while another end thereof is handing freely, and a oil film damper is disposed between the sleeve and another circular rib.

Abstract: An expansion turbine, exhibiting at least one turbine rotor that is mounted on an axial bearing, wherein an axial disk (2l) of the axial bearing is configured in the shape of an axial bearing spindle. The axial disk (2l) is preferably positioned substantially in the middle of the overall length of the turbine shaft (1).

Abstract: Rings having holes with a centerline offset from the centerline of the outer diameter, or other diameter piloting feature of the ring (i.e., non-concentric rings) may be used to align rotating components within their static components. Two non-concentric rings may be used to support a bearing that contains a shaft there through to allow for maximum offsets between a desired centerline of the rotating component and an actual, assembled centerline of the rotating component. Adjustment of the rotor centerline relative to the static structure centerline may be obtained without disassembly of the rotor assembly or static structure assembly.

Abstract: A vertical axis type wind power station and a blade manufacturing process, which can stabilize the turning motions of blades and can raise the power generation efficiency by lightening the blades to smoothen the turning motions of the blades; a structure and method for mounting the wind-driven device of a wind power station, by which the wind-driven device can be easily disposed at the upper portion of a building; and a windbreak wind power plant for breaking the wind by using the vertical axis type wind power stations or wind-driven devices arranged along the shoreline or the like.