US4286467A
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Method of selecting rollers for high-speed journal bearings
Assignee: IHO Holding GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1980-01-09
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Granted: 1981-09-01
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Expires: 2000-01-09
Abstract
Abstract Rollers for a high-speed journal bearing are tested for any unbalance before assembly by being rotated at high velocity while lodged in a movably supported air bearing. Rollers with a dynamic unbalance above a predetermined limit are rejected.
Inventors
- 👤 Hans Kober
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 09:36
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16C; F16C19/00; F16C19/22; F16C19/24; F16C19/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
A method of selecting rollers for assembly into high-speed journal bearings, comprising the steps of: cradling each roller in a generally semicylindrical cup of an air bearing with a horizontal axis; resiliently mounting said air bearing on a supporting surface; frictionally entraining each roller at high speed by a horizontal stretch of an overlying endless belt in tangential contact therewith to set the roller in rotation about a spin axis substantially coinciding with said horizontal axis; measuring rocking motions of said air bearing due to deviations of said spin axis from said horizontal axis; and eliminating rollers for which the extent of said rocking motion exceeds a predetermined limit.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
109 words
A method of selecting rollers for assembly into high-speed journal bearings, comprising the steps of: cradling each roller in a generally semicylindrical cup of an air bearing with a horizontal axis; resiliently mounting said air bearing on a supporting surface; frictionally entraining each roller at high speed by a horizontal stretch of an overlying endless belt in tangential contact therewith to set the roller in rotation about a spin axis substantially coinciding with said horizontal axis; measuring rocking motions of said air bearing due to deviations of said spin axis from said horizontal axis; and eliminating rollers for which the extent of said rocking motion exceeds a predetermined limit.
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