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Tuesday 24 September 2013

Static / Couple Unbalance with Narrow Balancing Planes


When balancing on narrow planes, it is necessary to distinguish between static and couple unbalance, because the two types of unbalances have a different effects on the supports.

Example 1: Pure static unbalance


The following figure shows the effects ,on the rotor supports ,generated by a static unbalance applied on a over hang pump impeller.

Support loads are calculated according to the laws of static M = 0 ; R = 0 (The conditions for equilibrium are that the momentum and the resultant of all forces are zero).

Pure Static Unbalance Diagram


Example 2: Couple unbalance


The next figure shows the effect generated by a couple unbalance on the supports of an over hang impeller.


 




The effect of couple unbalance is reduced by the ratio of the arms.




For the above mentioned reason, different values for static and couple unbalances are specified.

For instance:
Static unbalance tolerance = 1 gr mm
Dynamic unbalance tolerance (couple) = 4 gr mm per plane

For instance:
For axial fun impeller (width 30÷40 mm and an external diameter of 300÷400 mm) the normal required tolerance on the static unbalance is  30÷50 gr mm while a couple unbalance of 100÷200 gr mm is accepted.

 
 
 










Monday 16 September 2013

Allocation of Permissible Residual Unbalance To Each Correction Plane According to ISO 1940/1


ISO 1940/1 standards calculate the total acceptable unbalance of a rotor (static unbalance) referred to the plane (rotor section) containing the centre of mass.

The acceptable residual unbalance on the two balancing planes (dynamic unbalance) is calculated taking care of the position of the centre of mass with regard to the position of the correction planes.


Balancing Diagram


 

Note:
 
If the calculated value for U1 , U2 is lower than 0.3 Ut  the value 0.3 Ut  is used ; if the calculated value is bigger than 0.7 Ut  the value  to be used is 0.7 Ut,
 
Balancing Diagram from Cemb Hofmann UK

 




A frequent application of the above mentioned rules happens with pump and fun impellers (over hang mounted.)






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