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Balancing of Rotating Machinery
Balancing of Rotating Machinery
EFFECTS OF UNBALANCE
Unbalance in rotors causes rotor vibrations @ 1x Rotor
Speed
Transmits rotating forces to the bearings and to the
foundations.
Transmitted forces may cause damage to the machine
parts and its foundation.
Transmitted forces may affect neighboring machines
and structures.
CAUSES OF UNBALANCE
Mass eccentricity
Parts distortion
Stacking errors
Bent or bowed shaft
Deposits on rotors
Non-homogeneity of the material
TYPES OF UNBALANCE
Static unbalance
Couple unbalance
Quasi-static unbalance
Dynamic unbalance
QUASI-RIGID ROTORS
Modal shape in the operating speed range is a
combination of significant rotor bending and rigid-onflexible-support response.
Machines usually operate well above the first
bending-type critical speed, but below the higher
major bending critical speeds.
Most multistage compressors and steam turbines
belong to this class.
Balancing techniques have been developed which
permit adequate retention at service speeds the
quality of balance achieved at low speed.
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Wbn = Wtn
Wbf = Wtf
planes through the end wheels, usually near onequarter points of the rotor span between bearings.
Unbalance force correction near the center of the rotor
span minimizes vibration response in the fundamental
mode, especially through the first critical speed.
Unbalance moment correction near the quarter planes
minimizes vibration response in the second flexural
mode for operation well above the first critical speed.
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ENTER RESIDUAL UNBALANCE AND ANGLE
RUNNING SPEED UNBALANCE AND ANGLE
TRIAL WEIGHT UNBALANCE AND ANGLE
-----------!!!!!!!!EXPRESS ALL ANGLES IN DEGREES.
1. -90.
4.69 -72.9
6.73 -53.5
1. 360.
1.0000 AT
4.69000 AT
-90.000 DEGREES.
-72.900 DEGREES.
360.00000 DEGREES
0.00000
-53.500 DEGREES.
90.00000
NUMBER OF MILS DISTANCE CHANGE REQUIRED FOR PROBE TO PRODUCE 1.0 VOLT.
"1.0" IF ANGLES ARE FROM KEYER TO ACTUAL HIGH
(ARE ABSOLUTE). OTHERWISE ENTER "0.0".
1.30000
1.60000
1.50000
1.20000
1.10000
0.90000
2.00000
0.50000
KEYER.
AT
AT
AT:
7.00000 DEGREES.
AT: 52.00000 DEGREES.
AT: 65.00000 DEGREES
AT: 76.00000 DEGREES
AT: -15.00000 DEGREES
AT: 162.00000 DEGREES
AT: 90.00000 DEGREES
AT: 180.00000 DEGREES.
147.95294
-164.92392
DEGREES.
DEGREES.
References
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2.
Hatto Schneider, Balancing Technology , Schenk Trebel,
1977, pp 107-109.
3.
Douglas G. Schneider, Fundamentals of Balancing,
Schenk Trebel, 1983.
4.
Edgar J. Gunter, Jr. et. al. , RODYN SHORT COURSE
NOTES, May, 1977.