Oil film bearing with compact hydraulic mount
View Patent ↗An oil film bearing is disclosed for a rolling mill roll having a tapered neck leading to a reduced diameter end section. The bearing comprises an internally tapered sleeve received in a seated position on the tapered roll neck. The sleeve is journaled for rotation in a bushing fixed within a chock assembly. A tubular piston is received on and fixed relative to the reduced diameter end section of the roll. A cylinder is internally subdivided by the piston into first and second chambers. A sleeve ring abuts an end of the sleeve and a circular thrust component is interposed between and arranged to overlap adjacent segments of the sleeve ring and the piston. One or the other of the first and second chambers may be pressurized, whereupon pressurization of the first chamber will cause the cylinder to axially advance and act via the thrust component and the sleeve ring to urge the sleeve into its seated position, and pressurization of the second chamber will cause the cylinder to axially retract and act via the chock assembly and the bushing to withdraw the sleeve from its seated position.
1. An oil film bearing for a rolling mill roll having a tapered neck leading to a reduced diameter end section, said bearing comprising:
an internally tapered sleeve received in a seated position on said tapered neck, said sleeve being journaled for rotation in a bushing fixed within a chock assembly;
a tubular piston received on and fixed relative to said end section;
a cylinder internally subdivided by said piston into first and second chambers;
a sleeve ring abutting an end of said sleeve;
a circular thrust component interposed between and arranged to overlap adjacent segments of said sleeve ring and said cylinder and
means for alternatively pressurizing one or the other of said first and second chambers, whereupon pressurization of said first chamber will cause said cylinder to axially advance and act via said thrust component and said sleeve ring to urge said sleeve into its seated position, and pressurization of said second chamber will cause said cylinder to axially retract and act via said chock assembly and said bushing to withdraw said sleeve from its seated position.
2. The oil film bearing of claim 1 wherein said circular thrust component is a roller thrust bearing.
3. The oil film bearing of claim 2 wherein said roller thrust bearing has an inner race captured between said sleeve ring and said cylinder, and outer races captured between confronting elements of said chock assembly.
4. The oil film bearing of claim 1 wherein said circular thrust component comprises a cylindrical ring captured between said sleeve ring and said cylinder.
5. The oil film bearing of claim 4 further comprising flanges projecting radially from said cylindrical ring and spanning a gap between said cylindrical ring and an interior cylindrical surface of said chock assembly.
6. The oil film bearing of claim 1 wherein said sleeve ring and said cylinder have axially adjacent cylindrical noses overlapped by said thrust component.