Hydraulic detachable coupling
View Patent ↗A hydraulic detachable coupling, which can transmit rated torque in a manner stable to vibrations, and can fully withstand abnormal torque. For this purpose, in a hydraulic detachable coupling ( 4 ) mounted detachably on a rotor ( 1 ) of a steam or gas turbine or other machine, a coupling sleeve ( 4 b ), which is fitted on a shaft end portion of a casing penetrating shaft ( 2 ) in the rotor ( 1 ), includes a taper hole portion ( 4 b - a ) which is interference-fitted on a taper shaft portion ( 2 a ) of the shaft end portion by a hydraulic pressure, and a straight hole portion ( 4 b - b ) having teeth ( 13 ) engaging a plurality of teeth ( 12 ) formed in a straight shaft portion ( 2 b ) of the shaft end portion, the taper hole portion ( 4 b - a ) and the straight hole portion ( 4 b - b ) being located adjacent to each other.
1. A hydraulic detachable coupling mounted detachably on a rotating shaft of a rotating machine, comprising a coupling sleeve which is fitted on a shaft end portion of the rotating shaft, the coupling sleeve including:
an interference fit portion which is interference-fitted on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft end portion by a hydraulic pressure; and
an engagement portion which engages the outer peripheral surface of the shaft end portion at a plurality of locations in a circumferential direction, wherein
the interference fit portion and the engagement portion are located adjacent to each other,
the engagement portion is a straight hole portion having teeth formed therein, the teeth engaging teeth formed in a straight shaft portion of the shaft end portion,
the teeth of the engagement portion, except for one of the teeth of the engagement portion, engage a plurality of the teeth of the shaft end portion via taper spacers disposed on both sides of other of the teeth of the engagement portion,
wherein the one of the teeth of the engagement portion engages with one of the teeth of the shaft end portion without using the taper spacers and without having any clearance.
2. The hydraulic detachable coupling according to claim 1 , wherein the interference fit portion is a taper hole portion corresponding to a tapering-off taper shaft portion of the shaft end portion.
3. The hydraulic detachable coupling according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling sleeve is prevented from slipping off the rotating shaft, by slipping-off preventing means secured to the shaft end portion.