Hydrodynamic radial plain bearing with a very high load-bearing capacity of large turbine sets
View Patent ↗A plain bearing includes a bearing body in which a body, which is to be stored, is arranged. The bearing body is surrounded by a supporting body. The bearing body has a partial joint arranged at an angle in relation to the horizontal. The plain bearing has an active cooling system and an articulated lubrication system.
1. A plain bearing, comprising:
an annular bearing body in which a substantially cylindrical body is borne, wherein the bearing body comprises:
two substantially semi-cylindrical first and second half-shells enclosing the substantially cylindrical body, the half-shells connected at a separating joint arranged at an angle with respect to a horizontal line of the bearing, wherein a channel is formed on an outer periphery of the bearing body extending around the first half-shell and partly around the second half-shell;
wherein opposite bearing pockets are arranged at opposite ends of the channel, with one bearing pocket in the first half-shell and the other in the second half-shell,
wherein first and second injection elements are arranged in a plurality of rows in each of the opposite bearing pockets, and wherein the first and second injection elements spray liquid lubricant onto the borne body and into an outlet gap;
wherein the first injection elements comprise first nozzles and are directed toward a center of the substantially cylindrical body such that liquid lubricant is sprayable from the first injection elements at a right angle to the substantially cylindrical body, and
wherein the second injection elements are directed at an angle relative to the first injection elements, comprise second nozzles, and are arranged such that liquid lubricant is sprayable from the second injection elements toward the substantially cylindrical body at an angle oblique to the outlet gap; and
a supporting body surrounding the bearing body.
2. The plain bearing as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the injection elements are arranged as a plurality of two rows in the respective bearing pockets, and
wherein the injection elements are screwed into the bearing pockets.
3. The plain bearing as claimed in claim 2 , the second injection elements of one of the opposite bearing pockets spray the liquid lubricant, wherein the one of the opposite bearing pockets is arranged under the horizontal line of the bearing when the bearing body is in a fixed state.
4. The plain bearing as claimed in claim wherein the second injection elements of one of the opposite bearing pockets spray the liquid lubricant, wherein the one of the opposite bearing pockets is, arranged under the horizontal line of the bearing when the bearing body is in a fixed state.