Rotary machine unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10487691-B2
Application number	US-201515502377-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2015
Priority date	Sep 9, 2014
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

A rotary machine unit equipped with rotary shaft provided so as to penetrate the respective opposing surfaces of a first casing and a second casing arranged opposing one another, said rotary machine unit also being equipped with at least two engagement mechanisms equipped with a first engaging part provided on the opposing surface of the first casing and extending radially along the direction from the center part penetrated by the rotary shaft toward the circumferential edge part, and a second engaging part provided on the opposing surface of the second casing so as to engage the first engaging part in a state in which the first engaging part is able to move in the extension direction of the first engaging part. The engagement mechanisms are provided inclined with respect to one another when viewed from the axial direction of the rotary shaft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotary machine unit comprising:
a turbine casing having an axially-extending sidewall and a radially-extending endwall defining a first surface, and having at least one fluid opening extending through the sidewall that is configured to allow fluid to flow through the turbine casing;
a gear casing having an axially-extending sidewall and a radially-extending endwall defining a second surface that directly faces and engages against the first surface;
a rotary shaft extending through the first and the second surfaces, the rotary shaft being rotatably supported by the gear casing endwall and rotating around a rotational axis and being connected to an impeller disposed within the turbine casing to rotate the impeller; and
at least two sets of corresponding engagement mechanisms, each set of engagement mechanisms including:
a first engaging portion provided on the first surface of the turbine casing and comprising one of a radially-extending protrusion and a corresponding radially-extending recess, which linearly extends in a lengthwise direction of the first engaging portion in a radial direction from the rotational axis of the rotary shaft; and
a second engaging portion provided on the second surface of the gear casing and comprising the other of the radially-extending protrusion and the corresponding radially-extending recess, which linearly extends in a lengthwise direction of the second engaging portion in a radial direction from the rotational axis of the rotary shaft,
wherein the first engaging portion is engaged movably with the second engaging portion in the extending direction of the first and second engaging portions and is configured to move relative to the second engaging portion due to thermal expansion of the turbine casing in the radial direction relative to the gear casing; and
wherein the sets of corresponding engagement mechanisms are spaced and inclined with respect to each other when viewed in an axial direction of the rotary shaft, and cooperate to inhibit misalignment of the rotary shaft with respect to the turbine casing due to thermal expansion of the turbine casing.

2. The rotary machine unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first surface of the turbine casing has a circular shape.

3. The rotary machine unit according to claim 2 , wherein all of the engagement mechanisms are provided in an area below the rotational axis of the rotary shaft.

4. The rotary machine unit according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of engagement mechanisms are symmetrically arranged with respect to a vertical plane.

5. The rotary machine unit according to claim 4 , wherein all of the engagement mechanisms are provided in an area below the rotational axis of the rotary shaft.

6. The rotary machine unit according to claim 1 , wherein all of the engagement mechanisms are provided in an area below the rotational axis of the rotary shaft.

7. The rotary machine unit according to claim 1 , wherein in cross-section perpendicular to the extending direction, at least one of an edge of an end portion of the protrusion and an edge of an open face of the recess is chamfered or rounded.

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• Okita Keisuke
• Yoshida Atsushi

Classifications

• F01D25/26 Primary

  Double casings; Measures against temperature strain in casings · CPC title

• F16B7/20

  using bayonet connections · CPC title

• F01D25/28 Primary

  Supporting or mounting arrangements, e.g. for turbine casing · CPC title

• F16B5/07

  by means of multiple interengaging protrusions on the surfaces, e.g. hooks, coils, · CPC title

• F01D25/162

  Bearing supports · CPC title