Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap

Axel Van De Walle

Bjorn Verrelst

Stijn Pittois

Nils Vercauteren

Björn Verrelst

Compressor device provided with at least one compressor element and a drive for the compressor element, wherein all bearings of at least one shaft in the compressor device configured to carry static axial load, are provided with a bearing damper which comprises a coupling element and at least one damping element made of damping elastomer material. The bearing damper is installed with the aid of the coupling element between a bearing of the compressor device and the housing of the compressor device. The coupling element allows little or no movement of the bearing relative to the housing the radial direction compared to the axial direction. The damping element is configured to dampen the axial movement of the bearing relative to the housing.

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Wilrijk, Belgium

Axel Van De Walle